Owe Money to Dealer?

axel_fox

Hi,

Just looking for a bit of advice about a recently bought second hand car.

The car value was 8500, and i paid a deposit of £2500. when i went to collect the car a pay the balance the dealer had the invoice made out for £5900 (£100 less than expected), i said nothing.

Since then i have received a couple of letters asking for the oustanding £100, that last of which threatens legal action.

The questions is, do i pay or am i liable to end up in court (in Northern Ireland if that matters).

Cheers

Spicy_McHaggis

axel_fox wrote: »

Hi,

Just looking for a bit of advice about a recently bought second hand car.

The car value was 8500, and i paid a deposit of £2500. when i went to collect the car a pay the balance the dealer had the invoice made out for £5900 (£100 less than expected), i said nothing.

Since then i have received a couple of letters asking for the oustanding £100, that last of which threatens legal action.

The questions is, do i pay or am i liable to end up in court (in Northern Ireland if that matters).

Cheers

Simple answer is yes, if the dealer had overcharged you a grand would you put it down to experience?

AdrianC

Do you have paperwork for the deposit giving the full price as £8500, rather than the £8400 you paid?

I very much doubt that legal action would actually follow, and given that you've got an invoice for the amount you've paid, it probably won't go very far. But good luck with any problems you might have from the car...

I guess it comes down to personal morality - if the £100 was the other way around, would you raise it as an issue?

scotsbob

You agreed to buy a car for £8,500. So far you have paid £8,400.


You still owe £100, which could turn into quite a bit more if legal expenses are added.

EdGasket

If you agreed 8500 then thats what you should pay. Why didn't you sort it out at the time if you knew it was the wrong price and why not pay up when asked?

ritesh

Wind up, surely!

Why would you think you should not pay?

If it goes to court how will you explain it? Have you considered the legal costs you will need to pay? You can certainly forget having any repairs from the dealer.

You paid deposit, dealer made invoice, albeit £100 short of what should have been paid, you say nothing trying to chance your arm hoping you got a bonus out of it.

Your relationship with the dealer will go a lot further if you just pay what you owe. Who knows you might want to use them again