car auctions

laila25

thanks for all your replies.
according to the trading standards website, making a purchase of something labelled as sold as seen doesnt effect you consumer rights at all. its not worth the paper its written on.
i've also been advised that you have rights regarding what you expect from the purchase. i certainly didnt buy this vehicle to take me 3 mile and blow up.
as for the people telling me it was probably very cheap so get over it.
if i could afford not to i wouldnt be shopping at auctions.
even the few hundred pound spent was a lot to a young family.
my partner also overheard when paying for the vehicle a member of staff telling someone else that if the car blows up you have a cooling off period. this was denied by the manager when i mentioned it after the breakdown.

harveybobbles

Yes, some people might get a cooling off period if they spend about £80,000 a week with them like we do. If we bought a car that had a serios fault then we can throw it back at them.

But someone buying one car for not much money doesn't get the same treatment.

Like myself and just about everyone on here, we've said you have two chances of getting your money back: None and little.

austin

i would contact VOSA 'cause it sounds like it shouldnt have passed an MOT

Wig

laila25 wrote: »

thanks for all your replies.
according to the trading standards website, making a purchase of something labelled as sold as seen doesnt effect you consumer rights at all. its not worth the paper its written on.

Trading standards are on about buying from a retailer where SOGA - Sale Of Goods Act is applied in all cases. It's different at auction, They are not allowed to mis-describe a vehicle, but they probably didn't say anything about your car anyway, except the make/model/year and indicated mileage. As long as they describe the vehicle correctly there is nothing you can do. As mentioned before in the thread *some* auctions offer cars under 5 years old "with no major mechanical defects" so if that blows up on the way home, you have some 'come back' against the auction. Because effectively the car is being "described" as having "no major mechanical defects". It is extremely unlikely that an auction house would desribe a 12 year old car as "having no major mechanical defects"

my partner also overheard when paying for the vehicle a member of staff telling someone else that if the car blows up you have a cooling off period. this was denied by the manager when i mentioned it after the breakdown.

Perhaps the person he was speaking to was buying a car under 5 years old?

The auction house will have terms and conditions on display, I suggest you go and read them.

You might find this useful
"If you buy a vehicle at auction, you may find that you have no rights. If you do have a complaint, it might be best to start by consulting the Citizens Advice Bureau."

duncan303

laila25 wrote: »

today i bought a car from the auctions........
i will be writing to the lucky gentleman who palmed this obviously terminally ill car on to me and asking for my money back and will then persue this for as long as it takes.

I would advise you to exercise caution before approaching the old registered owner as listed on the V5, you will notice that when you paid the auction house that when they handed over the V5 to you it was minus the yellow slip, you need to understand what this means.
Furthermore you are of course at liberty to purchase a warranty on any vehicle that you purchase, especially when you chose to purchase "without warranty" as you appear to have done in this instance. Various companies offer this product.

If you have reason to believe the MOT certificate is a forgery all you need to do is request a copy from any MOT office and compare, should only cost you a tenner. Also be careful not to read too much into what the AA man may have said and how you may have interpreted what he said, you must have been pretty stressed at the time. An AA man is not an MOT inspector.

Check the mileage on the certificate and the current mileage, how many miles has it done since the MOT was issued 10miles 100miles or 1000s.

As a matter of interest did you actually bid yourself, or did you elect another to do so on your behalf?

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Inactive

Put it down to experience and move on, if you don't know anything about cars, don't buy from auctions.

harveybobbles

Inactive wrote: »

Put it down to experience and move on, if you don't know anything about cars, don't buy from auctions.

More to the point, don't buy a bleledin Rover...

Wig

harveybobbles wrote: »

More to the point, don't buy a bleledin Rover...

That was a different thread ..... wasn't that the 14 year old Rover bought from a salesman....he still hasn't come back.

laila25

thanks duncan for your comments. the yellow slip isnt on the log book. i was raging at the time and having considered my options i am feelin sick but want the whole thing finished with. i'll speak with trading standards tmoro and act on there advice. the deal was delayed on the night for the auction to contact seller. the vehicle was a renault megane scenic 1.9dt. the decision for me now is scrap or sell spares or repair??????????? totally gutted!!!!!!!

passatrider

laila25 wrote: »

thanks duncan for your comments. the yellow slip isnt on the log book. i was raging at the time and having considered my options i am feelin sick but want the whole thing finished with. i'll speak with trading standards tmoro and act on there advice. the deal was delayed on the night for the auction to contact seller. the vehicle was a renault megane scenic 1.9dt. the decision for me now is scrap or sell spares or repair??????????? totally gutted!!!!!!!

I know it must be very frustrating but you will not get anywhere with the auction house. I too was in the same position as yourself a few years ago and got the same response; 'Sorry vehicle is sold as seen'.

Little comfort I know but my advice would be to sell it for spares on Ebay and move on.