How will this pan out?
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It makes no difference to me, but I'm interested.
Long story short :
Car dealer (who I contract into), sells car (£3500 iirc), car then develops gearbox fault after a couple of weeks.
Owner gets car fixed at main dealer for £1700, owner sends original dealer bill.
Dealer says tough, should have sent it back to me first. Take me to court.
Owner issues (business?) court papers.
I recon he will be made to pay between 1/3 and 1/2, as he plans to argue it would have cost less for him to fix it.
I will update the thread when progress is made
Long story short :
Car dealer (who I contract into), sells car (£3500 iirc), car then develops gearbox fault after a couple of weeks.
Owner gets car fixed at main dealer for £1700, owner sends original dealer bill.
Dealer says tough, should have sent it back to me first. Take me to court.
Owner issues (business?) court papers.
I recon he will be made to pay between 1/3 and 1/2, as he plans to argue it would have cost less for him to fix it.
I will update the thread when progress is made
HTP99 said:
Why would you not contact the original seller when the problem appeared, I don't think it will go the way that you hope.
No idea, he claims to have tried ringing but didn't get an answer, but didn't leave a message.As I said, it's nothing to do with me, I've just seen all the correspondence and was intrigued. The court papers arrived on Tuesday, so it's still got a bit of a way to go yet.
I spoke with him yesterday. The new owner wants the total bill paying (£1700), where as the dealers have priced up the work for them to do it, and it would have been just over £400.
Basically the part that failed is a common Mercedes fault, and as such, companies like ecu testing fix them for £200. Mercedes miss diagnosed it first of all, so that chucked some extra labour on (they thought it was the auto box belts).
Dealer offered £500, buyer refused, off to court they go
Basically the part that failed is a common Mercedes fault, and as such, companies like ecu testing fix them for £200. Mercedes miss diagnosed it first of all, so that chucked some extra labour on (they thought it was the auto box belts).
Dealer offered £500, buyer refused, off to court they go
A little update, no court date has been set yet.
However, the buyer has been in touch via email, to say, and I quote 'I didn't buy a pup, but a complete dog'.
The starter motor decided to pack up and cost about £400 to fix. So he has added that onto the claim and the claimed that my mate (the seller) is a criminal selling bad cars.
I think he had the car 4 or 5 months when the starter went. I despair.
People like him are the reason I will never get into sales.
However, the buyer has been in touch via email, to say, and I quote 'I didn't buy a pup, but a complete dog'.
The starter motor decided to pack up and cost about £400 to fix. So he has added that onto the claim and the claimed that my mate (the seller) is a criminal selling bad cars.
I think he had the car 4 or 5 months when the starter went. I despair.
People like him are the reason I will never get into sales.
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
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
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