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dealer repaired and serviced px car then I had it back
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jees some people..
They have a car with £18K (presumably new) and they want to sell it to buy a £40K car. Then scoff at a dealer trying to "rip them off" doing a very expensive paint correction and service which could easily come to that cost.0 -
burlington6 wrote: »Remember, for every bad business out there, there are thousands of moaning chancers like the op.
I hope one day he has a business of his own to run and customers treat him as pathetically as he's been with the dealer
no common sense. I suppose had he lost his job after getting the car, he wuld have driven to the dealer after driving the car for a month asking the dealer to take it back and give a full refund0 -
Christ no wonder their laying people off, their wage bill must be humungous if employees can afford £40k Audi's!0
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The Steel closures in the UK started in October last year and you thought it was a good time to buy a new car? Beggars belief.
I'm not sure that there is a need to rub the OP's nose in it. Very friendly forum this one. Make a poster feel stupid on top of the insecurity he already feels, par for the course in this section of MSE.
To the OP, you have to some extent got off lightly, because it is you that is breaching contract. So you have to be reasonable. There is no way around the paint job, and you stand to gain from that. You could look at your 3 year service plan, divide what you paid by 3 and ask for that as a discount from the £750. It won't be much.
I've dealt with the Audi dealer in Swansea before (I live in Port Talbot myself) and dealt with the Dealer Principal there. He tried to sell me a Q3 that had been speccd up to S-Line equipment without being S-Line and wanted to charge me £4k more than a price I had worked out on Audi's configurator for an actual S-Line that I'd speccd up a bit more. So I wouldn't be too sympathetic with them, but be realistic about what you can achieve.
Asking for a third of the amount you paid for the service plan would not be an unreasonable request in the circumstances. Whether you are really entitled to it is another matter, but nothing for not asking. I think it would be unreasonable to question the paint job. It would have needed doing and perhaps Trainers, BMW main dealers in Swansea had taken off more from the car than they thought reasonable so decided to do the paint job.0 -
Whether it's due or not is irrelevant! It's their car to do as they please! If you want to breach the contract they should be paid their costs... Yes you have incurred them costs!
why should you be the one to come out of this in a better position than before?????0 -
To summarise -- I don't think the dealer is being unreasonable, given the circumstances. He has done a fair bit of work and he is also being very good about cancelling your order without fuss.
Sympathies for a very difficult time for you. Get your repaired and serviced car back and keep the money as you will need it.Je suis sabot...0 -
Get your facts right first without judging people!!!
My wife recently passed away from a very rare form of cancer after suffering for 2 years and I was treating myself as life is to f@cking short. The money was part from insurance policies !!
Judgmental people make me sick to be honest.
Sorry for the rant but I hope your life is so perfect that you never need to re-evaluate it!
My apologies then. I'm sorry.0 -
And the dealer has given the OP his deposit back. There's only one side of this anyone with any sense can agree with, and it's not the OP's0
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Get your facts right first without judging people!!!
My wife recently passed away from a very rare form of cancer after suffering for 2 years and I was treating myself as life is to f@cking short. The money was part from insurance policies !!
Judgmental people make me sick to be honest.
Sorry for the rant but I hope your life is so perfect that you never need to re-evaluate it!
Maybe not short of £750 then?You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose but you can't pick your friend's nose.0 -
Get your facts right first
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The dealer gave me a px allowance of £18500 for my car
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I was treating myself as life is to f@cking short. The money was part from insurance policies
...I obviously cannot take on a debt of £40k
How much was this car if it was £40k debt + part funded by the policy + £18500px.
the error was not getting a cash price and a PX price when you sold them the car.
If they had already moved it on they could have made up a price(within reason)
When you went to get it back where was it?0
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