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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Dear Sir, Inexperience if my main error . I have seen a van online via your web site got excited paid the deposite paid again and now asking for duty charges within the eu. I can onlythrow away on... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had the pleasure to work with mr Ben, a car dealer of the company Waaslandcars, Slachthuisstraat 69A, 9100 Sint Niklaas Probably he is the best car dealer I have ever met. Honest and sincer... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Scammed on autoscout. Buying ford focus rs. owner norwegian phone number. Car supposedly at dealer in germany. All papers correct. Car to be transported to spain. Everything appeared correct. Car neve... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I have managed to buy a car once from Autoscout portal, but needed to check all the information about the dealer which was correct, but still I was not comfortable to make a payment. After a while, I... See more

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AutoScout24 ist europaweit der größte Online-Automarkt mit über zwei Millionen Fahrzeugangeboten. Mit seiner Präsenz in 18 Ländern und über 43.000 angeschlossenen Händlern ist AutoScout24 auf allen wichtigen Märkten Europas präsent. Der Marktplatz inspiriert rund um das Thema Auto und macht komplexe Entscheidungen einfach. Mit AutoScout24 können Nutzer Gebraucht- sowie Neuwagen finden, finanzieren, kaufen, abonnieren und verkaufen. Der Online-Automarkt sitzt in München und beschäftigt mehr als 400 Mitarbeiter europaweit. AutoScout24 unterstützt Menschen, ihre Autoträume einfach und effizient zu erfüllen.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No Answer from Customers Department

I tried to sell my car on Autoscout24.de and I contacted few times Customers Department by email and they never answered to my emails. If someone has a problem with his AD you must answer and help or remove you customers contact form.

Marcus Kaya

November 2, 2021
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Reply from AutoScout24 GmbH

Dear Marcus,

We are sorry to hear that your attempt to reach out to us was unsuccessful. Unfortunately we have not received any mail from you. Please contact us at info@autoscout24.de. (Subject: "Rating Platform - Ads Problem").
We are happy to help you.

Best regards,
You AutoScout24 Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

autoscout24.de bad experience

they never reply to emails. If your car is not listed for various reasons, they never answer if you ask them for details or to help you with the problem you have. Why do you have "e-mail contact" if you do not answer.

After the car is listed and appears online ... after a few minutes they delete it for no reason. I don't know what kind of filters they use but it's quite annoying. At least answer the e-mail if you still don't have a system in place.

October 22, 2021
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Reply from AutoScout24 GmbH

Dear Marcus,

We are sorry to hear that your attempt to reach out to us was unsuccessful. Unfortunately we have not received any mail from you. Please contact us at info@autoscout24.de. (Subject: "Rating Platform - Ads Problem").
We are happy to help you.

Best regards,
You AutoScout24 Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ownest seller , Great car at Waaslandcars, Slachthuisstraat 69A, 9100 Sint Niklaas

I had the pleasure to work with mr Ben, a car dealer of the company

Waaslandcars, Slachthuisstraat 69A, 9100 Sint Niklaas

Probably he is the best car dealer I have ever met. Honest and sincere, cooperative and willing to help in any matter. He sent me a great vehicle, just like he advertised on the web, with no hidden defects or faults. He gave me a brave discount on the price and he kept what we agreed on in full.
Because I have a lot of experience from car dealers, this particular dealer, I put him at the top of my list. For anyone who wants to buy a reliable car and find the seller available in every issue of the process but also with honesty and sincerity, I strongly recommend you to buy your next car from Mr. Ben.

October 12, 2021
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Reply from AutoScout24 GmbH

Dear user,

Congratulations on your new car! And thank you so much for taking the time to send this review! Everyone here at AutoScout24 loves to know that our users enjoy their car buying experience. We’re glad that you loved the service delivered from the car dealer.

Best regards,
Your AutoScout24 team

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Allows cars to be advertised at a…

Allows cars to be advertised at a certain price, let’s say €16800
However when viewing the car in the small print the real price is €18800
A €2k mark up.
The advertised price is only available with finance which bumps the price up to €21888 so the advertised price is a lie as it’s impossible to pay that amount.

