crock of **** from private seller.

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discogal

discogal

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Does anybody know if there is any comeback if you buy a crock of s**t from a private seller. My partner bought a vitara from a private seller in april for£1000 and by its MOT in mid october we had to bin it because it had been deemed dangerous to drive . The sub frame front and back were rotten , one of the front suspension mounts had collapsed and one of he tie rod ends was cracked. We were quoted £600 alone for the welding and that was without all of the other bits and pieces that also needed doing . So we were hoping to get some of our money back. We know that it had welding done for the previous years MOT and there had been a lot of paint lashed around underneath and you couldn't actually see all of the bad bits by lieing down under it. We have tried to contact the seller by phone to no avail and we have written to her but we have had no reply .:(
 
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I'd say you're probably a bit late now. As you've scrapped it there's no evidence of the state of the car so it's your word against theirs.
 
sold as seen
your not seriously expecting a warrenty or ur money back on a £1000 car from a private seller
 
do you still have it?

It is over 6 months ago since yu bought it, so unlikely.

Your best chance of any comeback is to have an engineers report carried out on it and then to persue a civil action through the courts. You may not get them to pay, but if the seller owns a property, you might be able to place a lien on their house.

realistically....... it will cost yu an arm and a leg to try. put it down to experience.
 
The Mad Hat Man said:
do you still have it?

It is over 6 months ago since yu bought it, so unlikely.

Your best chance of any comeback is to have an engineers report carried out on it and then to persue a civil action through the courts. You may not get them to pay, but if the seller owns a property, you might be able to place a lien on their house.
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The problem with that is, in order to obtain judgement against the seller, you would have to show to a high level of probability that the seller deliberately and knowingly misled you as to the condition of the vehicle.
 
discogal said:
Does anybody know if there is any comeback if you buy a crock of **** from a private seller. My partner bought a vitara from a private seller in april for£1000 and by its MOT in mid october we had to bin it because it had been deemed dangerous to drive . The sub frame front and back were rotten , one of the front suspension mounts had collapsed and one of he tie rod ends was cracked. We were quoted £600 alone for the welding and that was without all of the other bits and pieces that also needed doing . So we were hoping to get some of our money back. We know that it had welding done for the previous years MOT and there had been a lot of paint lashed around underneath and you couldn't actually see all of the bad bits by lieing down under it. We have tried to contact the seller by phone to no avail and we have written to her but we have had no reply .:(
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A Vitara, here, on a Land Rover forum, ya gay or summat?? :hysterically_laughi:hysterically_laughi:lvkiss-106::hysterically_laughi:hysterically_laughi
 
martin1512 said:
The problem with that is, in order to obtain judgement against the seller, you would have to show to a high level of probability that the seller deliberately and knowingly misled you as to the condition of the vehicle.
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that is why i said an engineers report........ and the receipt, of course :doh:

I also said it would cost yu more than it would be worth.
 
You got 6 moths of driving out of a disposable motor. It is part of the game budget motorists play.

marc7 said:
sold as seen
your not seriously expecting a warrenty or ur money back on a £1000 car from a private seller
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Sold as seen doesn't exist legally. The seller would have to have pointed out the faults to you before you buy it to be absolved of any liability.

If the seller said "there is a rust issue" that is usually enough however. It is then up to the buyer decide if they want to proceed with the sale, knowing it has a rust problem. That is why, as a seller, it pays to be honest.

Although I believe you have a 6 month window to put in a claim before tough titties.
 
The Mad Hat Man said:
that is why i said an engineers report........ and the receipt, of course :doh:
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An engineers report will only state the condition of the vehicle. Not as to whether or not the seller knew about it or deliberately misled you. The point of law that must be proved is not whether or not the vehicle is faulty, that is not in dispute, but whether or not the seller knew it was in worse condition than they led the buyer to believe, and also whether or not the buyer exercised reasonable care to check the condition of the vehicle.
 
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