Buyer is alleging that a sold vehicle had an accident.

maninthestreet

gravemind wrote: »

The only reason I feel obliged to entertain this guy is he keeps on sending text, phonecalls and emails.

What are my options here?

Stop replying to his texts and emails, for a start.

jbainbridge

maninthestreet wrote: »

Stop replying to his texts and emails, for a start.

Is the right answer!

InsideInsurance

The checks will only show if the vehicle has been declared a total loss. If it has been involved in an accident and simply repaired then there would be nothing that shows up on any centralised database.

Depending on the value of the vehicle you could be in a fairly major accident but the car still be repairable and under its value so repaired rather than total lossed. There is no way of telling short of getting an inspection done and even then you may or may not be able to tell depending on what work was done and the quality of the work.

All of this is irrelevant though, as said by others, as long as you havent misrepresented the vehicle by stating something that isnt true then you can tell them to go away. Did you actually mention if it had ever been involved in an accident either up front yourself or in response to any of their queries?

Quentin

Stoke wrote: »

I'd disagree. As a private seller, if you're aware you should really declare this.

Ignore this OP - it's wrong advice.


A private seller has no obligation to declare anything!


Its caveat emptor.

peter_the_piper

Garage Friend:-How much did you pay? I could have got this for you at £1000 less.
Doh!!
Try and get your money back.

mad_rich

Nowhere in your first post to you say that they car has not had an accident. Would I be right in thinking that it has, and that you knew about it?

As has been said before, you must answer honestly if the buyer asks, but you don't need to volunteer such information.

However if you try to pull the wool over the buyer's eyes, and sneak an accident-damaged car past him, it's fair enough that he should be a bit miffed when he finds out. And it's fair enough that you should endure a bit of hassle after the sale. You likely won't end up having to refund him any money, but you should deal with the fallout.

Apologies if I've misread the situation, but that's how it sounds from reading between the lines.

Marktheshark

As long as you did not sign one of those very stupid contracts you get in Autotrader and the like, the buyer has little comeback.

DoaM

Did the advert say the vehicle was "in perfect condition"?

fivetide

Quentin wrote: »

Ignore this OP - it's wrong advice.


A private seller has no obligation to declare anything!


Its caveat emptor.

I don't think he was giving the OP advice, just stating his opinion on declaring write off status.


Given the car in question doesn't have such a status it isn't 'advice' to the OP at all.

Johno100

mad_rich wrote: »

Nowhere in your first post to you say that they car has not had an accident. Would I be right in thinking that it has, and that you knew about it?

As has been said before, you must answer honestly if the buyer asks, but you don't need to volunteer such information.

However if you try to pull the wool over the buyer's eyes, and sneak an accident-damaged car past him, it's fair enough that he should be a bit miffed when he finds out. And it's fair enough that you should endure a bit of hassle after the sale. You likely won't end up having to refund him any money, but you should deal with the fallout.

Apologies if I've misread the situation, but that's how it sounds from reading between the lines.

That's the impression I get from the OP's carefully worded posts. If he is not giving us the full story on an anonymous message board I think the odds are the same would have gone for the purchaser of his car.