Sold a car, problems from new owners
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Right, sorry for starting a new thread as I'm 99% sure of the answer, but my parents are getting a bit stressed and its not doing them any good.
A few weeks back my parents sold my brothers car on his behalf (the new keepers knew the situation about him livig away from home but the car being registered here. That's not the problem). The car was absolutely spot on when he sold it. He only got rid because my grandad decided to sell his Jazz on at a good price to my brother.
They wanted a test drive, my mom refused unless they showed proof of insurance. The couldn't so didn't get a test drive, my mom took them for a passenger ride. They left a deposit and agreed a price.
My dad was at home when the picke the car up. The girls dad had now turned up wanting to check every inch of the car over and tried to knock money off for stupid things. The price had been agreed and my dad didn't budge. They took the car that day.
6 days later we get a call late one evening shouting down the phone to my dad about how the gearbox has gone an it won't change or select any gears. My dad says its nothing to do with him it was fine when they bought it.
Today we've received a letter asking for the price of a new clutch (along with one or two other things that someone thinks was 'wrong' with the car) asking if we will pay out of good will. Will we b
ks. If we don't pay they are threatening with small claims.
It was a private sale with both receipts sold as sold as seen. We're not traders and offered no warranty. The car drove away and was fine for 6 days afterwards.
Do they have a leg to stand on? I'm planning on just saying see you in court and if it comes to that I'm presuming they will be in the wrong and we have nothing to worry about?
Sorry for the long thread. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help out.
Carl
A few weeks back my parents sold my brothers car on his behalf (the new keepers knew the situation about him livig away from home but the car being registered here. That's not the problem). The car was absolutely spot on when he sold it. He only got rid because my grandad decided to sell his Jazz on at a good price to my brother.
They wanted a test drive, my mom refused unless they showed proof of insurance. The couldn't so didn't get a test drive, my mom took them for a passenger ride. They left a deposit and agreed a price.
My dad was at home when the picke the car up. The girls dad had now turned up wanting to check every inch of the car over and tried to knock money off for stupid things. The price had been agreed and my dad didn't budge. They took the car that day.
6 days later we get a call late one evening shouting down the phone to my dad about how the gearbox has gone an it won't change or select any gears. My dad says its nothing to do with him it was fine when they bought it.
Today we've received a letter asking for the price of a new clutch (along with one or two other things that someone thinks was 'wrong' with the car) asking if we will pay out of good will. Will we b
ks. If we don't pay they are threatening with small claims. It was a private sale with both receipts sold as sold as seen. We're not traders and offered no warranty. The car drove away and was fine for 6 days afterwards.
Do they have a leg to stand on? I'm planning on just saying see you in court and if it comes to that I'm presuming they will be in the wrong and we have nothing to worry about?
Sorry for the long thread. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help out.
Carl
sold as seen
private sale
JOG ON
they haven't a leg to stand on and they will lose if they take it to small claims
they have every chance to test and inspect a car before they buy it.
I seem to remember some guy on here had a similar problem with a buyer who tested his Audi
and a few weeks later sent a angry letter ordering he pay for new brake discs at £2500
tell them to fk off
private sale
JOG ON
they haven't a leg to stand on and they will lose if they take it to small claims
they have every chance to test and inspect a car before they buy it.
I seem to remember some guy on here had a similar problem with a buyer who tested his Audi
and a few weeks later sent a angry letter ordering he pay for new brake discs at £2500
tell them to f
k offEdited by tbc on Wednesday 10th October 14:33
Carl-H said:
Do they have a leg to stand on?
No.Carl-H said:
I'm planning on just saying see you in court...
Don't do that. Just ignore them.But keep a record of any further shouty phone calls and correspondence, just in case you need to show a judge, in due course, that the buyer is a moron.
Surely you've seen the tens of other threads on this?
They have no leg whatsoever to stand on if it was a private sale.
Small claims court, Sale of Goods act, whatever else they come up with is all rubbish - they have nothing.
At best, they don't want to pay out for something going wrong on a car they've just bought. At worst, there's nothing wrong with it and they're trying to pull a fast one to get the money back that they feel they should have got off on purchase.
Tell them to do one, then ignore any correspondence.
They have no leg whatsoever to stand on if it was a private sale.
Small claims court, Sale of Goods act, whatever else they come up with is all rubbish - they have nothing.
At best, they don't want to pay out for something going wrong on a car they've just bought. At worst, there's nothing wrong with it and they're trying to pull a fast one to get the money back that they feel they should have got off on purchase.
Tell them to do one, then ignore any correspondence.
Caveat Emptor. It was a private sale and sold as seen. The car was accepted and paid for.
You don't know what they've been doing to the car in the mean time, the clutch could be down to them riding it all the time or anything like that.
Forget about it, its not your issue and don't pay them any money as this is an admission of guilt as such. The car was fine when you sold it. Stick with that and you'll be fine.
You don't know what they've been doing to the car in the mean time, the clutch could be down to them riding it all the time or anything like that.
Forget about it, its not your issue and don't pay them any money as this is an admission of guilt as such. The car was fine when you sold it. Stick with that and you'll be fine.
Excellent! Just as I thought. I was 99% sure this was the case but just wanted to check for my parents sake. They are getting pretty worried about it. If I'd of shown then another thread they'd of found different circumstances and said it might be different lol.
Those replies were super quick too! Thankyou all, I really do appreciate it.
Carl
Those replies were super quick too! Thankyou all, I really do appreciate it.
Carl
folos said:
Send them a letting saying you want compensation for the distress they've caused you, and bill them for your wasted time reading their letters!
See what they say
That's a brilliant idea haha! See what they say
I work about a mile from their house and almost pass it every morning on the way to work. I'm normally going past at about 3.45am. Very tempted to knock the door to chat about the car. When they phoned I was fast asleep so they woke me I'd just be returning the favour.
Luckily I'm able to rise above it though haha.
valiant said:
Every week this seems to come up...
Several times a week it seems.OP read these:
http://www.oft.gov.uk/business-advice/treating-cus...
http://www.oft.gov.uk/business-advice/treating-cus...
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