Used car bought, a few things missing

forgotmyname

Ivrytwr3 wrote: »

obviously mouth engaged before reading the full posts.

Care to explain? Its 2nd hand you get what you see. If its not there you dont get it. Unless as part of the deal you get them to include it.

Same seems to go with new cars. You have a puncture sir and no spare wheel. No sire its an optional extra. Open the flap in the boot there is a bottle of gunk to seal and inflate the tyre. To get your home.
Yes Sir the tyre shop will probably say because you used that sealant they cannot repair the tyre so need to buy a new one.

ukjoel

pgilc1 wrote: »

Sorry, but dont try to justify your actions by saying the dealer would do it anyway.

We dont.

How would you feel if you bought a car of his, with all the bits in place, only to come and pick it up and bits had been removed.

Chances are thats what the skodas original owner did, however now its the dealer has been a !!!! because its not present.

In my experience they do. Not always so they can then flog them on but often to ensure they dont get nabbed by browsing customers. However 9 times out of 10 they forget to put them back in or the guy doing the handover cannot find them.

With the original Skoda its likely the dealer had the umbrella. If not this dealer then the supplying one. They take them out of showroom models to stop them getting nicked and then borrw it when it rains.

colino

Proper traders try to get the car back looking as original as possible (throw away stuff like, "I've been to Norfolk" stickers and cheap mats) but emphasise the original stuff, so I doubt if the trader would have taken it out, it probably just wasn't there when he got it.
You'd be surprised how psychologically it works when a cheap and easy to replace original, branded glovebox torch or still in the wrapper first-aid box helps swing a sale on a £10k car.