buying at an antiques fair

madlyn

my partner has recentley bought an art deco clock at an antiques fair. as it wasnt a cheap item the sellar let him pay in instalments. when he had paid the final amount my partner was given the clock along with a piece of paper saying what he had bought and for how much.
however, upon getting it home he realised that the clock was far to big for where he had planned to put it.
the next day he rang the sellar and explaind the situation and would he pe prepared to buy it back. the sellar wasnt very keen to do this.
where does my partner stand, the piece of paper has no company name or VAT number on it.

paddyrg

He changed his mind, tough luck (in a nutshell).

VAT etc is a red herring

madlyn

thats what i've told him, as well as think before you buy but thats another topic!!

soolin

madlyn wrote: »

my partner has recentley bought an art deco clock at an antiques fair. as it wasnt a cheap item the sellar let him pay in instalments. when he had paid the final amount my partner was given the clock along with a piece of paper saying what he had bought and for how much.
however, upon getting it home he realised that the clock was far to big for where he had planned to put it.
the next day he rang the sellar and explaind the situation and would he pe prepared to buy it back. the sellar wasnt very keen to do this.
where does my partner stand, the piece of paper has no company name or VAT number on it.

I've sold at an antique fair and do not have a VAT number and do not understand why that is an issue? I also don't use a trading name on receipts as I trade as 'me'.

Regardless of that you have no rights to any sort of a return all you can do is sell it on, but obviously unless you are lucky you will probably not get back what you paid for it.

pinkshoes

madlyn wrote: »

where does my partner stand,

Next to a rather large clock I imagine...

If the seller is not interested in buying it back (and it would be at a lower price...), then he can either find somewhere else to put it, sell it elsewhere, or buy a bigger house!

keyser666

pinkshoes wrote: »

Next to a rather large clock I imagine...

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

fin7

pinkshoes wrote: »

Next to a rather large clock I imagine...

:rotfl::rotfl:

maninthestreet

Surely your partner will be able to sell on the clock, maybe even make a little profit on it as well, a la 'Antiques Road Trip' ??