Advice needed on problems after buying used car on Ebay.

JK12345

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

"EXTERIOR IS POOR LOTS OF STONECHIPS ON FRONT END AND DENTS AND SCRATCHES ALL OVER"



You'll get laughed out of court!

You seem to be deliberatly avoiding the main issue here - the mechanics, and concentrating on the bodywork, which isnt the major issue, purely in order to entertain yourself, not helping in any way or form. The issue is the fact the car is dangerous, and MECHANICALLY not as described.

Please....... this is stressful enough as it is, without all this.

JK12345

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

The £80 is a generous offer, as it stands they don't need to offer you anything as it's a private sale of a car that's done over 100k miles, and was described as being dented and scratched all over.

I'm not sure what you were expecting to buy?

I was expecting a car that had 9 months MOT and safe to drive! Nothing more

Brooker_Dave

JK12345 wrote: »

You seem to be deliberatly avoiding the main issue here

You brought an old police car, privately, with loads of miles up it, described as dented and scratched all over, for not a vast amount of money, and it turns out to be not the best example of a Mondeo....

Take the 80 quid, buy a few second hand bits and learn to live with the dents...

If you take it to court the judge will laugh at you.

JK12345

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

Why would you have to ask about it when you went to collect it in person???

Could you not see the damage?

No, as i said, the car was so dirty, I asked about it because of the stonechips in case one had chipped the windscreen, looking for one chip (which is what I thought there might be) would have been a mamoth task through the muck, but it isn't one chip, its as if its been sandblasted!

JK12345

Brooker_Dave wrote: »

You brought an old police car, privately, with loads of miles up it, described as dented and scratched all over, for not a vast amount of money, and it turns out to be not the best example of a Mondeo....

Take the 80 quid, buy a few second hand bits and learn to live with the dents...

If you take it to court the judge will laugh at you.

Why would the judge laugh, when the goverment consumer website says the car has to be described and it has to be roadworthy?

I understand and try to take on board everyones opinion, but I dont understand when all of the consumer advice websites say that the car must be as described etc that this is such a hopeless situation?

JK12345

Ms_Chocaholic wrote: »

Read through this thread with interest.

I struggle to understand why did the OP purchase a car when she had one, which is now for sale on Ebay tho

Hi, cos as per the description, I bought the car last year as a project, with no TAX or TEST, due to a breakup of a relationship I had to get it moved into storage and since then it has just been costing me to store, as I hve no idea how to do it up myself, and I need to raise some money, the sensible thing to do is to sell it....

Hintza

OP I think you are being a little naive. Surely you test drove the car? If not then you are at fault. If the car was that dirty I would have asked myself why and possibly walked away.

If you had had a test drive and the steering was faulty then you would have noticed. If you didn't notice then why would you expect the seller to notice (OK they might have known).

Lots of dings and scratches should have sent a warning to you.

You then say that you have spent all your money on it. If you are that hard up why the hell are you buying such a big and expensive car to run?


In the advert you have stated:-

MECHANICALLY THE CAR SEEMS GOOD, PREV OWNER SAID IT HAD ALL NEW BRAKES FITTED.

Here you are making an assumption on how mechanically sound the cars and then quoting the previous owner. So you haven't even bothered to check this car or perhaps you have anf know of a problem.

That is why we work in this country of the principle of caveat emptor it is the buyers responsibility to thoroughly check a secondhand purchase to ensure it meets their needs and in particular cars.

A couple of small point you are accusing the seller of rallying the car. If the car had been rallied then it would have a roll cage (or evidence of one) and it would probably need a fuel cut of switch.

The next time you buy a car you need to invest in an AA or RAC check or as I do now I just put it in for an MOT.

I know this is not a very sympathetic post but I have been where you have car cost £1100 repair costs after 6 months £2,500, wrote it off after 6 months and the pain was over. I bought in a hurry didn't check it throughly, ignored obvious signs and paid the penalty.

Nail_Lad

Wow, Dave Brooker - you're cuddly. There was clearly communication between the seller and the winning bidder that we're not fully aware off so reel in those claws and play nice. Your ability to delve into people's eBay buying history and comments are hardly constructive to the debate.

In addition to communication beyond the ad, the ad also says: OTHER THAN THAT THE CAR IS SOUND, HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED HAS NO KNOCKS AND NO NOISES FROM THE ENGINE. IT IS VERY SMOOTH AND QUITE FAST, FEELS LIKE A NEW CAR.

I think this is what the OP has a bone about.

However, to their credit the seller's Mum has come on here and made an offer of compensation in line with their own policy on the listing. I wish my Mum would stick up for me more on the internet but then again I am 34.

So to the OP - draw a line under it, the seller clearly has. Take what offer of compensation from the seller you can get and walk away. Chalk it up as experience.

tinkerbell84

dacouch wrote: »

The problem with an MOT is it only confirms a vehicle is road worthy on the day they performed the MOT.

Not even the day If you drove out of the garage and a stone broke the windscreen, the car would not be roadworthy despite having been MOTed.

An MOT is not a warranty.

I can't believe that anyone buying a used car would ask the seller if the car was 'okay' and take their word for it! You wouldn't do it with a house!

tinkerbell84

JK12345 wrote: »

I was expecting a car that had 9 months MOT and safe to drive! Nothing more

:rolleyes:

The MOT means NOTHING.