July 20, 2021
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Reply from AutoScout24 GmbH

Dear Al Lewis,

thank you for your feedback and thank you that you are using our platform. We are sorry that your experience was not positive.
Unfortunately, we do not have any influence on the published vehicle price, because we only provide the marketplace. If you are not satisfied with the dealer behaviour, you can rate the dealer after you have had contact with him via email or call.

Best regards,
Your AutoScout24-Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

SCAM SCAM Transport agency suppose to…

Scam Transport agency suppose to deliver car advertised it was North Spain when we ask to view is was then in Majorca It was readvertised again mid Spain now it's advertised right south west
Ask for deposit silly me paid then asked for more money for to free paperwork
Two people involved one replies by email address one transport agency phones you

July 15, 2021
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Reply from AutoScout24 GmbH

Dear Malinda,

We are very sorry to hear that you have been victim of a scam. Unfortunately, we are not involved in the selling process as we only provide the online platform. We are therefore unable to offer you a legal advice. We recommend you to consult a lawyer or contact the police.

Best regards & all the best!
Your AutoScout24 Team

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

ScaFord Focus RS scam on autoscout

Scammed on autoscout. Buying ford focus rs. owner norwegian phone number. Car supposedly at dealer in germany. All papers correct. Car to be transported to spain. Everything appeared correct. Car never turned up.Address of transport company in germany and uk none existent. Beware. German and uk police of no help. Norwegian police did not answer phone in home town where owner supposedly lived. Apply extreme caution

May 30, 2021
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Reply from AutoScout24 GmbH

Dear Mr. Nichol,

We are very sorry to hear that you were scammed. Unfortunately, we are not involved in the selling process, as we only provide the platform. We can therefore not offer you any legal advice. However if you file a complaint against the provider, we can provide a backup copy of stored data upon written request from the authorities.
Please contact us at info@autoscout24.de with the subject "Rating platform - scam" so that our colleagues can help you in the best possible way.

Best regards & all the best!
Your AutoScout24 Team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great website for finding your dream…

Great website for finding your dream car. The interface is very cool and easy to use!

May 3, 2021
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Reply from AutoScout24 GmbH

Dear Isabella,

Thank you for the awesome review. We work hard to meet expectations like yours, and we’re happy to hear we hit the mark for you! We wish you the best of success with your car search on AutoScout24.

Best regards,
Your AutoScout24 Team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scam

Scam! Looked at 2 motorcycles. One was too cheap compared to the other motorcycles so I knew it was fraud and reported it. The other motorcycle is correct priced. Seller has a Danish name and email but do not speak danish and writes back in English + he don`t answer when I ask for the license plate, registration papers or have more pictures of the bike. Luckily I checked the website here on Trustpilot. Website is high risk so do not pay any deposit/money up front or you will loose your money. I build websites for a living and I know Autoscout could easily have fixed the problem by having an improved vetting process like Ebay and Amazon. I guess they are not interested in being serious since the they could have fixed this a long time ago. Whatever else they say & comment here is just a bad excuse in stead of fixing the problem.

February 5, 2021
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Reply from AutoScout24 GmbH

Dear AutoScout24 user,

Safety is our top priority. We use sophisticated security technology with a constantly optimised filter system and our own security team, which also checks advertisements manually. You can use the link 'report offer/ad' which is integrated on the detail page to point out potential cases of fraud. Your report will be forwarded to the AutoScout24 security team which will take the appropriate measures such as deleting the ad from the data base in case of suspected fraud. We also try to provide information and give helpful tips: https://www.autoscout24.de/informieren/ratgeber/sicherheit/. For example, that you should not make any advance payments.

We wish you all the best!

