Advice needed on problems after buying used car on Ebay.

tinkerbell84

JK12345 wrote: »

Well as I fisrt mentioned the issues with the seller less than 18 hours (collected about 5.30 - contacted him the following morning) after picking up the car, and driving less than a mile it's kinda unlikely. The MOT is prely to ascertain the current condiotion, then if deemed not fit, Trading Standards will take the car and do their inspection, which I guess will be a lot more comprehensive.

I wouldn't bet on that.

JK12345 wrote: »

Bottom line I dont know, I am acting on the advice of legal bodies advice rather than opinons, I'm sure before they are able to offer this advise, they must have to have some sort of legal training and knowledge??

Jx

I wouldn't bet on that either.

JK12345

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

If you left it with the current MOT you could drive it (sort of).

Re-MOT it on Monday - if it fails, you won't be able to drive it until it's repaired.

So you've brought the risk forward by 9 months.

No, cos for some bizarre reason, another MOT does not invalidate the current MOT. Madness I know, but had this confirmed by Trading Standards, and the MOT station when I booked it in.

JK12345

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

I wouldn't bet on that.



I wouldn't bet on that either.

Well if the legal bodies out there arent to be trusted then I guess I'm F**ked lol

JK12345

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

I wouldn't bet on that.



I wouldn't bet on that either.

They cant possibly offer written consumer advice on consumer law without having some sort of clout surely? Its a government body?

goldspanners

JK12345 wrote: »

Trading stadards are only interested because under the Road Traffic Act it is illegal to sell a car non roadworthy (I have posted the relevant bits).

Sorry I;m not a legal person, so really dont know anything apart from what trading standards, Consumer Direct, and the bits I have found online have told me.

Jx

trying to enforce these laws will be even harder than finding them online, you happliy accepted the vehicle in an "unroadworthy state" you knew the windscreen was damaged,or at the very least it had no screenwash in it to clear the windscreen, still unroadworthy, so you accepted the car in full knowledge of this.

JK12345

PS yes I'm tired and stressed to death so my spelling and typing abilities have gone to pot! Apologies.

JK12345

goldspanners wrote: »

trying to enforce these laws will be even harder than finding them online, you happliy accepted the vehicle in an "unroadworthy state" you knew the windscreen was damaged,or at the very least it had no screenwash in it to clear the windscreen, still unroadworthy, so you accepted the car in full knowledge of this.

They are easy to find online, see prev post with the link to the Road Traffic Act, and prev post on link to the laws and rights of private buyers.

I didn't accept the vehicle after purchase (within a reasonable time) and did not know windscreen was damaged.

That aside even if I did, and as I have numerously stated I didn't, this doesn't absolve the seller of selling an unroadworthy vehicle, or indeed a vehicle not as described.

pianeet

i know what trading standards are saying.
but you had somebody inspect the car and negotiate a £75 discount if i was the seller i would do a counter claim for the so called expert not knowing what he was on about i think your claim should be against the person who looked at the car for you,

just because someone is male does not mean they know about cars.

Brooker_Dave

pianeet wrote: »

i know what trading standards are saying.
but you had somebody inspect the car and negotiate a £75 discount if i was the seller i would do a counter claim for the so called expert not knowing what he was on about i think your claim should be against the person who looked at the car for you,

just because someone is male does not mean they know about cars.

They had someone inspect it?

I didn't spot that bit.

OP, don't take it for MOT, you're wasting your time and money here, just get it patched up.

Then apply here:

http://www.mtv.co.uk/shows/pimp-my-ride

HTH

neet87

[FONT=&quot]Hi, although I don’t agree with all of what marmaladebadger say he does have a point about car sales in general.

For example, in the advert for your Rover you have stated that 'THE ONLY THING MECHANICALLY I THINK IT WILL NEED FOR AN MOT IS THE EXCHAUST, THE BAFFLERS HAVE GONE (WHAETEVER THEY ARE!) BUT ITS REALLY NOISY.' Well if someone buys it, has this fixed and it still fails an MOT for something else does that not mean you have mis-described it in the advert and they are entitled to either a refund or for you to compensate the costs of getting anything fixed that is need for the MOT?

Also, this implies that after this has been fixed it will be a road legal car, thus if it isn’t the only thing wrong with it you have effectively sold an unroadworthy car illegally?

You have also stated 'MECHANICALLY THE CAR SEEMS GOOD'. You must be 100% sure of this as if there is a problem mechanically then shouldn’t you be held accountable after advising the buyer the car is ok? (This is what you are trying to imply the seller of your mondeo should be)

I think this demonstrates that buying a cheap used car on ebay is at buyer’s risk. If everyone who buys a car that has anything wrong with it other than what is stated in the description is entitled to a refund, I doubt the car trade on ebay will continue except from dealers- and will certainly be much more expensive.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]I am not trying to have a go at you but you do need to think whether you would refund your buyer if any of the above circumstances happen or whether you would say that when they collected the car they accepted it in the condition it was in then?[/FONT]