Private sale, car has gone catastrophically wrong

motorguy

TradePro wrote: »

Is this the vehicle that WeBuyAnyCar offered £1800 less for? Assuming it is, they were of course aware of the problems with these, and therefore offered the lower price based on their knowledge of the marketplace, something that the unlucky buyer who gave more clearly didn't...

£1800 below private sale price would be a fairly typical WBAC trade offer.

motorguy

Scrounger wrote: »

Or has it ...

What if the buyer produces in court a printout of the Ebay listing clearly stating that the engine comes with a 12-month warranty?

How was the ad worded?

Scrounger

The O/P has already told us they did NOT mention a 12 month engine warranty in the original advert.

TradePro

I would agree with £1800 below dealer retail Paul, but not generally that much money below private sale price.

In the age of the Internet 'everyone's a trader' these days, private sales are often quite close to trade prices, in my recent experience anyway.

motorguy

TradePro wrote: »

I would agree with £1800 below dealer retail Paul, but not generally that much money below private sale price.

In the age of the Internet 'everyone's a trader' these days, private sales are often quite close to trade prices, in my recent experience anyway.

Check out some of the threads relating to WBAC - they're full of examples of people selling their cars for that sort of amount more than WBAC offered them.

Also, dont forget WBAC will particularly low ball on something they dont have an immediate customer for - for example they' probably relatively strong on golf turbodiesels, and not so much on say, petrol jags.

bryanb

motorguy wrote: »

The O/P has already told us they did NOT mention a 12 month engine warranty in the original advert.

Could you say which post she said that in please?

vaio

Scrounger wrote: »

Or has it ...

What if the buyer produces in court a printout of the Ebay listing clearly stating that the engine comes with a 12-month warranty?

How was the ad worded?

Scrounger

Yep, that's the important thing, if the vehicle was advertised as with 12 months engine warranty then there could be an issue of mis-description.

Certainly if I was the buyer that's what I'd be arguing and I wouldn't be surprised if a small claims judge agreed.

Given that we are talking a couple of thousand or more for acomplete new engine vs a couple of hundred for a small claim it's certainly a gamble I'd take

Scrounger

Dukesy wrote: »

I honestly can't remember exactly what I wrote, and I can't find the advert anymore...:eek:

motorguy wrote: »

The O/P has already told us they did NOT mention a 12 month engine warranty in the original advert.

Should be OK then.

Scrounger

motorguy

bryanb wrote: »

Could you say which post she said that in please?

Yes, quotes below...

Dukesy wrote: »

The engine was warranteed for a year, but we gave him all the paperwork to look through and keep when he turned up to pick the truck up, so he should have been aware that it was non transferable before he handed over the money. We just stated facts on the advert.

Dukesy wrote: »

I honestly can't remember exactly what I wrote, and I can't find the advert anymore as it's dropped off my ebay lists. I wouldn't have written that the warranty would have transferred on to the next owner.

motorguy

Scrounger wrote: »

Should be OK then.

Scrounger

You actually removed the bit where she said it...

Dukesy wrote: »

I honestly can't remember exactly what I wrote, and I can't find the advert anymore as it's dropped off my ebay lists. I wouldn't have written that the warranty would have transferred on to the next owner.

patman99

But what would happen if they buyer simply phoned the garage & told them he was the guy who had the engine fitted.......