Please help - Sold car and its now got a fault, buyer wants refund/bring car back

Chopper_Read

dan_cup wrote: »

To be honest we just got in touch with the owner before he goes on hol tomorrow and he said, if it has to come back and give the guy a refund them we can.

My issue is that he will now have a broken car that wasnt broken when he sold it, the other chap has had it for 2 weeks and used it, It could have happened 6 months down the line and he would have no come back?

And that's why he shouldn't have sold it through a garage

dan_cup

forgotmyname wrote: »

3rd car in what timeframe though?

Selling cars and buying and selling car spares. Would add to their case that you are a trader.

Was it listed as selling for a friend and contact them or did you deal with it?

In the space of 1 year.

Listed as selling for a friend but I dealt with it all

techspec

dan_cup wrote: »

I think he already has a car, didnt buy from inlaws no

So he had 2 cars? Again - points to a bit of trade going on.

I would refund and avoid any comeback on your inlaws garage.

The main mistake was selling it from there.

You could hold out and see where the buyer goes next. But if i was him - i would have the garage in my sites and be reporting the 'unusual' goings on to trading standards, HMRC etc. Is it worth it?

dan_cup

Chopper_Read wrote: »

And that's why he shouldn't have sold it through a garage

but he didnt, i sold it?

Chopper_Read

dan_cup wrote: »

As mentioned we picked him up from the station in it and his response while in it was 'hey this is alright, nice motor'.

So no it wasnt present when we sold it.

As long as you can prove that you'll be ok in court then.

Chopper_Read

dan_cup wrote: »

but he didnt, i sold it?

It's connected to the garage. It was on show there and you picked the buyer up and took him there.

Where did he hand over the cash?

The balance of probability says this is a trade sale.

dan_cup

Chopper_Read wrote: »

It's connected to the garage. It was on show there and you picked the buyer up and took him there.

Where did he hand over the cash?

The balance of probability says this is a trade sale.

He deposited it in my account before he came for the car

Chopper_Read

dan_cup wrote: »

He deposited it in my account before he came for the car

But you took him to the garage and handed over the paperwork and car there didn't you?

dan_cup

Chopper_Read wrote: »

But you took him to the garage and handed over the paperwork and car there didn't you?

yes, by paperwork you mean V5, service records. There was no reciept of sale

cb1979

Reading through this i think what i would do is let them return the car and give them a full refund and hope it does not cost too much to fix,it may save you alot of hassle
And in future

1 Only sell your cars and goods on ebay from your home address from your ebay account

2 If you friends want to sell their cars and goods let the open their own ebay account and sell from their home address

3 Your in-laws sell cars through ebay from their forecourt through their trader ebay account