Damage from dealer looking over car

hgotsparkle

londonTiger wrote: »

these days you're supposed to drop the bonnet down from height, I think it's sensible to assume from about 20-30 cm max. Not from a meter high.

It was from full opening he dropped it

colino

There is a huge difference between a driveway dealer, scum of the earth, scrap selling, tax dodging know-nothings and a bona fide trader. A £295 gap between the trade-in and the car being retailed would point to there being no honest reason a true trader would be involved at all.

hgotsparkle

Well the van was up for sale at £895, my OH had the car listed on gumtree for the same but the dealer said he could take no more than £600 for it, hence car plus £295.

AdrianC

Even if he did slam it from the full extent of the hinges, for the catch to be broken by that would merely be highlighting an existing problem with the catch. They should cope with that just fine.

Whether he's a trader or back-street or the deal was good or bad value is irrelevant since you've backed out of it now. SOGA puts no weight whatever on "Sold with faults" or similar wording, but - honestly - any van that's under a grand is going to be on it's absolute last legs. Especially as a trade sale.

arcon5

colino wrote: »

There is a huge difference between a driveway dealer, scum of the earth, scrap selling, tax dodging know-nothings and a bona fide trader. A £295 gap between the trade-in and the car being retailed would point to there being no honest reason a true trader would be involved at all.

Not all driveway dealers are tax dodging scum bags.
And not all traders with premises are bona fide traders.
To assume everybody selling from a driveway is out to screw you is ridiculous - especially in this case where the guy refunded ops money without argument!!! So he deserves some credit there!!

And since we don't know how much the van was or what op traded in we're hardly in a position to determine the guys credibility based on the cash exchanged alone!!

AdrianC

arcon5 wrote: »

And since we don't know how much the van was

Oh, yes, we do...

hgotsparkle wrote: »

Well the van was up for sale at £895

arcon5

We still don't know what was traded in.

Although seems like op traded in a banger and bought a new banger in the form of a van. Ops even more lucky to get his money back.

As for the car, go to a breakers yard for replacement parts to save money. I think the lockin mechanism is usually secured with rivots which may need drilling out

AdrianC

arcon5 wrote: »

We still don't know what was traded in.

No, but we do know it'd been up for £895, not sold, and the dealer offered £600 for it.

headpin

colino wrote: »

"Sold with Faults", if they are then detailed, in writing or verbally is perfectly legal and nothing at all like "Sold as seen".

Still needs to be in a roadworthy and legal condition for road if sold as such which certainly seems to be the case as it was driven away. You cannot contract out of your statutory responsibility.

londonTiger

colino wrote: »

There is a huge difference between a driveway dealer, scum of the earth, scrap selling, tax dodging know-nothings and a bona fide trader. A £295 gap between the trade-in and the car being retailed would point to there being no honest reason a true trader would be involved at all.

errmm maybe the trader undervalued the car being part exed?? and can flip it for much more than the value during trade?