Sold car privately, now buyer wants his money back

artystix

My daughter sold her Corsa 1.0 2002, , car was sold as described, it has 6 months tax and 12 months MOT, full service history 2 lady owners.
She is not a mechanic so as far as she is concerned, car runs well, has no problems,
they prospective buyer came had a good look , checked the car all over, my daughter drove the car for him on the test drive, they agreed a price and deposit taken.

5 days later, buyer collects and pays the remainder.
Phone call off him later that day, he complains that
1. Near side front suspension mounting loose
2. Loss of coolant after short drive
3 Engine appears noisy again after short drive when engine is warm


car was sold as described, it belonged to my daughter her name was on v5
he could have had a mechanic check car, he chose not to do this

i believe it is his responsibility to check these things out before he pays for car?
He wants a refund, or will seek legal advice

as i understand a private sale is sold as seen, buyer beware

Browntoa

Yes, sold as seen and private sale so no comeback

Paradigm

Let him seek his legal advice, it won't get him anywhere as long as the car was described honestly.

The fact he inspected the car before buying will also go against him.

motorguy

artystix wrote: »

My daughter sold her Corsa 1.0 2002, , car was sold as described, it has 6 months tax and 12 months MOT, full service history 2 lady owners.
She is not a mechanic so as far as she is concerned, car runs well, has no problems,
they prospective buyer came had a good look , checked the car all over, my daughter drove the car for him on the test drive, they agreed a price and deposit taken.

5 days later, buyer collects and pays the remainder.
Phone call off him later that day, he complains that
1. Near side front suspension mounting loose
2. Loss of coolant after short drive
3 Engine appears noisy again after short drive when engine is warm


car was sold as described, it belonged to my daughter her name was on v5
he could have had a mechanic check car, he chose not to do this

i believe it is his responsibility to check these things out before he pays for car?
He wants a refund, or will seek legal advice

as i understand a private sale is sold as seen, buyer beware

Totally no comeback.

Tell your daughter to enter in to no further correspondence with the buyer of the car.

arcon5

Tell him to shove it.

Avoriaz

arcon5 wrote: »

Tell him to shove it.

He will have to do that anyway when the engine fails.

GwylimT

By buying such an old car he should expect problems, if he wanted a faultless car he should have bought a much newer one.

DUTR

GwylimT wrote: »

By buying such an old car he should expect problems, if he wanted a faultless car he should have bought a much newer one.

True to a point, but a much newer one or even brand new, may not be faultless.

robatwork

I think you knew the answer to this before you posted.

Tell him to google "buyer's remorse".

roonaldo

They have bought a 12 year old car and it has some faults as expected. Tell them to jog on. If they want a top notch car with no faults then buy new.

shaun_from_Africa

artystix wrote: »

car was sold as described, 2 lady owners.

This one:


and this one: