Used Car Sales Lulz

[ManOpener]

sleep envy said:

HD Adam said:

He tells me a new Command head unit is £2500 from Mercedes and so what do I want to do about it as the dealer he bought it from has given him the big fk Off tablet.

Yes, that's right, the car was auctioned, a dealer bought it, the dealer sold it, I owe him compensation.

Refer him to Arkell v. Pressdram 1971

This would be my suggestion.

[Coldfuse]

Does his letter have his address on it? Is he far away? If hes over an hour's drive hes unlikely to make the trip as it would not be worth his time.

[KingNothing]

I'd not reply to anything, and wait for the next more passive-aggressive letter to appear from him, hopefully with threats of lawyers and county courts, getting his dad to beat your dad up etc. etc. Then just tell him to fk off.

[Lost soul]

Coldfuse said:

Is he far away? If hes over an hour's drive hes unlikely to make the trip as it would not be worth his time.

You never know what kind of idiot you are dealing with , best to let it lie

[Pommygranite]

I live in Australia. Give me his address and ill enter into correspondence with him and explain I got his letter via international redirection now 'I' (read you) live here.

Could have fun with this

Dear Cobber....

[Coldfuse]

Lost soul said:

Coldfuse said:

Is he far away? If hes over an hour's drive hes unlikely to make the trip as it would not be worth his time.

You never know what kind of idiot you are dealing with , best to let it lie

You make a fair point, you can never know how far some of these people are going to go.

At something like this i make the assumption that the person on the other end knows full well they don't have a leg to stand on and are just chancing their arm.

[750turbo]

OP, may I suggest that you start with an opening offer of paying him £200?
















































Anyone remember THAT thread

[Paddymcc]

I think you should at least offer him some sort of compromise.

A hands free kit would be a nice gesture and the one below should do the trick:

[Slurms]

HD Adam said:

Soooooo, here we are a couple of months later and I get a letter from the latest owner telling me that the DVD player has stopped working and that the telephone has never worked.
That didn't because the optional sim card thingy & phone wasn't fitted.

He tells me a new Command head unit is £2500 from Mercedes and so what do I want to do about it as the dealer he bought it from has given him the big fk Off tablet.

Yes, that's right, the car was auctioned, a dealer bought it, the dealer sold it, I owe him compensation.

Laughing so hard it hurts....

[cootuk]

Troll them - Tell him you removed them before putting into auction and got a really good price off Ebay.

[GreigM]

cootuk said:

Troll them - Tell him you removed them before putting into auction and got a really good price off Ebay.

no no no, offer to sell him the removed items....

[Burnham]

The Crack Fox]Tell him you had the same problem when you bought it from me. I'd love to waste the muppet's time. Tell him I will give him compensayshun [sic said:

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Genius, I like this idea best. Keep passing it on.

[radiodanno]

Maybe I'm missing something, but it sounds like there's a Data Protection breach here.

Your transaction was with the dealer. Not his buyer. How has he made contact?

Either way, I'd be ignoring him.

[br d]

radiodanno said:

Maybe I'm missing something, but it sounds like there's a Data Protection breach here.

Your transaction was with the dealer. Not his buyer. How has he made contact?

Either way, I'd be ignoring him.

Guessing the dealer just spun it round with the OP's details still on the V5.

[Boobonman]

Or the fact that the OP's name and address are presumably on a load of the service invoices...

[davamer23]

Send him a reply that states your shock and disbelief that it's still on the road as the last time you saw it, it looked like this;

[750turbo]

br d said:

radiodanno said:

Maybe I'm missing something, but it sounds like there's a Data Protection breach here.

Your transaction was with the dealer. Not his buyer. How has he made contact?

Either way, I'd be ignoring him.

Guessing the dealer just spun it round with the OP's details still on the V5.

Lighten up forgawdsake - We need a good laugh!

[eltax91]

davamer23 said:

Send him a reply that states your shock and disbelief that it's still on the road as the last time you saw it, it looked like this;

[Butter Face]

eltax91 said:

davamer23 said:

Send him a reply that states your shock and disbelief that it's still on the road as the last time you saw it, it looked like this;

This.

It would be ace to say 'the telephone stopped working when I rolled the car into a river, I suspect they spent the money on a new roof rather than the COMMAND unit'

[mini1380cc]

Did anything ever come of this? I was hoping the guy was going to try again with some comical second attempt.