Advice on a piece of crud dealer
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Hi all,
Looking for some advice - I recently traded a car for a new one at a local dealership - the car I traded was a cat c (stated on v5) the dealer was aware of this when the exchange was made and consequently a price was offered reflecting it.
Now, the cat c car is vic approved and 100% road worthy so no problems there. The trouble is this piece of s
t dealer has now advertised the car on auto trader as "selling on behalf of the last owner" basically his way of not having to declare it as a cat c and consequently pricing it accordingly.
Does this mean I am liable if the next owner buys it without knowing its a cat c?
My main concerns are naturally copping the blame for an under hand dodgy car dealer, but also I don't want to see someone getting ripped off buying it for too much money.
As said if someone is to buy the car, I am not concerned about safety issues as it is completely road worthy but don't want them losing out
Where do I stand with this? Shall I just ignore it or should I act?
Looking for some advice - I recently traded a car for a new one at a local dealership - the car I traded was a cat c (stated on v5) the dealer was aware of this when the exchange was made and consequently a price was offered reflecting it.
Now, the cat c car is vic approved and 100% road worthy so no problems there. The trouble is this piece of s
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Does this mean I am liable if the next owner buys it without knowing its a cat c?
My main concerns are naturally copping the blame for an under hand dodgy car dealer, but also I don't want to see someone getting ripped off buying it for too much money.
As said if someone is to buy the car, I am not concerned about safety issues as it is completely road worthy but don't want them losing out
Where do I stand with this? Shall I just ignore it or should I act?
stuwalsh said:
Makes me wonder about the car you bought off this outfit!
Ha!No the car I bought was sound and hpi clear it etc - it's one of those dealerships that thinks its a real big fish - I'd been looking a long time for the car and it was exactly what I wanted - had it not have been I'd of bored them right off
Its not worth bothering about, as you have said its stated on the v5 that its a cat C, so anyone buying the car will see this.
The dealer has probably decided not to include it in the ad as it would put 99% of people off enquiring - maybe they will just tell them on the phone and explain its had a vic check and is now fine.
The dealer has probably decided not to include it in the ad as it would put 99% of people off enquiring - maybe they will just tell them on the phone and explain its had a vic check and is now fine.
rallycross said:
Its not worth bothering about, as you have said its stated on the v5 that its a cat C, so anyone buying the car will see this.
The dealer has probably decided not to include it in the ad as it would put 99% of people off enquiring - maybe they will just tell them on the phone and explain its had a vic check and is now fine.
Or it could lead to massive issues when someone realise they have paid £5000 for a car that is maybe worth £4000 and then enters a long drawn out battle with the retailer ended up i ncourt action or the customer unhappy. I have seen lots of exmaples.The dealer has probably decided not to include it in the ad as it would put 99% of people off enquiring - maybe they will just tell them on the phone and explain its had a vic check and is now fine.
The law puts a duty on businesses to provide all material information, be it positive or negative - for a reason.
morgrp said:
The trouble is this piece of s
t dealer has now advertised the car on auto trader as "selling on behalf of the last owner" basically his way of not having to declare it as a cat c and consequently pricing it accordingly.
How about contacting Autotrader, advise them that there is a material mis-statement in the ad and suggest they might like to have it pulled? May not work but worth a punt. ![](/inc/images/censored.gif)
Alternatively give some PH Rottweilers the link. They could then pose as potential buyers who might feel inclined to complain to TS about the lie in the ad.
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