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stolen car please help me

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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
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  • Sorry about the mistake understand emotion
  • Did you do a hpi check?
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,918 Forumite
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    Go back to the seller and ask for your money back.
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  • thenudeone
    thenudeone Posts: 4,462 Forumite
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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.
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  • brat
    brat Posts: 2,533 Forumite
    If the price looks too good to be true, it usually is...
    Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
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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?
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,918 Forumite
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    Seller and court maybe costly and a total waste of time and effort.
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  • neilmcl
    neilmcl Posts: 19,460 Forumite
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    Seller and court maybe costly and a total waste of time and effort.
    Hence why the advice was to "seek legal advice", rather than just rely on the opinions expressed here.
  • neilmcl wrote: »
    Hence why the advice was to "seek legal advice", rather than just rely on the opinions expressed here.


    Thing is legal advice will cost to establish whether the seller is worth taking to court.
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