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Advice re legal contracts ebay

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  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,974 Forumite
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    Should have told them sorry after taking legal advice, you WILL sell them the car and knock £50 off the price for the trouble.

    Then add you will put all the bits of the engine/gearbox in the boot, Any missing bits can be found on the motorway hard shoulder between junctions 7 - 8.

    Pretty sure they will say the auction is NOT legally binding after all.
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  • soolin
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    Should have told them sorry after taking legal advice, you WILL sell them the car and knock £50 off the price for the trouble.

    Then add you will put all the bits of the engine/gearbox in the boot, Any missing bits can be found on the motorway hard shoulder between junctions 7 - 8.

    Pretty sure they will say the auction is NOT legally binding after all.

    Your example doesn't work as the item sold should be as per the listing.
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  • forgotmyname
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    Exactly...:T:T:T


    So now they know the cars in bits they wont want to buy it will they.

    :j:j:j
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  • zenseeker
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    And then you open yourself up to a SNAD complaint.

    Only way to deal with this is to ignore the buyer. They have no legal claim to the car whatsoever, so don't worry about it.
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  • soolin
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    Exactly...:T:T:T


    So now they know the cars in bits they wont want to buy it will they.

    :j:j:j

    And seller still risks a neg, a non performing seller complaint and poor stars, which is all that can happen to him now anyway.
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