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Car dealer not returning deposit

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  • Dave101t
    Dave101t Posts: 4,157 Forumite
    what sort of back street car lot dump did you go to!
    Target Savings by end 2009: 20,000
    current savings: 20,500 (target hit yippee!)
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    new target savings by Feb 2010: 30,000
  • Tozer
    Tozer Posts: 3,518 Forumite
    maggie111 wrote: »
    If it's happened more than once I'd complain to the police, who should have a quick word in his ear like.

    Sadly the Police won't give a stuff as they will see this as a "civil matter" - particularly as there are already judgments.

    And even if they did have an informal word, it looks like this trader won't give a monkeys.
  • Rusty!
    Rusty! Posts: 2,076 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 17 June 2009 at 9:52AM
    Tozer wrote: »
    Hollydays is right.

    I would be interested to know whether it is a limited company or sole trader. I suspect Ltd company in which case your options are more limited.

    Name the company!
    Mayfair Motor Company 'Ltd'

    No mention of it on Companies House though :confused:

    Just remembered my local paper has a kind of 'Watchdog' type section, I'm gonna write to that for the hell of it, hope for some bad publicity for them.
  • glider3560
    glider3560 Posts: 4,115 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Rusty! wrote: »
    Mayfair Motor Company 'Ltd'

    No mention of it on Companies House though :confused:
    Company number: 04704316
    Status: Dissolved

    Is this their address?
    MAYFAIR MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
    276 QUEENS ROAD
    BEESTON
    NOTTINGHAM
    NG9 2BD

    I think a garage in Southsea (Portsmouth) also has this name.
  • Tozer
    Tozer Posts: 3,518 Forumite
    glider3560 wrote: »
    Company number: 04704316
    Status: Dissolved

    Is this their address?
    MAYFAIR MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
    276 QUEENS ROAD
    BEESTON
    NOTTINGHAM
    NG9 2BD

    I think a garage in Southsea (Portsmouth) also has this name.


    Oh dear....
  • Rusty!
    Rusty! Posts: 2,076 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 17 June 2009 at 10:14AM
    It's the one in Portsmouth by the same name, still trading too.

    With the car I had arranged to buy up for sale.
  • hollydays
    hollydays Posts: 19,812 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 17 June 2009 at 10:49AM
    http://www.blagger.com/db4/company_id/7676/companyname/Rosewood-Garage-By-All-Accounts-Mayfair-Motor-Company.html

    Just one of several unfavourable reports about them at blagger.com

    also
    http://www.blagger.com/db4/company_id/2280/companyname/Rosewood-Car-Centre-(portsmouth).html

    http://www.blagger.com/db4/company_id/5289/companyname/Granada-Road-Car-Centre-Ltd-(also-Rosewood-Car-Centre-And-Smith-Cars).html
  • Rusty!
    Rusty! Posts: 2,076 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Yeah I found that site a little while ago. Was able to dig up some information on the owner of the place thanks to it. Not that it's helped me.
  • zzzLazyDaisy
    zzzLazyDaisy Posts: 12,497 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Have you contacted trading standards?

    If they routinely take a deposit then fail to sell the car to return the deposit, then this is starting to look like a scam. Tell them what the bailiffs told you, if TS decide this is a pattern of fraudulent activity they can start proceedings against the company.
    I'm a retired employment solicitor. Hopefully some of my comments might be useful, but they are only my opinion and not intended as legal advice.
  • Optimist
    Optimist Posts: 4,557 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    One of the problems with places like this is they tend to ignore any civil law actions against them. The best thing is direct action. On nice sunny Saturday stand outside the garage with a poster give out leaflets get the local paper involved if it hits their sales and thus their pocket they will find it easier to pay you than just ignore you
    "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."

    Bertrand Russell. British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
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