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The HarpersToyota help section is designed to help with any technical problems you might be encountering on the site, and to clarify its features and functionality.

1. Site Overview

1.1 Purpose

The main purpose of this site is to facilitate car trading between individuals and dealers and individuals. Private and trade persons can advertise their cars on HarpersToyota individually or in bulk, and users browse or search these cars. Moreover, HarpersToyota runs a car search on many third party networks, manufacturer websites, dealer networks and other popular car search sites, and returns aggregated results from these sites as well as its own. All third party results are clearly marked as such, and this functionality is akin to a specialised search engine.

1.2 Disclaimer

HarpersToyota is a facilitator. All transactions are to be handled solely by the buyer and seller. We supply the information, but no money is exchanged between the buyer and HarpersToyota. HarpersToyota may charge a nominal listing fee for persons advertising their car on this site.

2. Privacy

2.1 Your Privacy is Guaranteed

HarpersToyota does not sell or give out any personal information about you that you supply to us to any third parties. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information.

3. System Requirements

3.1 Browser

Do I need any additional software or plugins to use the site?

If you can read this then you have everything you need to use it. There are no third party software or plugins required.

Is the site compatible with my browser?

HarpersToyota was developed to current web standards. If your browser is standards compliant, then everything should display properly. Compliant browsers include all the latest versions of Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla, Firefox, Safari and others.

3.2 Cookies

Do you use cookies?

HarpersToyota uses cookies for keeping track of whether a user is logged in or not. A cookie is a small text file stored on your machine with a limited amount of information stored in it. In this case, the cookie stores a unique ID. When you log out, the cookie is deleted. If you have cookies disabled you will not be able to log into the site, preventing you from using certain features of the site, including selling a car.

Are cookies safe?

Yes, enabling cookies (they are enabled by default on most browsers) is safe and you do not risk exposure to viruses through cookies. No code can be executed through a cookie, they merely store a limited amount of information. Furthermore that information is only available to the site that placed the cookie and no other site. In other words, only HarpersToyota can read your unique ID from its cookie, thus that information is safe.

3.3 JavaScript

Does HarpersToyota use JavaScript?

Yes, we use JavaScript to perform certain operations on the fly, including form checks and graphical changes to facilitate the user browsing experience.

What if I have JavaScript disabled?

In that case you will only be able to use parts of the HarpersToyota site; certain features will not be available to you, including the car search.

4. Troubleshooting

4.1 Technical Problems

MySQL Errors

MySQL is the underlying database technology used by HarpersToyota. There are two possible causes for the unlikely event of receiving MySQL errors. The first is a technical problem on the server side and second is the entering of invalid characters into a form. Although all care has been taken to deal with such events, it is impossible to rule out someone stumbling over an unforeseen case.

Speed Issues

If you find that the site reacts sluggishly or is otherwise unnaturally slow, please do not hesitate to contact us. We aim to run a fast service at all times. Please note that some parts of the site come from external sources and as such we have no authority over those.