How will this pan out?

[Ilovejapcrap]

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[Andyjc86]

I've not got the full details, so from what I gather:

The judge said she wasn't technically minded on the matter, so as a result couldn't decide who was to blame without each party offering a independent expert. This would take time and cost a lot of money. So she suggested they go to a room and sort it out themselves.

They agreed on £700, my mate happier then the other guy.

I'll get the full story Wednesday

[Centurion07]

Sounds like your mate got a very undeserved lucky result.

[Andyjc86]

Centurion07 said:

Sounds like your mate got a very undeserved lucky result.

How so? It only would have cost him about £450 to fix if he had the opportunity to do so.

[Centurion07]

He wasn't given that opportunity though, which is the point. Why did your mate take it straight to another dealer instead of contacting the original one?

[daimatt]

You're confused Centurion, his mate is the dealer not the buyer. I think his mate was stuffed unfairly.

[Centurion07]

Doh.

That'll teach me to skim-read.

In which case I feel your mate has been hard done by with the £700, but as long he's ok with it.

[talksthetorque]

Lose Lose (win) result.
Dealer pays out maximum it would have cost him, and buyer still thinks he's a crook.
Buyer out of pocket for difference between settlement figure and total cost to fix. Plus he has to continue in life being a tit.
Happy main dealer who will probably get to skim the idiot buyer for several more things in the near future.