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Help! Can a seller sue me?
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Oops sorry, I'm not up with my acronyms - whats a SNAD?0
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SNAD- Sold not as described.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.0
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Slight correction - it's Significantly Not as Described.0
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Slight correction - it's Significantly Not as Described.
Apologies, my brain said one thing and I typed something entirely different..how weird is that?
I'll leave my post as otherwise the correction doesn't make sense.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.0 -
Not only do you have a strong defence if there was proceedings issued, it would cost him tens of thousands of pounds to bring a claim for libel or defamation, so there's no way any reasonable solicitor would recommend that he do so.
A claim like this has to be brought in the High Court, and from day one to the end of the trial would be approximately £80,000 with a local solicitor, let alone a big city firm. There is a lot of talk in the media about slander claims and they always talk about the amount won but never the court fees paid (Elton won about 10 million a few years back but paid almost double that in fees!).
I seriously doubt he would waste that amount of money for some ebay feedback, so I would honestly not worry about it. I'm sure that it is just a hollow threat. I am a solicitor and we have people coming to our offices all the time trying to bring these claims but they nearly always decide against it once they know how much it will cost.
Sarah
PS Obviously none of the information given above is intended as professional legal advice and should be taken as forum chat only.Mortgage when started (Dec 2013): £157,272.50
Current mortgage (date): £156,885.56
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Your a bit high with the Elton John damages.....
It was based on the newspaper headline 'Elton's diet of death' which alledged he chewed his food then spat it out.
The jury found the statement by the newspaper defamitory (as he wasn't even at the party suggested in the paper!) and awarded damages of £75,000 (compensatory) and £275,000 (exemplary). (High Court). The newspaper appealed to the Court of Appeal and the sums were reduced to £25,00 and £50,000.
See Elton John v MGN Ltd [1996] 2 All ER 35.0
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