Another sold a car, buyer wants money thread
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The following is taken from the AA website:-
The only legal terms that cover a private sale contract are:
1. The seller must have the right to sell the car.
2.The vehicle should match the description given by the seller.
3. The car must be roadworthy – it is a criminal offence to sell an unroadworthy car and an MOT certificate from a test several months ago is no guarantee that the car is roadworthy today.
So assuming 1 & 2 have been complied with, and a very recent MOT then 3 is covered.
With regard to going to a Tribunal, this is nonsence. The gov.uk website refers to Employment, Mental Health, Tax Land registration Tribunals.
I think they are trying to extort money from you.
The only legal terms that cover a private sale contract are:
1. The seller must have the right to sell the car.
2.The vehicle should match the description given by the seller.
3. The car must be roadworthy – it is a criminal offence to sell an unroadworthy car and an MOT certificate from a test several months ago is no guarantee that the car is roadworthy today.
So assuming 1 & 2 have been complied with, and a very recent MOT then 3 is covered.
With regard to going to a Tribunal, this is nonsence. The gov.uk website refers to Employment, Mental Health, Tax Land registration Tribunals.
I think they are trying to extort money from you.
Fully agree with all the “block and move on” comments. But you say it was sold via an eBay auction, so eBay is a wildcard here. Did you do everything by the book in the eBay sale? Was your ad accurate and didn’t promise anything about condition that wasn’t accurate? Was payment made through eBay, messages through eBay etc? Just in case eBay decide they’re going to refund her as they sometimes have form for doing.
I have an acquaintance - friend of a friend - who is a "driveway trader" and says this is more common than you think amongst the more scummy end of the sellers. Buy up cars for cheap, make up stories about them going wrong, if even 5% of people give you money back then they're winning for the price of writing a few text messages.
Had the same thing a few years ago, sold a sub £3,000 car on Ebay classified advert. 4 weeks later started to get text messages about loads of things failing on it. He reckoned some of them failed the day after buying it, so why wait a month to tell us.
Big giveaway for me was he wouldn't answer the phone, but would reply back to a text straight away. 100% scammer.
Big giveaway for me was he wouldn't answer the phone, but would reply back to a text straight away. 100% scammer.
Sounds like a total scammer, block and move on.
In the highly unlikely event that she goes legal, ask her lawyer if they covered caveat emptor on their first or second day at law school.
This is why I'm happy that I've kept my car for 18yrs and not had to deal with mouth breathers like this.
In the highly unlikely event that she goes legal, ask her lawyer if they covered caveat emptor on their first or second day at law school.
This is why I'm happy that I've kept my car for 18yrs and not had to deal with mouth breathers like this.
sortedcossie said:
Had the same thing a few years ago, sold a sub £3,000 car on Ebay classified advert. 4 weeks later started to get text messages about loads of things failing on it. He reckoned some of them failed the day after buying it, so why wait a month to tell us.
Big giveaway for me was he wouldn't answer the phone, but would reply back to a text straight away. 100% scammer.
Not 100% scammer. Advice on this forum is to conduct such contact by emails or messages rather than phone calls. He may have thought you were the scammer by trying to catch him out with a phone call that couldn't be referred to later.Big giveaway for me was he wouldn't answer the phone, but would reply back to a text straight away. 100% scammer.
ts are the reason why.Cozmosmallpiece said:
The following is taken from the AA website:-
The only legal terms that cover a private sale contract are:
1. The seller must have the right to sell the car.
2.The vehicle should match the description given by the seller.
3. The car must be roadworthy – it is a criminal offence to sell an unroadworthy car and an MOT certificate from a test several months ago is no guarantee that the car is roadworthy today.
So assuming 1 & 2 have been complied with, and a very recent MOT then 3 is covered.
With regard to going to a Tribunal, this is nonsence. The gov.uk website refers to Employment, Mental Health, Tax Land registration Tribunals.
I think they are trying to extort money from you.
IANAL but I find #3 hard to believe, even if it is written on the AA website.The only legal terms that cover a private sale contract are:
1. The seller must have the right to sell the car.
2.The vehicle should match the description given by the seller.
3. The car must be roadworthy – it is a criminal offence to sell an unroadworthy car and an MOT certificate from a test several months ago is no guarantee that the car is roadworthy today.
So assuming 1 & 2 have been complied with, and a very recent MOT then 3 is covered.
With regard to going to a Tribunal, this is nonsence. The gov.uk website refers to Employment, Mental Health, Tax Land registration Tribunals.
I think they are trying to extort money from you.
Loads of people sell their potentially unroadworthy cars - MOT failures, unfinished projects, race cars etc.
Even a recent MOT doesn't guarantee a car is roadworthy.
petrolbloke said:
IANAL but I find #3 hard to believe, even if it is written on the AA website.
Loads of people sell their potentially unroadworthy cars - MOT failures, unfinished projects, race cars etc.
Even a recent MOT doesn't guarantee a car is roadworthy.
I find #3 hard to believe because it’s on the AA website. Loads of people sell their potentially unroadworthy cars - MOT failures, unfinished projects, race cars etc.
Even a recent MOT doesn't guarantee a car is roadworthy.
Have you seen some of the made up stuff on there!
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