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They also run wirkaufendeinauto.de, which practically everybody in Germany knows due to their omnipresent marketing.

by Rockslide 9y ago

alfanick 9y ago
Acknowledged, but I must be reluctant to their marketing - seriously never heard of it.
- realPubkey 9y ago
  You should watch more stupid-tv. WirKaufenDeinAuto is basically a stupids-scam which buys your car for much less than it's worth. That's why they only advertise on poor-mans-channels where are enough people that need money fast enough so they will throw away money. The german word for that is 'Bauernfängerei'
  - SyneRyder 9y ago
    Can you explain Bauernfängerei a bit more? The direct english translation seems to be "Egg Catching Farmer", and I don't understand why that represents con artist / confidence trick.
    - Crazywater 9y ago
      The problem with German is here that it concatenates words without any indication what the break is :) Your translation is for BauernFängerEi ("farmer catching egg", which doesn't make too much sense), while this is BauernFängerei ("farmer catching/trapping"). "...erei" is similar to "...ery" in English. I guess the saying comes from the prejudice that farmers are not the smartest people, and therefore people trying to catch/trap/trick/prey on stupid people are called "farmer/peasant catchers".
      - SyneRyder 9y ago
        Ahh! I thought the farmer was the one doing the catching, not the one being caught. (I'd started dreaming up an idiom about "as easy as catching eggs from a trapped hen".) Thank you!
    - McSido 9y ago
      It is the first time hearing this word(seems to be an older word ) but a better translation would be something like "Farmer trap". According to Wikipedia it originated in a war where mercenary groups got farmers drunk and had them sign contracts to have them work for them. Nowadays it's just used as a word to describe a scam where you trick people that don't really understand what they are agreeing to sign a favorable (to the scammer) contract, etc.
    - ehllo 9y ago
      "Bauernfängerei" is just another german meaning for deception and has a historical background(farmers were lured into signing a contract to fight in the army). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War
  - tcmb 9y ago
    > buys your car for much less than it's worth Which is clear, if they buy it from you, then sell it to a dealer who then sells it to the next owner. These are two intermediate steps where someone needs to make their cut. You as the seller would get the most if you sold directly to the next owner, but that is much more hassle for yourself. You have to make appointments with people who want to see the car, test drive it, ask a lot of questions, and then try to bargain for a low-low price. If you sell to one of their sites, you get less money but it's a very simple and quick transaction.

They also run wirkaufendeinauto.de, which practically everybody in Germany knows due to their omnipresent marketing.

alfanick 9y ago

Acknowledged, but I must be reluctant to their marketing - seriously never heard of it.

realPubkey 9y ago
You should watch more stupid-tv. WirKaufenDeinAuto is basically a stupids-scam which buys your car for much less than it's worth. That's why they only advertise on poor-mans-channels where are enough people that need money fast enough so they will throw away money. The german word for that is 'Bauernfängerei'
- SyneRyder 9y ago
  Can you explain Bauernfängerei a bit more? The direct english translation seems to be "Egg Catching Farmer", and I don't understand why that represents con artist / confidence trick.
  - Crazywater 9y ago
    The problem with German is here that it concatenates words without any indication what the break is :) Your translation is for BauernFängerEi ("farmer catching egg", which doesn't make too much sense), while this is BauernFängerei ("farmer catching/trapping"). "...erei" is similar to "...ery" in English. I guess the saying comes from the prejudice that farmers are not the smartest people, and therefore people trying to catch/trap/trick/prey on stupid people are called "farmer/peasant catchers".
    - SyneRyder 9y ago
      Ahh! I thought the farmer was the one doing the catching, not the one being caught. (I'd started dreaming up an idiom about "as easy as catching eggs from a trapped hen".) Thank you!
  - McSido 9y ago
    It is the first time hearing this word(seems to be an older word ) but a better translation would be something like "Farmer trap". According to Wikipedia it originated in a war where mercenary groups got farmers drunk and had them sign contracts to have them work for them. Nowadays it's just used as a word to describe a scam where you trick people that don't really understand what they are agreeing to sign a favorable (to the scammer) contract, etc.
  - ehllo 9y ago
    "Bauernfängerei" is just another german meaning for deception and has a historical background(farmers were lured into signing a contract to fight in the army). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War
- tcmb 9y ago
  > buys your car for much less than it's worth Which is clear, if they buy it from you, then sell it to a dealer who then sells it to the next owner. These are two intermediate steps where someone needs to make their cut. You as the seller would get the most if you sold directly to the next owner, but that is much more hassle for yourself. You have to make appointments with people who want to see the car, test drive it, ask a lot of questions, and then try to bargain for a low-low price. If you sell to one of their sites, you get less money but it's a very simple and quick transaction.