At the beginning of the year, the second-hand market is slowly picking up again. Good news, although the situation has been quite difficult in recent months, and especially at the end of last year. Indeed, sales were at an all-time low, partly due to a lack of cars to offer customers. It’s about delays in the delivery of new cars, which then forced those who placed an order to buy a used car while they waited. But if sales pick up again, that’s the poll that’s running now DGCCRF it is worth throwing a good stone into the pond and making the situation difficult for certain specialists.

In use, the car is obviously cheaper, but in the long run, taking into account the cost of purchase and maintenance 🤔?

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not always honestly

Indeed, for a year and a half, the crackdown on fraud has been checking sellers, dealerships, garages and other places of online sales. And it’s not pretty, pretty, when two-thirds of the 2,200 inspected establishments have violations. The press secretary of the DGCCRF explains, in particular, that ” offenses concern, for example, the misleading origin of a used car, which must be mentioned“. But that’s not all, because some distributors add to the sale price gray card or insurance proceduresor to engrave the serial number without indicating that it is optional“.

Many disadvantages

It also happens that some demonstration cars are displayed as new, and numerous cases of negligence have been noted by investigators. Thus, in total no less than 320 criminal reports and 170 minutes of administrative fines that were drawn up, some of which could lead to court proceedings. For the organization ” this proportion is due to the fact that the inspections took place after reports or complaints from consumers and thanks to the identification carried out by our agents. »