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Sold my 12yr old car privately. Buyer wants a refund. Any advice please?

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  • straighttalker
    straighttalker Posts: 773 Forumite
    In future, when selling a car, use this car buyer's contract from the AA. It includes all the salient points of a private deal.

    https://www.theaa.com/resources/Documents/pdf/motoring-advice/aa-car-buyers-sellers-contract.pdf
  • bigjl
    bigjl Posts: 6,457 Forumite
    This is exactly the kind of thread that confirms my belief to take less but have zero comebacks by using WBAC or WWAC.

    There are so many shows on TV telling people what their consumer rights are that people really think they can buy a car, use it for a few weeks and then get their money back in a Private Sale.

    Sometimes they donut to get a car to use whilst their own car is being repaired and they didn't want the expence of a Hire Car.
  • LiveOnce
    LiveOnce Posts: 476 Forumite
    So what shall I do now? I said no to him and he was OK with it.

    I obviously feel bad that he is having problems but I sold the car in drivable condition.
  • Marktheshark
    Marktheshark Posts: 5,841 Forumite
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    Ask him at which point in time he would consider you not responsible to fix his car for him or offer him a money back guarantee ?

    Very valid question.
    I do Contracts, all day every day.
  • jackr5
    jackr5 Posts: 53 Forumite
    LiveOnce wrote: »
    So what shall I do now? I said no to him and he was OK with it.

    I obviously feel bad that he is having problems but I sold the car in drivable condition.

    He was ok? All sorted then.

    Don't feel bad, an old car will have problems, the timing can be unfortunate. And you don't know if he's done anything to it/with it since he's had it. If you sold in in a drivable condition then your conscience is clear.
  • motorguy
    motorguy Posts: 22,619 Forumite
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    LiveOnce wrote: »
    So what shall I do now? I said no to him and he was OK with it.

    Do nothing. Enter in to no further correspondence with him.
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    LiveOnce wrote: »
    car not starting which I thought was a battery issue but I replaced the battery before I sold it.

    Hmmmm.....
  • loskie
    loskie Posts: 1,761 Forumite
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    as motorguy said cease any contact.
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    Hintza wrote: »
    Hmmmm.....

    Why? As long as OP was open and honest about this (and included the receipt for the battery) then there's still no comeback.
  • arcon5
    arcon5 Posts: 14,099 Forumite
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    Sounds like op knows more than he/she's making out
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