Back in March I bought a Ford Fiesta from Glasgow Trade Sales and traded in my Corsa. I tried to contact the dealership within 30 days of purchase as I had it checked out by a local garage who found multiply issues adding up to roughly £1000 to fix and a total DEATH TRAP to drive but the dealership wouldn't answer my calls, texts or emails.
I contacted consumer Scotland who sent me 2 letters over the space of a month to send to Glasgow trade sales as I was well within my rights to get a full refund or my repair costs paid for but yet again i had no answer.
It has been passed on to trading standards who have recently contacted me and enlightened me about this car dealership. It turns out they have had many many cases involving Glasgow Trade Sales which are exactly the same as mine, no contact after sale what so ever and the sale of faulty cars. Trading standards also told me that it appears that they don't have a second hand dealers license so this means they also sell cars illegally.
James Doyle is the name of the guy who owns the company. This man is a total con artist/fraudster and has been in jail before for it. If you type into google "James Doyle from Glasgow" you will learn all about him. It is a family business of Son, brother and cousin who all are in on it too.
I should also mention before I traded in my corsa i had many issues with the car and traded it in for £450, 2 days after I traded it in it was polished off, fresh set of trims and out for sale for £1495 and I KNOW that that car needed a lot of work done to it so there is no way that it should of been out for sale especially at £1495. I also got a letter through the door saying that the corsa was left abandoned along the M8 J15.
This company is just stealing your money when you buy a car. I am totally devastated it happened to me and I would hate for this to happen to anyone else. I have been constantly phoning people for advice and help over the past few months but it seems that there is a very low chance that I will get my money back or car repairs paid for. I honestly have no idea HOW this place is still open with everything I have found out about James Doyle and this dealership. read more