I put a deposit on a car- now they are advertising it

nicplymstock

Hi all
I put a deposit ona car last weekend- the car was not ready to drive away that day as it needed some cosmetic work at the front- the garage already had a person coming out on tuesday for this. It also needed some work done on the bearing on the clutch. So I paid the deposit, arranged to part ex my car and I told them that I would come up next week to collect it (tomorrow) - because of the work on the clutch I made them write on the paperwork 'subject to test drive'.
I came home on Saturday and was looking at autotrader and the avdert was pulled off the site about 2 hours later.

Last night- the car appeared back on autotrader with £100 more on the price tag. I though the deposit and paperwork meant the car was secured to us. Now I feel worried that
1. they have decided, having done the clutch and body work that the car is worth more than the price I have written on my invoice
2. that they are going to sell it to any tom, !!!!!! or harry that could come in today and pay the entire amount?

does anyone have any idea where I stand? I am expecting the garage to call me today
thanks

Quentin

Maybe they are covering their side of things if you exercise your right to pull out of the deal after taking your test drive.

nicplymstock

Hi there
Is this common practise with garages do you think? I am not the most experienced person with buying cars

Quentin

As far as the garage is concerned the deposit you have paid doesn't bind you to buying the car because of the condition you attached.

So they are entitled to still look out for other customers.

Normally deposits are binding on both parties, but in this instance, yours isn't.

Jakg

Also, when a buyer turns up for that car, they can try to sell them something else instead - i've had this tried on me a few times.

nicplymstock

panic over- just spoke to them- it turns out that the clutch problem is a much bigger problem than they thought- they have already refunded me the deposit so they are selling it and informing people of the problem- as a garage they are not going to carry out the repair.
so at least I am all sorted out! PHEW!

Gordon_Hose

They aren't going to repair it, and expect to get £100 more? lol

mkaibear

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

They aren't going to repair it, and expect to get £100 more? lol

Makes sense to me.

They've bumped the price up so that when they inevitably end up having to drop the price to take account of the clutch problem, they end up making more profit.

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roddydogs

Their really going to sell a car and tell the buyer "It needs an expensive repair"?

Lum

roddydogs wrote: »

They're going to sell a car and tell the buyer "It will need a new clutch soon, fairly simple job, should only cost £100"

Fixed that for you.

vaio

They googled your name, found you post on here and thought “we can’t sell a dodgy car to her. Quick, refund her deposit”