Backing out of a deal!
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What does anyone think of this!
I viewed a car at the weekend, liked it, offered the asking price, shook hands on the deal, went away to organise a bank transfer into the sellers bank account. I emailed the seller to inform him of the transfer. I got an email back an hour later telling me that: on a drive on bank holiday monday that the car had "backfired and died" and "had to be collected by the AA" and that he would not take any money off me until he had the "problem" solved. My initial reaction was one of relief, as if this had happened to me on the way 'back home' in it I would have been quite upset! So, I start looking for another car the same. On checking the websites that I had originally found the car on, I come across the same car that I had done a deal on..........only the price had gone up by £3000. Call me stupid, but when did a "breakdown" and a potential "fault" with a vehicle make it more valuable?! I am not sure whether it is correct etiquette to name and shame the "seller". Does anyone have an opinion on this? Oh and yes the car was, and is, advertised on Piston Heads!
I viewed a car at the weekend, liked it, offered the asking price, shook hands on the deal, went away to organise a bank transfer into the sellers bank account. I emailed the seller to inform him of the transfer. I got an email back an hour later telling me that: on a drive on bank holiday monday that the car had "backfired and died" and "had to be collected by the AA" and that he would not take any money off me until he had the "problem" solved. My initial reaction was one of relief, as if this had happened to me on the way 'back home' in it I would have been quite upset! So, I start looking for another car the same. On checking the websites that I had originally found the car on, I come across the same car that I had done a deal on..........only the price had gone up by £3000. Call me stupid, but when did a "breakdown" and a potential "fault" with a vehicle make it more valuable?! I am not sure whether it is correct etiquette to name and shame the "seller". Does anyone have an opinion on this? Oh and yes the car was, and is, advertised on Piston Heads!
Deluded said:
Maybe he thinks he can get a shed load more for it (or someone has told his he is selling it too cheap after you said you wanted it) and so he's making up a fault so you lose interest.
To be fair it is a quite rare car, the guy is a member of "the club" so he knows the value of the car, he was selling it to me at fair rate, I think he is trying it on!!!
Email hime from a very different email address. Find out what the story is regarding prevbious faults ass someone else has previously said. Then if he says all good, arrange an appointment to view. Turn up and SURPRISEEEEEEE.........it's only you again.
Not sure how he wouldn't expect you to find the advert, you say its a rare car? Surely after a deal falls through you would then go and look for another example and stumble accross his advert £3000 more expensive?
Not sure how he wouldn't expect you to find the advert, you say its a rare car? Surely after a deal falls through you would then go and look for another example and stumble accross his advert £3000 more expensive?
30TVR said:
Matt UK said:
Why not just phone him up for a chat about it?
Good Idea....But I feel that my immaturity would get the better of me and I would say something I may regret! I have a nice collection of cars and a car purchase for me is an emotional thing!jdwoodbury said:
If it was Autotrader they could have messed the price up without the seller knowing. I once sold a old Renault Clio for £3k, however they changed the ad details to a nearly new Diahatsu Cuore and left my price and my number...I got alot of calls, took several days to correct.
It was, and is advertised here on Piston Heads!
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