Private car sale - urgent

philatio

^exactly

OP - Read my post above yours!
Do NOT get involved in a slanging match.

m0bov

As I said before, don't get into letter ping pong, if she had any legal standing, then you would of got a Sols letter by now, she is just digging away. The above is short and sweet so either that, or just bin the letters.

Valli

Send the letter Wealdroam has drafted. She is now harassing you.

BUT save all the letters you have had so far, and evidence of any attempts to contact you by other means or through other channels because these will form evidence should you need to take it further.

Stay strong, from what you have said you have done nothing wrong.

s_b

to concur ,follow the excellant advice from wealdroom to the letter and send it signed for delivery
any more letters from them unless its a small claims letter they have paid for then i would call it harrasement and would make a formal complaint to the police

susancs

Excellent advice from Wealdroam.

OP, as the buyer seems to like writing letters, you may well get a letter before action, but it is doubtful if she will take it further as you have already given her £200 off the purchase price for the sticking door handle to be repaired and a new exhaust pipe would cost about £70 (50% of which is £35). With the time, filing costs involved in going to small claims court it is hardly worth it.

loufrance

So I decided not to reply to her letters.

Today i have received a County Court Claim form from her, her reason for claim is as follows -

According to the sale of goods act 1979, i've not sold the car according to the add, she was traumatized that her life had been placed in danger, she was informed from the add that the car was in good condition, but has had to spend £600 to make it road worthy.
She's claiming 50% of the costs. (however she has so far failed to send me any proof)

Any advice? How serious is this? Does this mean i am going to end up paying out?
I can't see how this is fair when I have already accepted £200 less for the sale!!!

pappa_golf

sorry , just skimmed page one , but seen your last post


"According to the sale of goods act 1979"


does a private individual have to abide by that law?


edit: now consumer rights act http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/sale-of-goods-act and applies to retailers , not man on the street selling 10 yr old car






PS: I think sale of goods act 1979 has been superceeded a few times , so she is just spouting off "bar room" talk

unholyangel

pappa_golf wrote: »

sorry , just skimmed page one , but seen your last post


"According to the sale of goods act 1979"


does a private individual have to abide by that law?


edit: now consumer rights act http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/regulation/sale-of-goods-act and applies to retailers , not man on the street selling 10 yr old car






PS: I think sale of goods act 1979 has been superceeded a few times , so she is just spouting off "bar room" talk

The CRA only replaced the SoGA for consumer sales. The SoGA still applies to b2b contracts or a sales contract between 2 private individuals.

However certain parts don't apply to private sales (and can be contracted out of with b2b sales). Such as that the goods are of satisfactory quality.

All a private sale has to do is basically match its description. OP, what exactly was the description you used?

wealdroam

loufrance wrote: »

Today i have received a County Court Claim form from her...

She has sent a claim form, or is the court that has send the documentation?

s_b

wealdroam wrote: »

She has sent a claim form, or is the court that has send the documentation?

as said

please explain exactly what you have received at this time and dont panic:)