Can Anyone Help

[RSWelsh21]

Hi All

I bought a gearbox from a chap in Hungary ( I live in the UK ). It was advertised online. When it got to me it was exactly as described and worked perfectly.

I asked the seller if he still had then engine too, which he did. I asked a few standard questions about it and he sent it to me
The engine turned up, checked for any damage, all looked good. Fitted the engine too the car and it was knackered. I pulled the engine apart to see what the problem was and it turned out to be the big end bearings. While the engine was apart I noticed that it was all completely standard. The seller said some of the internals were upgraded.

Have I got any chance of getting my money back on this? As said above, there was no advertisement for the engine, just emails and he never actually said the engine ran, he said in good condition.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers
Bernard

[DanielJames]

How did you pay?

[ecsrobin]

Probably not.

[zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz]

Assuming you could overcome the jurisdictional issues and get a judgment in your favour, you are then left trying to recover the money. From Hungary.

It is probably worth pursuing through Ebay and hoping for a return of the money that way, but I wouldn't bother going any further than that.

[RSWelsh21]

Thanks for the replys so far. I paid the money directly into the chaps bank account. Didn't use eBay for this, so can't go thro them

[dingg]

you're fked - forget any remedy from him unless you tell him of the problems and he believes you and offers some recompense.


chances of that happening ?

see first two words

[Snowboy]

To borrow from another answer.

Morally, he should pay you back.
Legally, he should pay you back.
Realistically, no chance.

Cut your losses and move on.

The best you can hope for is to send an email explaining the problem and hope the seller is a decent person and does the right thing.
But, don't be surprised if you just get ignored.

[RSWelsh21]

I emailed the seller explaining that it was broken and that the internals were not upgraded as he had stated.

He said ' it was working when I had it "

Can't see me getting anywhere with him.

[EricE]

The big surprise is that you received an engine instead of a box of stones.

[ManFromDelmonte]

Live and learn time I'm afraid. You could try threatening a bit more, maybe find out some hungarian legal stuff (their equivalent of the small claims court) you can quote to him, but you're probably unlikely to get anywhere.

[calibrax]

As others have said, little chance of recovery.

On the plus side, you have an engine in bits which means you could replace the big end bearings and uprate some of the parts yourself.

[marshalla]

Is he a business seller or private ?

If business - Hungary, as a member of the EU, has had to implement its own version of the DSR (see http://www.eu-consumer-law.org/consumerstudy_part2... for some info. about the various versions) although you may struggle to get even that enforced.

[ecsrobin]

Your best bet if you don't want to fix the engine is sell it on spares and repairs. You'll never see your money again the way you've paid.

What car was it for out of curiosity?