proof of purchase for item sold on gumtree

CharlieRabbit01

Hiya

I've sold an item on gumtree to protect myself and the buyer, does anyone have an example type of receipt we can use for proof of purchase / payment?

bris

Why do you need to protect yourself? Private sale they buy you forget deal done, caveat emptor applies.

CharlieRabbit01

i thought I'd be best advised to jot a receipt that said person a purchased item x, sold as seen for blah price paid in full in cash, 2 copies signed by both parties.

this is what has always happened when purchasing a car privately from a free adds or similar.

wealdroam

Stick free receipt template into google for many ideas.

mattyprice4004

CharlieRabbit01 wrote: »

i thought I'd be best advised to jot a receipt that said person a purchased item x, sold as seen for blah price paid in full in cash, 2 copies signed by both parties.

this is what has always happened when purchasing a car privately from a free adds or similar.

There you go - you had the answer. Sounds fine to me

CharlieRabbit01

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

There you go - you had the answer. Sounds fine to me

aha so I did, is that litterally it?

InsideInsurance

CharlieRabbit01 wrote: »

i thought I'd be best advised to jot a receipt that said person a purchased item x, sold as seen for blah price paid in full in cash, 2 copies signed by both parties.

When was the last time you signed a receipt in a store or asked for someone with authority to sign on behalf of a major corporation like Tesco to sign it?

What are you trying to do? If you are trying to prevent any comeback then simply take a copy of your advert and make sure you are clear on that of what you are selling, private sale, secondhand item etc

CharlieRabbit01

InsideInsurance wrote: »

When was the last time you signed a receipt in a store or asked for someone with authority to sign on behalf of a major corporation like Tesco to sign it?

What are you trying to do? If you are trying to prevent any comeback then simply take a copy of your advert and make sure you are clear on that of what you are selling, private sale, secondhand item etc

but in a store you get a reciept as proof of purchase.

Yeah prevent any come back.

It's something I've been asked before as a buyer. a receipt signed by me and the seller.

this is the first time as a seller (usually use ebay) and just wanted to protect myself from come back as they aren't testing it, literally just sold as seen but the advert didnt state this the buyer said not to worry they trust us.

I thought there might be some sort of official way of selling like this, to protect the buyer and seller like ebay.

InsideInsurance

CharlieRabbit01 wrote: »

but in a store you get a reciept as proof of purchase.

But you said you want both parties to sign it which was the point I was responding to. If you are posting it what are you going to do if they never return the second one you sent to them to return to you?

For their proof of purchase you just need a piece of paper with your details, what you've sold, the price and thats it. No need for signatures on it. Its the advert that would be held up in any discussions that the item was not as described etc.

CharlieRabbit01

InsideInsurance wrote: »

But you said you want both parties to sign it which was the point I was responding to. If you are posting it what are you going to do if they never return the second one you sent to them to return to you?

For their proof of purchase you just need a piece of paper with your details, what you've sold, the price and thats it. No need for signatures on it. Its the advert that would be held up in any discussions that the item was not as described etc.

I see that by signing both means I or they cant then change the receipt. I cant really change the printed till receipt the store gives me. but I could change a single copy of a typed/hand written one then who has the right version?

maybe i'm just seeing more in it.

I'm not really sure what mine or their rights are when selling/purchasing through gumtree.

marcowil

CharlieRabbit01 wrote: »

I'm not really sure what mine or their rights are when selling/purchasing through gumtree.

I think the short answer is None. Private sale, no rights whatsoever