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Is Killeavy Transport legit? looking for some feedback before buying


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Evening all

Found a VW T-Roc on eBay that it's listed by Killeavy Transport and I'm seriously considering it. Price is a fair bit lower than the others I've been looking at and apparently sold through an auction which is why it's cheaper...
They mentioned something about a segregated business account for the money. Not really bought a car this way before so thought I'd ask on here first
Anyone actually used them?

Rob

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Can you go and look at it? I'd ask that before anything else and if they start saying it's in secure storage or can't be viewed for whatever reason I'd be off, too many people getting caught out with this stuff lately

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I bought a Nissan X-Trail Tekna through them back in November in this story. Was a repo as well the car arrived in really nice condition to be fair
They gave me 14 days to check it over so I took it down to the Nissan place near me in Nottingham. They went through it and couldn't find anything worth worrying about
Rang the company the next day and told them I was keeping it
That was my experience anyway
 

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Mine was a Volvo V60 R Design just before Christmas. Bit of a wait getting it delivered. Was told about a week but ended up being 10 days

I was the same as you Rob with the payment. Didn't particularly like the idea of transferring that sort of money before seeing anything

Spoke to them a few times on the phone and they explained their separate account arrangement. Said the money wasn't released until I confirmed I was happy with the car

I didn't independently verify how that worked so wouldn't tell anyone to rely on it without checking
 

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Interesting seeing this mentioned here in the background for this discussion I worked in their accounts department before moving to Manchester last autumn.
The repossessed cars were a newer part of the business. Started around summer 2024 if I remember right, they were getting vehicles from finance auctions and selling them on. The idea behind the segregated payment account and return period was to make people more comfortable buying remotely. Obviously anyone buying should still check the details themselves
 

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It's here! Driver dropped it off earlier today first thing I did was have a good look round it. Interior is very clean and the bodywork looks decent too

Got the V5C MOT paperwork and service records with it. Booked in with my mechanic so we'll see what he says but at the moment I'm pretty pleased

Was starting to worry for a while there lol
 

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no worries mate I was having the same doubts myself and mechanic's had a look and couldn't find anything serious. Took it out for a decent drive afterwards and it feels great

Still can't quite believe I bought a car without seeing it first

Anyway all sorted now. Thanks for the advice everyone

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