Being sued over a car I sold :(
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Dear mythering old tool,
I have received your letter dated xx November 2015.
Having taken legal advice I am satisfied that your case does not have merit and I now consider the matter closed. Any further correspondence from you will be referred to my solicitors.
Yours sincerely
Quattro Dave
I have received your letter dated xx November 2015.
Having taken legal advice I am satisfied that your case does not have merit and I now consider the matter closed. Any further correspondence from you will be referred to my solicitors.
Yours sincerely
Quattro Dave
btcc123 said:
the buyer sent you his letter because his solicitors told him that we will not win
If you give him the £4,000 back that may be seen as you admitting misrepresenting the car and shown weakness so sure as eggs are eggs you will be getting a letter from probably his solicitors asking for an extra £1,000 he spent on the car.
Agreed. Look, the bloke is a total fruit loop and you have only two sensible options here:If you give him the £4,000 back that may be seen as you admitting misrepresenting the car and shown weakness so sure as eggs are eggs you will be getting a letter from probably his solicitors asking for an extra £1,000 he spent on the car.
1)Ignore him, reply to any solicitor's letter, perhaps prepare for a court hearing (nah, he'll give up)
2)Find a friend who needs a £4k BMW 530D and put them in touch with Mr Loony (you risk losing a friend though!)
Option 1 would be my choice.
Mike.
JustinP1 said:
IMHO, a polite, but firm 'no' is called for, reiterating what I am sure was the content of BV's letter.
ETA: Would the car sat around for two weeks contribute to a temporary emissions warning? I presume that a minute of spirited driving would dust off the cobwebs?
That was exactly the gist of what I mentioned in the very first letter to him!!ETA: Would the car sat around for two weeks contribute to a temporary emissions warning? I presume that a minute of spirited driving would dust off the cobwebs?
I'm stuck between replying to reiterate the same points to his solicitor so he's charged that fee for correspondence or just ignore it altogether.
It does have a whiff of harassment about it now....
Maybe you could just send his letter back to him with a short note saying all further communication on this matter to go thru his solicitor.
This would cost him more money and hopefully with advice from his solicitor he will finally let it go.
Just my opinion , hope it gets resolved for you.
This would cost him more money and hopefully with advice from his solicitor he will finally let it go.
Just my opinion , hope it gets resolved for you.
QuattroDave said:
JustinP1 said:
IMHO, a polite, but firm 'no' is called for, reiterating what I am sure was the content of BV's letter.
ETA: Would the car sat around for two weeks contribute to a temporary emissions warning? I presume that a minute of spirited driving would dust off the cobwebs?
That was exactly the gist of what I mentioned in the very first letter to him!!ETA: Would the car sat around for two weeks contribute to a temporary emissions warning? I presume that a minute of spirited driving would dust off the cobwebs?
I'm stuck between replying to reiterate the same points to his solicitor so he's charged that fee for correspondence or just ignore it altogether.
It does have a whiff of harassment about it now....
Whilst you don't reply, it simply elongates the time the other party thinks you are actually considering the position.
The other response I would personally consider in this situation would be a two sentence without prejudice response, the first being that his offer is rejected, the second the advice that if he has genuinely been advised that county court action would result in a positive outcome for him, that he gets a second opinion before spending any more money.
That demonstrates that you have been well advised of the position and are confident enough to make that statement. Thus, it demonstrates to him that the ruse he planned of a 'nasty solicitor's letter' has been called out as the bluff it is, along with the fact that you are not frightened of his threats.
paintman said:
I wonder if he's been told by his solicitors that he hasn't a hope & is now having a go himself?
That's exactly what's happened in my view.Just write back to him saying you're sorry to hear about his turn of ill health, the offer you made has already been withdrawn but you consider the matter closed. End of!
Good luck.
QuattroDave said:
My undoing in what way?
I suspect my offer to buy the car back has started all this because I was seen as a pushover or pliable as others have stated but I sincerely hope that my trying to be amicable at a time when I needed a replacement car doesn't end up coming to bite me.
Answerer I suspect my offer to buy the car back has started all this because I was seen as a pushover or pliable as others have stated but I sincerely hope that my trying to be amicable at a time when I needed a replacement car doesn't end up coming to bite me.
btcc123 said:
As the letter that you received today was from the buyer and not his solicitor I personally would not reply to it.If you give him the £4,000 back that may be seen as you admitting misrepresenting the car and shown weakness so sure as eggs are eggs you will be getting a letter from probably his solicitors asking for an extra £1,000 he spent on the car.
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