Sold Car Declared Cat C
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StottyZr said:
Tyre Tread said:
Sounds like the guy who bought it is a bit of a sap.
I suggest you need to get to the root of the issue or tell him to pith off.
Any attempt to seek recompense will be in vein and will go against the grain of justice.
I can see no releaf for either of you if he continues to get on your twig.
Perhaps you could branch out into selling damaged cars but it may not be fruitful as many people will go nuts and bough out when they discover they are not up to scratch but others may be Oakay with it.
Top effort I suggest you need to get to the root of the issue or tell him to pith off.
Any attempt to seek recompense will be in vein and will go against the grain of justice.
I can see no releaf for either of you if he continues to get on your twig.
Perhaps you could branch out into selling damaged cars but it may not be fruitful as many people will go nuts and bough out when they discover they are not up to scratch but others may be Oakay with it.
SMcP114 said:
This story doesn't really add up.
The car can't magically be declared a Cat C write off. Either your or his insurance company has declared it as such. Why not carry out your own HPI check on the car to try and figure it out?
Why not not bother and leave it for the buyer to sort out?The car can't magically be declared a Cat C write off. Either your or his insurance company has declared it as such. Why not carry out your own HPI check on the car to try and figure it out?
I remember the pics. You can't expect a tree to land on a car like that, buy it, buff the damage out and flog it on for £££'s. Cat C is generous - once a car has had it's A-pillar bent I'd never expect it to be straight again.
Sounds like the buyer was trying to make a fast buck hoping the damage wouldn't be recorded and he could flog it as a straight car. Now it's cat C he can't do that, so he's peeved.
The only thing he's got to be annoyed at is his own greed and stupidity, IMO.
WeirdNeville said:
SMcP114 said:
This story doesn't really add up.
The car can't magically be declared a Cat C write off. Either your or his insurance company has declared it as such. Why not carry out your own HPI check on the car to try and figure it out?
Why not not bother and leave it for the buyer to sort out?The car can't magically be declared a Cat C write off. Either your or his insurance company has declared it as such. Why not carry out your own HPI check on the car to try and figure it out?
I remember the pics. You can't expect a tree to land on a car like that, buy it, buff the damage out and flog it on for £££'s. Cat C is generous - once a car has had it's A-pillar bent I'd never expect it to be straight again.
Sounds like the buyer was trying to make a fast buck hoping the damage wouldn't be recorded and he could flog it as a straight car. Now it's cat C he can't do that, so he's peeved.
The only thing he's got to be annoyed at is his own greed and stupidity, IMO.
You said that he was trying to make a quick buck and now it's Cat C he can't do that.
Which was why I asked in my original post, how can this be if it didn't go through the insurance?? It doesn't just magically become a Cat C write off. How could the buyer have bought the car looking to make a turn on it and then realised it was declared Cat C if neither him nor the OP put the damage through the insurance??
The guy who bought the car sounds like a bit of a mong.
If the car was sold as a non-recorded (i.e. not claimed for via insurance) salvage vehicle with damage then that is the end of it for you as the seller regardless of whether you are a trader or private.
It sounds like he has taken it for repairs, been given some figures he didn't like and has been told by some mechanic 'that would be a Cat-C write off mate!' and has therefore decided that you have somehow ripped him off. Tell him politely and firmly that you want nothing further to do with the car or him, and if he contacts you again or makes any threats then record them and report him to plod for harassment.
If the car was sold as a non-recorded (i.e. not claimed for via insurance) salvage vehicle with damage then that is the end of it for you as the seller regardless of whether you are a trader or private.
It sounds like he has taken it for repairs, been given some figures he didn't like and has been told by some mechanic 'that would be a Cat-C write off mate!' and has therefore decided that you have somehow ripped him off. Tell him politely and firmly that you want nothing further to do with the car or him, and if he contacts you again or makes any threats then record them and report him to plod for harassment.
Chrisw666 said:
The guy who bought the car sounds like a bit of a mong.
If the car was sold as a non-recorded (i.e. not claimed for via insurance) salvage vehicle with damage then that is the end of it for you as the seller regardless of whether you are a trader or private.
It sounds like he has taken it for repairs, been given some figures he didn't like and has been told by some mechanic 'that would be a Cat-C write off mate!' and has therefore decided that you have somehow ripped him off. Tell him politely and firmly that you want nothing further to do with the car or him, and if he contacts you again or makes any threats then record them and report him to plod for harassment.
That's exactly what I was thinking and why I would encourage the OP to do a quick HPI check himself.If the car was sold as a non-recorded (i.e. not claimed for via insurance) salvage vehicle with damage then that is the end of it for you as the seller regardless of whether you are a trader or private.
It sounds like he has taken it for repairs, been given some figures he didn't like and has been told by some mechanic 'that would be a Cat-C write off mate!' and has therefore decided that you have somehow ripped him off. Tell him politely and firmly that you want nothing further to do with the car or him, and if he contacts you again or makes any threats then record them and report him to plod for harassment.
I doubt the buyer has even HPI'd it. He's more likely showed it to his mates who have told him it's Cat C damage and he feels he's been ripped off. He obviously doesn't has much cop on when it comes to these things.
Tobias Funke said:
SMcP114 said:
Who? The OP or the buyer?
The buyer, the OP said the buyer carried out an HPI check before he bought it and then did another one 6 weeks later, strange behaviour, no?Welshwonder said:
Someone is telling porkies... For the OP's insurance company to declare it a write off, an assessor would have had to see the car. They don't do damage assessments over the phone! New owner is clearly trying to pull a fast one.
+1'writing off' is a finance / accounting term - ie, the car was declared beyond economical repair, therefore it was written off as a total loss. The car would then be sold off as salvage.
If it hasnt been through that process, then it cant be 'written off'
Sorry to bring up an old thread, but has there been any updates on this as I'm fascinated to know how a car got declared Cat C despite not being assessed by the insurance?
I also don't see how the new owner would pull a fast one with this? Surely the only logical reason for this is that it was Cat C before the tree fell on it?
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k sake send me the reg, I'll HPI it here now. This could have been sorted in 2 mins, without a thread on here with a simple HPI check. Seriously.
I also don't see how the new owner would pull a fast one with this? Surely the only logical reason for this is that it was Cat C before the tree fell on it?
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k sake send me the reg, I'll HPI it here now. This could have been sorted in 2 mins, without a thread on here with a simple HPI check. Seriously.IM curious too, but as someone above has said, it's probably purely an administrative arror by the OPs insurance company.
FOr all those people who are telling MF to tell the buyer to get stuffed: If the above is true it is MF insurer that has made the mistake and it certainly wouldn't hurt him to make a call or two to see if he can help
FOr all those people who are telling MF to tell the buyer to get stuffed: If the above is true it is MF insurer that has made the mistake and it certainly wouldn't hurt him to make a call or two to see if he can help
blindswelledrat said:
IM curious too, but as someone above has said, it's probably purely an administrative arror by the OPs insurance company.
FOr all those people who are telling MF to tell the buyer to get stuffed: If the above is true it is MF insurer that has made the mistake and it certainly wouldn't hurt him to make a call or two to see if he can help
How ??FOr all those people who are telling MF to tell the buyer to get stuffed: If the above is true it is MF insurer that has made the mistake and it certainly wouldn't hurt him to make a call or two to see if he can help
Afaics the OP's insurers have had nothing to do with the car. They haven't even examined it let alone paid out on it so how can they write it off.
That aside, OP sold the car six weeks ago, car was written off 3 weeks ago, after it had left the OP's ownership.
Somebody's playing funny bu66ers but I don't think it's the OP.
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