Legalities of returning a deposit

Silver-Surfer_2

Fraser.Mitchell wrote: »

Fuel, service station prices, food etc etc plus it was a large 4x4 towing a heavy car transporter trailer.

What's your food got to do with it?

Fraser.Mitchell

Wasn't going to travel 14 hours to view and another 14 hours to collect, he's now saying his solicitor is in the case cause I've broken the "contact" and is taking it to court for the remaining balance 😂 What a clown .

AdrianC

Fraser.Mitchell wrote: »

Fuel, service station prices, food etc etc plus it was a large 4x4 towing a heavy car transporter trailer.

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Fraser.Mitchell wrote: »

😂 What a clown .

Well, quite.

But I think we might disagree on a minor detail...

arcon5

AdrianC wrote: »

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Well, quite.

But I think we might disagree on a minor detail...

Here we go, your at it again...

AdrianC

arcon5 wrote: »

Here we go, your at it again...

You think it's fair game to expect the vendor to pay for his lunch etc, simply because the brakes that he knew needed work were part-dismantled, and the paint was worse than he expected...?

Silver-Surfer_2

AdrianC wrote: »

You think it's fair game to expect the vendor to pay for his lunch etc, simply because the brakes that he knew needed work were part-dismantled, and the paint was worse than he expected...?

Obviously he does.

Fraser.Mitchell

No I am not expecting any of my fuel or any other expenses returned all I asked for is my deposit back as the car wasn't as described and now he wants to take me to court for not paying for the car.

AdrianC

He's got as much chance of that claim succeeding as you have of getting your deposit back. You say he agreed to it, but that's your word against his.

The 14hr round trip and £250 is your problem, not his, and completely irrelevant to anything. You decided to buy a vehicle, sight-unseen, from a long distance away.

Silver-Surfer_2

Fraser.Mitchell wrote: »

No I am not expecting any of my fuel or any other expenses returned all I asked for is my deposit back as the car wasn't as described and now he wants to take me to court for not paying for the car.

So take him to court for £100, I'm sure he'll easily evidence he spent that on new adverts when you broke the verbal contract to buy the car.

arcon5

Sounds to me like you have a good case op. Shame you didn't take photos of the bodywork was as bad as you say.

I'd suggest seeking advise from another forum though as people around here would argue the grass isn't green if a new poster came along and declared it to be