car fraud

Anihilator

So OP when were you purchasing the car? how was it being paid for? What paperwork do you have? when was it being delivered?

Tbh from all dealings with similar before they normally state £200 to secure the car (i.e it wont be sold to anyone else) and it will be transported for final arrangements. The contract isnt actually made until all parties have inspected the vehicle and such.

Consumer direct regularly talk pish. Your solicitor hasnt confirmed this contract is binding, just verbal ones are which is perfectly correct.

As I have said I don't think this is a contract you will be able to enforce and even if you did please quantify any actual losses you need to be compensated for?

neilmcl

ahusband wrote: »

They requested a 200 deposit purely to secure the car. A sepeare 49 pounds would be paid in the total amount for the transportation. completely seperate!

I do wish you'd have bothered to mention this at the beginning as this puts a completely different spin on it. No agreement to purchase has been made in that case and therefore no contract is in place.

ahusband

yes i did agree to purchase. a deposit was paid until the car arrived. Im going to leave this anyway. this anhilitor person is allegedly a solicitor for evans halshaw, so he says in another forum. ill leave it to the solicitor.

Tozer

neilmcl wrote: »

I do wish you'd have bothered to mention this at the beginning as this puts a completely different spin on it. No agreement to purchase has been made in that case and therefore no contract is in place.

I can't see that this makes any difference. The £200 was to take the car off the market.

Tozer

ahusband wrote: »

yes i did agree to purchase. a deposit was paid until the car arrived. Im going to leave this anyway. this anhilitor person is allegedly a solicitor for evans halshaw, so he says in another forum. ill leave it to the solicitor.

He is not a solicitor and, as stated in the other thread, he needs to go just a touch careful as to pretend that he is is a criminal offence.

Instructing solicitors is unlikely to be beneficial in this case as it would be dealt with in the small claims court where costs (even assuming you are successful) would not be awarded.

ahusband

£200 takes it off the market. After agreeing a price, they cannot now change their mind. It is binding. i was waiting for it to arrive this saturday when i would then pay the rest. They should just honour the price and be done with it. Save them being dragged through the papers...which i am capable of.

neilmcl

Tozer wrote: »

I can't see that this makes any difference. The £200 was to take the car off the market.

An agreement to temporarily take the car off the market does not in itself imply an agreement to purchase and certainly doesn't lead to a contract being formed.

neilmcl

ahusband wrote: »

this anhilitor person is allegedly a solicitor for evans halshaw, so he says in another forum. ill leave it to the solicitor.

I don't think he was being serious, I think his post went over your head a bit.

Tozer

neilmcl wrote: »

I don't think he was being serious, I think his post went over your head a bit.

No but OP has made a comment in response suggesting that he might be.

I, like others, are getting a bit fed up of the trolling nature.

Tozer

neilmcl wrote: »

An agreement to temporarily take the car off the market does not in itself imply an agreement to purchase and certainly doesn't lead to a contract being formed.

But it wasn't "temporarily". It was to secure the purchase as any other deposit would.

To my mind the terms are certain. OP agreed to purchase the car for the stated amount. They cannot unilaterally change the terms post-contract.