Why do I feel guilty?

pimento

Did she have it surveyed?

It's caveat emptor (buyer beware) as far as I'm concerned and I wouldn't give her a penny.

whiteguineapig

op there is some brilliant advice here, i would keep your £50 as well. if your friends are really your friends they won't listen to her

barbiedoll

OP, your husband is absolutely right, if you pay up now, she'll be on your case every time something breaks, drops off or wears out.

You have no reason to feel guilty, when I bought my house, I didn't go running to the vendor two months later, complaining that my sink was blocked because she had spent years tipping fat down the sink! :mad:

(Not that I paid a plumber to clear it.....I did it myself _pale_)

You don't owe her a penny, "goodwill" or otherwise!

meritaten

I really can speak from experience here - I bought a second hand caravan. when the money changed hands and we completed the agreement with the site owners - that is when ALL legalities changed ownership to Myself and OH! and all static caravan owners know this!

McKneff

If you feel that you actually want to give her £50 then write to her telling her the goodwill gesture is a good will one only and the faults in the caravan were pointed out to her.

Tell her the £50 offer is open for14 days only and if she does not respond within 14 days then the offer is withdrawn and you will consider the matter closed.

tealady

Please do NOT
1) Send her any money
2) Respond to ANY calls, texts, emails, letters

She sounds like one of the people who will make your life a misery, there are people who will keep on harassing till they have bled you dry. Walk away, ignore her, I bet you sold the van to her at a bargain price.
Its her loss, it was a private sale so I believe she has no claim on you.

Pollycat

McKneff wrote: »

If you feel that you actually want to give her £50 then write to her telling her the goodwill gesture is a good will one only and the faults in the caravan were pointed out to her.

Tell her the £50 offer is open for14 days only and if she does not respond within 14 days then the offer is withdrawn and you will consider the matter closed.

Good post.

I think you really feel that you should pay her the £50 (although you know you're not obliged to, you're just a nice person).

If you still feel like that after reading the replies, I would make sure you see the invoice from the site plumber before you send the cheque - and do as McKNeff advises.

Seanymph

I would worry that if you send her £50 you are somehow open to further claims because you are showing you accept some sort of responsibility.

She has a lot of front - nasty people prey on nice people because nice people care what others think and these types don't, so they win up until someone gives them boundaries.

No doubt if you tell her to get stuffed she'll just skip off and start on someone else without a backward glance.

Don't pay anything. You don't need to, and you shouldn't.

LittleMrsThrifty

Could this be next week's MMD?

Sambucus_Nigra

Do you feel guilty because you lied about the washer and you know full well that it was more than that?