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Used Car Sale - Terms & Conditions
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Yes, thats right!0
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The garage want to give you money for a broken car.
You don't want to accept it, instead you'd prefer to lose a £500 deposit and pay out to fix the damage.
Things seem upside down.0 -
In all honesty we don't trust the garage. I just don't see how they can do that. I just don't feel confident that they will stick to there end of the agreement.
It must just be me cos I am really confused..If they reject your car and don't stick to their end of the deal then surely they will have to refund you as they broke the agreement, as it stands though it is you who broke it and as such I guess they get to keep your money.
Any reason why you don't trust them ? you were just about to buy a new car from them ?
As for how they can do that, they will have a blue book value on your car and will more then likely know exactly how much it is worth even as a non runner and to be honest just cos the layperson gets a price for repairs does not mean that any garage will be doing the same work for anywhere like that quote.
They may well have the same model as yours somewhere else and want to fix it up or only car about the body work etc.
I think I must be missing something cos it seems quite straight forward to me..Give them the car and let them worry about the repair..You then get your shiny new car ..win winThere is a race of men that don't fit in; A race that can't stand still;
So they break the hearts of kith and kin, and roam the world at will.
Robert Service0 -
I have just spoken to them again and asked for them to confirm in writing that they will see out the original agreement and come and collect the car and they are suddenly backtracking! They've said they never agreed to stick to the original price and that their would be added costs that they would add into the finance agreement!
Now what do I do? Are they the ones breaking the contract? Or am I still in the wrong?0 -
My point is that we didn't sign a contract and there are no terms and conditions to say that we cannot get out deposit. Most legitimate companies offer a cooling off period. I understand they would have taken the car off the forecourt and potenially missed an opportunity of sale so am prepare to pay a small fee. However the car was sold for a grand total of 3 working hours! Not a whole lot really.
The seller is only allowed to retain any provable reasonable losses.The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
Gothicfairy wrote: »I am sorry but did I miss something ? They offered you 4k for a non runner and you turned them down ? Why ?
They will get their guy to fix it and no doubt it will be turned around within a day or so and sold for more then they paid you and the cost of fixing it. Either that or it will be stripped and sold as parts or used to make something else clean and tidy.
One of my mates works at a local garage / scrap yard and they buy write off's to break for spares and you would be suprised how much the bits and bobs on a clean car can go for. Or they swap a leather interior for a plastic one ( that can add a grand on if someone is into that sort of thing )
I can't see how you can get the deposit back if they are still willing to go ahead with the deal all faults aside.
That would the very first thing that would start the alarm bells ringing for me.The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
@Flyboy152 Got to love you when it comes to threads about deposits and refunds.
You seem to always think everyone has the right to a refund on a deposit left.
Despite what you may have read on other sites, the seller is only entitled to retain any reasonable losses. I am surprised that you can't see the logic in that.The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
I have just spoken to them again and asked for them to confirm in writing that they will see out the original agreement and come and collect the car and they are suddenly backtracking! They've said they never agreed to stick to the original price and that their would be added costs that they would add into the finance agreement!
Now what do I do? Are they the ones breaking the contract? Or am I still in the wrong?
How did you pay the deposit?The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0
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