Sold Car Privately - Buyer Unhappy - Wants to return - Help

arcon5

Agreed.
The fact the fault was there before you sold it is not in dispute, it's that they bought it knowing there was present and as a private sale.

Feels like a maaaasive injustice has taken place.

rich13348

This is messed up so the buyer knew of the fault as she came accross the fault but was to embarrassed to try again. So what she bought the car out of politness and then daddy went apeshit and instead of admonishing the daughter took it to court and then the judge found in their favour anyway what a !!!!ing joke.

Joe_Horner

Totally agree with the majority that this seems to have been a perverse decision by the judge. I can also totally sympathise with your decision just to suck it up and move on at this point - sometimes that's the best thing to do.

We all know that insisting on "your right of way" on principle when driving, even if that leaves you in a smoking wreck, is idiotic and exactly the same applies sometimes to the legal system. This, unfortunately for you, is probably one of those cases. In a year or two the £600 odd will be a minor memory but, go down the appeal route (even if you could afford to risk the cash involved), and it could be ulcers*!

No "sanctimonious smugness" intended, btw, but hopefully the whole thing will at least be a salutary lesson to those who like to shout "private sale, caveat emptor, ignore his complaints" in future. Given that this was the result after you had engaged with the process, how much worse would it have been if the judge had seen you not even trying to resolve it after telling the buyer to sod off and ignoring everything else?







* Yes, I kknow the "stress causes ulcers" link is a bit suspect but y'all get the idea

fred246

I once used moneyclaimonline to claim a very small amount for defective goods. I was amazed when the company sent in a defence. I went to court and the woman judge acted like a random decision generator and I lost. I did feel that her behaviour was very unprofessional. What amazed me is that there seems absolutely no way to register your displeasure against a judge. Every public service I know of has some complaints procedure but there seems to be no way to register a complaint against a judge. Obviously people that lose are not going to be happy but I felt that someone could at least register the complaints so any judge with a massive number could be investigated.

LandyAndy

fred246 wrote: »

Obviously people that lose are not going to be happy but I felt that someone could at least register the complaints so any judge with a massive number could be investigated.

I suspect pretty much every losing party would complain if they could which would render such a system pointless.

fred246

It was her behaviour not the judgement that I would have complained about. At one stage she said that she liked to do DIY. She said I have just rewired my kitchen. I did not believe her but I thought it would be illegal if she had?

fred246

I suppose she could be part P registered.

bod1467

I know it's off-topic, but .... anyone can rewire their own property, as long as a qualified person inspects, tests and signs off the work.

thistledome

Modern Britain: you're more likely to get the law of the land applied on a puerile TV show like Judge Rinder than in an actual real-life court. :mad:

fred246

She just seemed like she could not be bothered to read the paperwork for the amount I was claiming. She kept on asking why I had not involved a solicitor. A solicitor would charge more for an hours work than the claim was worth. She did not really seem like she wanted to do the moneyclaimonline business. It just taught me how random a court could be. Heads you win tails you lose. One person making random decisions because they could not be bothered. No-one supervising them. No quality control.