Sold Car in August - now Buyer wants compensation!

Lemonade_Pockets

Tell him to take a running jump.

In all seriousness if you do want to reply out of courtesy keep it very brief and do not bring anything else to it. Penny to a pound he'll print your email out and take it straight down to CAB for further analysis.

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Alias_Omega wrote: »

I would then await the reply, if its abusive then i would get onto eBay live chat ASAP and report this. Of course eBay will probably do nothing about it, but its logged. Then speak to your local Community Police Support Officer in a general worried chat about this.

Good luck,

Regards,

Alias

You obviously didn't read the OP properly, he sold it outside of eBay.;)

bosseyed

Yeah, I agree with others on here - ignore it, I wouldn't even bother getting into an email debate with the guy.

Thems the breaks when you buy a second hand car privately - occasionally things can go wrong, but thats tough luck. I've bought enough second hand cars in my time to have had a few lemons despite a decent test drive and it comes with the territory, so I wouldn't even give this guy the oxygen of a reply as he might start to push harder for to make this your responsibility.

He drove it, liked it, paid for it. Job done. A break down 3 months later is hardly your problem.

EDIT: Oh and you may as well let your husband know the situation - he might have lots on his plate at the moment, but I'm sure hes man enough to help with yours. Thats what you do when you're married, share problems. Problem shared, problem halved etc

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Lemonade_Pockets wrote: »

Tell him to take a running jump.

In all seriousness if you do want to reply out of courtesy keep it very brief and do not bring anything else to it. Penny to a pound he'll print your email out and take it straight down to CAB for further analysis.

Good advice, personally I would just ignore the buyer, but yes if the OP is going to respond, just keep it very brief.

sarymclary

Cheers guys. I feel so much better now.

I am going to tell OH when he comes home later. He's a big enough guy, and pretty imposing to look at, so he'd have no problem with the chap turning up, so I'll prepare him just in case. He's probably going to suggest just ignoring him anyway.

Y'know the more I think about it, the more stupid this is. To give you an idea of how peculiar he was, he had a full demonstration from us as to how to get the spare tyre out of the boot, which had a funny pump-action handle. I included all manner of things in the sale, including a new set of locking wheel nuts, luxury mats, and alloys. The car was in pretty much showroom condition, especially after the cosmetic repairs. There wasn't a mark on the paintwork or interior.

He brought his dad along with him, but the guy was well in his 30's, and his dad had a thorough look under the bonnet, checked the fluid levels, etc., saying how he did all their car servicing, so it's not as if the dad was a novice, even if the son was a bit naiive.

Rotor

You're not allowed to mislead a buyer but other than that it is entirely buyer beware in a private sale.
If he had come back the next day he would have had no comeback let alone 3 months later
Maybe send him a link to this thread ?

LandyAndy

Rotor wrote: »

You're not allowed to mislead a buyer but other than that it is entirely buyer beware in a private sale.
If he had come back the next day he would have had no comeback let alone 3 months later
Maybe send him a link to this thread ?

In view of the speculation about his mental state I wouldn't recommend this;).

daveyjp

Its a scam which has been running for years. Someone buys a car privately, then complains it had faults which they allegedly paid for and they expect you to pay.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

this guy is haveing a laugh comeing back three months later asking to pay for his repairs and stateing you missled him. he could of damaged the fuel lines going over a speed hump too fast scrapeing the underside of the car for all you know. he had an option when viewing to hpi the car infront of you there and then if it came back as it has then had the option to decline buying it. the dealer he took it to wont refuse to keep the car he has the option to take it to a private repairer. when viewing the car could of looked at the engine bay etc and all round condition if he wasnt happy he would of bought. its common sense to check the whole car on a veiwing that everything works and sound and drives ok, he drove it, viewed it, he was happy with it.

do nothing dont replay. He probably hasnt been to the CAB. he's trying it on

next the numpty will be asking you to pay for a full tank of fuel and full years tax!!!!

LandyAndy

Tell him the bank have finally confirmed that all his £20 notes were forgeries.