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

dan_cup

motorguy wrote: »

There is more to this than you're telling us, otherwise why would you care, and why would this seem to be your decision?

IF the 'owner' is happy with an £800 refund then thats what i would do and draw a line, otherwise i'd be telling the guy to bring the car back for a full refund.

No their isn't, my issue is the original owner is getting a broken car back!

The other problem, which you guys will claim is 'odd' is the original owner has gone on holiday and the buyer won't have anything to do with him, he will only text me, wont answer my calls to him.

cootuk wrote: »

Maybe a different spec oil was in it before - a thicker oil could hide a knock. Cleaner oil might reveal a knock etc
Refund and pay their petrol money for return too.

Bloody hell take me to the hangman!

photome

dan_cup wrote: »

No their isn't, my issue is the original owner is getting a broken car back!

The other problem, which you guys will claim is 'odd' is the original owner has gone on holiday and the buyer won't have anything to do with him, he will only text me, wont answer my calls to him.




Bloody hell take me to the hangman!

Why should the buyer have anything to do with the original owner? he didnt sell it, you did the trade.

Honestly i think you know you should be doing the right thing and taking the car back with a full refund, or anything inbetween if the buyer is happy

steve-L

dan_cup wrote: »

No their isn't, my issue is the original owner is getting a broken car back!

But they are a complete stranger you have never met... so why would that bother you?

The other problem, which you guys will claim is 'odd' is the original owner has gone on holiday and the buyer won't have anything to do with him, he will only text me, wont answer my calls to him.

Bloody hell take me to the hangman!

Of course he will only text so he can print them out and use them as evidence when he takes YOU and your fiancee's father to court.

patman99

OP, you have learned a valueable lesson in this. If your f-in-l decides to sell his cars via ebay, then maybe you could set him up an ebay account for the purpose. Then next time a 'mate' wants to shift a car, it can be sold via the garage account and not your own.

However, I would suggest that you could counter with the argument that the buyers mechanic could have caused the damage when servicing the vehicle.

Aylesbury_Duck

I still don't understand why the OP doesn't just issue a refund? It's not his car, he won't be out of pocket and he doesn't know the car's owner anyway. OP, why put your own time and expense on the line to defend a position you can relinquish without any cost or comeback?

dan_cup

Because this guy wants to return/refund on a car he bought privately and has broken himself after 2 weeks of use.

He has to accept responsibility for that. It's a 14 year old vehicle, unfortunately you can never be sure what's going to happen.

The owner will be left with a vehicle that was not the same as when he left.

I don't think m&s would refund a shirt if I ripped a sleeve off n then said it was no good.

The reason I'm going thru this is because he wants to come after me & the garage - which in this case has had no involvement with the sale.

Aylesbury_Duck

Even accepting all that, you've got yourself in a mess because you want to take a stand against someone who, in your opinion, is trying it on? Even though you personally have nothing at stake?
Surely if you have him return the car and then you issue a refund, he won't be coming after you or the garage any more?

Aylesbury_Duck

And I'm afraid I disagree with your last statement. The garage is very much involved in the sale, whether you intended it to be or not.

Chopper_Read

dan_cup wrote: »

Because this guy wants to return/refund on a car he bought privately and has broken himself after 2 weeks of use.

He has to accept responsibility for that. It's a 14 year old vehicle, unfortunately you can never be sure what's going to happen.

The owner will be left with a vehicle that was not the same as when he left.

I don't think m&s would refund a shirt if I ripped a sleeve off n then said it was no good.

The reason I'm going thru this is because he wants to come after me & the garage - which in this case has had no involvement with the sale.

If that's what you think stand your ground and tell him to do one.

That's what you want to hear isn't it?

dan_cup

Ah well I guess the moral of the story is not to do people favours and to let them sell their own stuff.