Under-charged for purchase

System

Flyboy152 wrote: »

Hmm.....let's think.

If I was a dealer and saw that an outstanding payment of nine thousand pounds was owed on a car, that the customer was fully aware (and let's not beat about the bush, the dealer will fully assume the customer was aware of it), I would accept the car in for service, but I wouldn't let it back out.

You are obviously failing to grasp my point. The other poster believes that there will be a problem when the op services the car. However if the garage don't notice there will be no problem. It's a pretty simple concept to grasp I am surprised you are having trouble with it....

System

Flyboy152 wrote: »

And what will happen if something goes wrong with the car?

All the questions are really moot, the OP is a thief and there is no other word for it.

He's not a thief don't be ridiculous

Flyboy152

goater78 wrote: »

He's not a thief don't be ridiculous

Hmm....he has taken goods that do not belong to him, what would you call him?

JimmyTheWig

I wonder how many real-life friends the OP has told about this.

System

Flyboy152 wrote: »

Hmm....he has taken goods that do not belong to him, what would you call him?

They do belong to him. I am sure the vehicle registration says the car is the ops. He has not stolen the car. He has paid for it and it's not the ops fault the salesman was incompetent.

easy

Of course the OP isn't a thief. He proffered a payment, the payment was taken incorrectly - which he didn't realise until later, he will pay the full amount when the dealership wakes up and realises the error. Theft implies INTENT to deprive permanently.

TBH I'm pretty shocked that the dealer has got past a month-end without noticing that they're £9k down - they need a far better bookkeeper on their staff. I suspect they haven't noticed yet as MANY of their sales will be made on finance, they will be used to a punter paying a deposit and then waiting for the finance company to stump up the rest. They should find out by their year-end - but of course there is no way of knowing when that is (unless you look them up on companies house register - if they're a ltd company).

The chances are quite high that they will just charge the OPs credit card when they do discover it. This happened to us, We spent a weekend in Blackpool a few years ago, DH & I, my mum and our son in 2 rooms. When we checked out, they only charged us for 1 room - like the OP, we didn't realise until after we got home, but the hotel had been so dreadful, we reasoned they had charged about what it was worth, so we didn't bother to contact them to tell them about the mistake.

The outstanding amount appeared on the crediot card bill about 4 months later.

visidigi

goater78 wrote: »

He has paid for it

No he hasn't thats the point!

System

visidigi wrote: »

No he hasn't thats the point!

He has paid for it but due to the companies error he has paid too low a price. That is not his fault

Flyboy152

goater78 wrote: »

They do belong to him. I am sure the vehicle registration says the car is the ops. He has not stolen the car. He has paid for it and it's not the ops fault the salesman was incompetent.

The car does not belong to him, because he has not paid for it.

Just because someone is the registered keeper of a vehicle, does not make them the owner.

visidigi

He was given an invoice for the car, he was given a reipt for payment - he didn't pay it in full - he partially paid for it.

There is no way you can claim the car is paid for - there is a pretty good case for it being fraud to be honest - knowingly retaining goods you have not provided full legal tender for - no matter what the incompetence of the dealer concerned.