Buyer paid deposit on car then pulled out. Is it refundable?

[xjay1337]

Escapegoat said:

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[ellingtj]

Pablo1998 said:

Yes, long time lurker here getting the willies over a potentially ruinous purchase, everything stacks up financially in terms of affordability, just not sure its the right thing to and felt a little bit sick waking up this morning.

They would have to demonstrate actual loss incurred.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/unfair-terms-explained...

[DBSV8]

Vaud said:

Take the £2000, deduct all expenses that were agreed and evidenced, plus your advertising costs and a minor fee for inconvenience, return the balance.

This

[martinbiz]

ellingtj said:

They would have to demonstrate actual loss incurred.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/unfair-terms-explained...

it's a private sale, so irelevant

[NordicCrankShaft]

Would I want the aggro of ex buyer knocking my door. Looking for their money back? Nope.

If the tyres needed replacing, why not do it anyway? Op also stated he was looking to do some of the work anyway regardless, so now some idiot has lined his pocket and paid for the work to be done whilst keeping the £2k.
£2k might be pocket change to you powerfully built director types but I wouldn't want the drama of holding onto another persons cash not knowing anything about them.

[Monkeylegend]

You do realise that all this happened in 2015 and has probably been sorted one way or the other now

[NordicCrankShaft]

Hahaha, I did not