Bought car and I don't like it!

motorguy

macman wrote: »

if it's a vehicle that they reckon they can sell on again easily, they might do so, but of course the price they pay will not be what the OP paid for it, the dealer will look for some profit to compensate them for being messed about.

I would say they would be able to use smoke and mirrors to disguise the fact, PLUS they've done all the prep work on the car now, so they wont need anywhere near their normal gross margin to still get their normal net profit.

If I were the dealer i'd be offering them something was was 'just coming in' and price it a bit higher than i otherwise would. That way he'll have more to work with and can lesten any apparent loss by the O/P on trading it back in.

Stigy

neilmcl wrote: »

The car would have lost thousands the minute you drove it from the forcourt. Do you really think the dealer should take the hit for that, get real.

The only reason a car loses thousands is if it's a brand new car! A used car has lost most of it's value in depreciation already. How do you know the OP didn't only pay £1,500 for the car?

photome

Thanks for the answers on distance selling. I asked because I bought a car unseen from a dealer about 300 miles away,(about 2 years ago) they delivered it to me but had not done a few things totalling £500, before delivery. I rang them and threatend them with the distance selling regs and that I wasnt going to accept delivery.

Luckily they rang a local dealer for me, booked it in and paid the bill.

LandyAndy

Lum wrote: »

Isn't there someone on this forum is a trader and states that this exact situation is why they wait a month before sending the logbook off to the DVLA.

When the car comes back, it'll still have the same number of keepers as the DVLA were never told about the new keeper.

I'm sure it was harveybobbles who said that was what he did.

neilmcl

Stigy wrote: »

The only reason a car loses thousands is if it's a brand new car! A used car has lost most of it's value in depreciation already. How do you know the OP didn't only pay £1,500 for the car?

Keep up mate, I've already admitted I misread the OP and assumed it was a new car they were posting about.

Biglad_3

The dealer will simply offer the OP the current trade in price for the car.

They will then offer the OP to buy another car off of the forecourt at the screen price, he will knock maybe £200 off.

Dealer wins.

smjxm09

neilmcl wrote: »

I think they could argue that having the car registered in your name may be classed as a personal specification. Interesting one though.

Not according to the document as a car registration does not count as personalization.

Hintza

Hotspur wrote: »

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Macman I agree but not all sales on E Bay are auction sales. So, distance selling regs would apply to Buy It Now sales.

Not if the buyer has to travel to the seller's location and hand over the cash. It is not an internet sale (the seller has just been advertising it via the net)

Hotspur

Hintza wrote: »

Not if the buyer has to travel to the seller's location and hand over the cash. It is not an internet sale (the seller has just been advertising it via the net)

That's true

motorguy

Biglad wrote: »

The dealer will simply offer the OP the current trade in price for the car.

They will then offer the OP to buy another car off of the forecourt at the screen price, he will knock maybe £200 off.

Dealer wins.

That would be a SUPERB way of p*ssing off your customer AND building some bad rep with everyone your customer would tell.

No dealer with half a brain would do that.