Best regards,
Your AutoScout24 team

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Dear Sir,

Dear Sir,
Inexperience if my main error .
I have seen a van online via your web site got excited paid the deposite paid again and now asking for duty charges within the eu.
I can onlythrow away only so much money , have passed it onto the police in both Spain and France to maybe resolve maybe I will see a car or some money back but not so sure .
I would hope that the vetting process be much stronger with clients listing their vehicles , have not seen a way to address my current problem via autoscout24 and no way of finding the true lister of the item the police would love to know. As a company SCOUT24 is making it easy for fraudulent adverts I would hope that they give me a redress to getting the item that I wanted or my money back.

February 1, 2021
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Reply from AutoScout24 GmbH

Dear David,

We are sorry that you have fallen victim to a scam. Unfortunately, we only provide the platform for buying and selling. We are not involved in the buying/selling process on site and unfortunately cannot offer legal advice. As you have already done correctly, we would advise you to contact the police, or a lawyer if necessary. If you have a legal expenses insurance, you should also contact it.

In general, we use sophisticated security technology with a constantly optimised filter system as well as our own security team, which also checks advertisements manually. Furthermore, you can use the link 'report offer/ad' which is integrated on the detail page to point out potential cases of fraud. Your report will be forwarded to the AutoScout24 security team which will take the appropriate measures such as deleting the ad from the data base in case of suspected fraud.

We wish you all the best!

Best regards,
Your AutoScout24 team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

not all cars with 4 wheels are sedans

not all cars with 4 wheels are sedans. do you know that? or why did you put the option to select only sedans, because anyway I see 90% called convertible and hatchback

January 15, 2021
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Reply from AutoScout24 GmbH

Dear AutoScout24-user,

We are sorry to hear that you are not satisfied with our app. As we only provide the website where you can advertise and search, the seller is responsible for the content of his or her ad. Similar to a newspaper ad, we are not involved in the selling process. We hope you understand this.

Nevertheless, we hope you will find a suitable vehicle!

Best regards,
Your AutoScout24 team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The application is useful interms of…

The application is useful interms of connecting interested parties. However, it is not easy to delete the account and your personal data once you do not need it any longer. Autoscout24 continues to send me e-mails even though I ask them for support to delete my account and personal data. Autoscout24 never replied to my request. Another anoying element is that some people use the application for purposes which are different from buying or selling a car. My wife is trying to sell a car and received a mail from an unkown person who asked for support to bring money from Middle East to Europe.

January 10, 2021
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Reply from AutoScout24 GmbH

Dear Pepe,

We are very sorry to hear that no one responded to your request. May we ask where you made the inquiry? Did you send an email to info@autoscout24.de?

To delete your account, you need to go to the settings of your AutoScout24 account. In the German version, you will find the "Delete account" button under "My settings". In order to give you more detailed information, we would need to know which language version of AutoScout24 you are using.

Kind regards,
Your AutoScout24 team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Lots of scam on this website

Lots of scam on this website! This company makes no effort in trying to stop! There’s no buyer protection! Stay away or you will lose money!

December 14, 2020
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Reply from AutoScout24 GmbH

Dear Roman

Safety is our top priority. We want you to have a safe buying or selling experience. Therefore, we use sophisticated security technology with a constantly optimised filter system as well as our own security team, which also checks advertisements manually. However, if a scam advertisement has made it into the system, you can draw our attention to it via the "Complain about offer" link or send us an email to info@autoscout24.de.

Best Regards

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Too good to be true Tesla

A Tesla was advertised...at an unusually low price... in Germany on Autoscout24. during my email communications it became clear that this was a scam... the seller invited payment through Uship.com and a false money back guarantee ... They were unable to provide details of their Tesla account, which the genuine owner would have access to. Beware, it is clear that auto scout 24 makes no attempt to verify legitimacy of advertisements.

October 21, 2020
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Reply from AutoScout24 GmbH

Dear Jon

Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear that you have come across a fake advertisement. Safety is our top priority. We want you to have a safe buying or selling experience. Therefore, we use sophisticated security technology with a constantly optimised filter system as well as our own security team, which also checks advertisements manually. Fake advertisements usually do not go online at all or are recognised and deleted quite quickly. We also try to provide information and give helpful tips: https://www.autoscout24.de/informieren/ratgeber/sicherheit/.

