Car dealer fined over mileage, seems a bit harsh

[Coupe_Daz]

Just seen this
Linky

What are peoples thoughts on the punishment? Doesn't seem like an actual lie, they said it had done 49k, its done 49k, the saleman made a idiot of himself and stated something too good to be true(saying the dash's mileage was correct at 7.5k) probably thinking he would get shot of the customer for good.
Surely bit of compo plus giving the salesman a bking/ firing him would have sufficed instead of a 8k court case?

Edited by Coupe_Daz on Tuesday 13th April 15:46

[freecar]

Ask yourself this.

Why did it end up in court?

The purchaser probably went back to try to get some goodwill from the dealer. Dealer refuses to give away £500 worth of services for mistake, ends up costing best part of 10K after costs.

I would be very susprised if the dealer hadn't been given a chance to put things right before court.

[The Wookie]

Does seem fairly harsh on the face of it... But as said, there must be more to it than that

[Kevin VRs]

From reading the linky the magistrate should be fired. The car was advertised as a 49,000 miler and sold as such. The new owner noticed the discrepancy on picking it up (or later). How can the magistrate claim she may not have bought it if she knew the real mileage?

If I was the garage (and the story is substantially correct) I would be going straight to appeal on this.

[RacingTeatray]

It's Arnold Clark. Hard to feel sorry for them.

[TooLateForAName]

But the court heard that some weeks later, when things started to go wrong with the car,

so possibly more to the whole story...

[paoloh]

freecar said:

Ask yourself this.

Why did it end up in court?

The purchaser probably went back to try to get some goodwill from the dealer. Dealer refuses to give away £500 worth of services for mistake, ends up costing best part of 10K after costs.

I would be very susprised if the dealer hadn't been given a chance to put things right before court.

Hang on, what has dealer got to put right??

Customer, "hey this car you sold me with 49k has done 49k and I want compensating"

Dealer, "err, no"

[Eddie the Ead]

It does look harsh on the face of it but like others have said, its Arnold Clark and hearing their tales of horror I guess it was only a matter of time. Maybe the judge had bought a car from them in the past.

[Bullett]

What strikes me is that she didn't drive it before purchase to notice the difference.

It also sounds like a flippant comment taken out of context and where there's blame there's a claim.

[Torquey]

The whole story smells.

If any of it is true and I'd been Mr Arnold Clark, I'd ensure the clocks were corrected long before selling any car in that situation.

[oobster]

RacingTeatray said:

It's Arnold Clark. Hard to feel sorry for them.

I agree. Not a company I would recommend to a friend or an enemy.

[TooLateForAName]

Eddie the Ead said:

Maybe the judge had bought a car from them in the past.

[General Price]

oobster said:

RacingTeatray said:

It's Arnold Clark. Hard to feel sorry for them.

I agree. Not a company I would recommend to a friend or an enemy.

They sell over 250,000 cars a year,must be doing something right.

[stewy68]

The reason that Arnold Shark sell so many cars is that the put them out like food in a supermarket and don't really care about an individual customer.
I was in the trade, but never worked for them.

[J500ANT]

Apparently, according to Google, Arnold Clark Sucks

[750turbo]

Some tosh posted here!

They sell xxx,xxx amount of cars per year, some deals go wrong, MOST will be sorted out in the dealer.

You only EVER hear bad news.

I am sure if you look for issues with other dealer groups you will find similar problems.

And before you ask I am not an employee, although I know a fair few.

"Awaits a kicking"

[Dick_Phallus]

750turbo said:

Some tosh posted here!

They sell xxx,xxx amount of cars per year, some deals go wrong, MOST will be sorted out in the dealer.

You only EVER hear bad news.

I am sure if you look for issues with other dealer groups you will find similar problems.

And before you ask I am not an employee, although I know a fair few.

"Awaits a kicking"

How are you Arnold?

[750turbo]

Dick_Phallus said:

750turbo said:

Some tosh posted here!

They sell xxx,xxx amount of cars per year, some deals go wrong, MOST will be sorted out in the dealer.

You only EVER hear bad news.

I am sure if you look for issues with other dealer groups you will find similar problems.

And before you ask I am not an employee, although I know a fair few.

"Awaits a kicking"

How are you Arnold?

Feeling well actually!


(Just as I said, PH, fekkin typical!)