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stolen car please help me
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jayson_king
Posts: 2 Newbie
in Motoring
Hi your help please
When you buy a car that turn up to stolen and the police gives back to the insurance that normally own the car and the insurance do not want to sale the car back to you. Is there anywhere I can go for compensation or anything to help me because I am a victim aswel but I feel like I am not getting treated like 1. I am not getting any help what so ever from the police aswel. What do I do PLEASE HELP
When you buy a car that turn up to stolen and the police gives back to the insurance that normally own the car and the insurance do not want to sale the car back to you. Is there anywhere I can go for compensation or anything to help me because I am a victim aswel but I feel like I am not getting treated like 1. I am not getting any help what so ever from the police aswel. What do I do PLEASE HELP
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Sorry about the mistake understand emotion0
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Did you do a hpi check?0
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Go back to the seller and ask for your money back.Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0
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and then learn from experience....0
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Unfortunately the car belongs to its owner, not the person who sold it to you, or you.
Now that the insurance company has paid the owner, the car is theirs. They may even sell it back to the original owner in exchange for their settlement figure; in which case everyone is back to where they started, except you and the thief.
I can understand your frustration but the thief is the one who's responsible, not the insurance company.
I presume you bought it privately and you can't trace the seller? If you bought it from a dealer you can recover the costs from them. If you paid by any type of card you can use chargeback or section 75. Otherwise there's little you can do. Sorry.We need the earth for food, water, and shelter.
The earth needs us for nothing.
The earth does not belong to us.
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If the price looks too good to be true, it usually is...Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.0
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Seek legal advice regarding taking the seller to court. They did not have correct title to sell the car to you. Also, as above, did you do an HPI Check?0
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Seller and court maybe costly and a total waste of time and effort.Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0
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forgotmyname wrote: »Seller and court maybe costly and a total waste of time and effort.0
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