We wish you all the best!

Best regards

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I was able to buy from Hiwa traiding at…

I was able to buy from Hiwa traiding at autoscout 24 but these guys they have a bad service, communication it is poor and they send a car without some of components that I saw when I was buying and they argument is that they're very busy.
So my problem with the autoscout is not that, but to not be able to rate the experience I had and let others know because the seller disabled reviews and autoscout allowed that.
Maybe someone had the same experience before me or will have it after me and such a thing need to be shared

September 28, 2020
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Reply from AutoScout24 GmbH

Dear AutoScout24 user

Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry that your experience with the mentioned car dealership was not positive. Please understand that we only provide the sales platform. Unfortunately we are not involved in the buying and selling process. Nevertheless we wish you all the best!

Best regards

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

please ADD ARABIC LANGUAGE FOR YOUR…

please ADD ARABIC LANGUAGE FOR YOUR SETTING

July 26, 2020
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Reply from AutoScout24 GmbH

Dear AutoScout24 user,

as you already noticed, we do not offer Arabic as a language selection at the moment. If the demand should exist in the future, we will add it. In the meantime we wish you all the best.

Best regards,
Your AutoScout24 team

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Buy 2 motorcycle & lost the money

Buy 2 motorcycle, the owner said he ll send pict before send and asking deposit 50%, motorcycle listed in IT but the owner said he in Spain, send the deposit and everything is gone...all account using Company name with BBVA account. Totaly 99% fraud

July 25, 2020
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Reply from AutoScout24 GmbH

Hi Victor,

We are sorry to hear that your experience on AutoScout24 was not positive. We hope you can understand that we are only familiar with the structure and organisation of the plattform. As we are not involved in the sales process, we are unfortunately unable to help you in this matter and cannot offer any legal advice. Our recommendations: You should contact a lawyer or the police.
Furthermore, you can contact an arbitration board (http://www.kfz-schiedsstellen.de/) or consult your legal protection insurance (for ADAC members there is a free legal advice service at https://www.adac.de/infotestrat/rechtsberatung/default.aspx).

Our tip for the future: Do not accept unusual payment methods, especially no cheques or offered deposits.

We wish you all the best!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I chose a car

I chose a car, they connected me with the seller. The seller turned out to be a fraud - he was selling someone else's car - a fraudulent sale. In the end, I paid for it and lost. BUYERS BE CAREFUL VERY CAREFUL, THERE IS NO WARRANTY WHO SELLS WHAT ON THE SITE.

July 6, 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Autoscout24 is Unprofessional and Irresponsible.

autoscout24 is Unprofessional and Irresponsible.

I posted an ad for a high end classic car with detailed info and photos.
Most of the received emails were from scammers and tire kickers.

After the ad was on the site for about 2 months, Autoscout24 removed the ad without bothering to contact me, claiming in an automated email that my ad was fraudulent. This is after the ad had already been verified and approved by their team several times - absurd.

They demanded that I send them the car's registration document.
It's ridiculous to have to provide sensitive documents to these clowns, but I sent it anyway. I didn't receive any response.

Whether this is plain incompetence or a deliberate attempt to shake people down for a premium ad, autoscout24 has been unprofessional and irresponsible.

Look elsewhere. These clowns don't deserve your time.

April 21, 2020
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

GARAGE LEBRUN

Garage LEBRUN
167A Castle Street
6280 Villers Pottery
+ 32494 / 15.66.40

This company sells cars on this site without specifying the exact condition of the cars. I made Saturday 26.10.2019 a trip from London to their address in Belgium to buy a car, it was found that the pictures displayed do not show any scratches. in reality the car was garbage full of scratches and bruises and not even the keys of the car were okay ... I was deeply disappointed to discover that the car that looks flawless in the photos was actually garbage.
  A well-respected garage remedies any mechanical or aesthetic defect before making a buyer travel more than 1000 km.

October 27, 2019
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