HELP! private car sale wants refund

AdrianC

Herzlos wrote: »

But if the buyer claims a fault that wasn't listed, it becomes a case of he said she said.

No, it doesn't. The vendor in a private sale does not HAVE to declare faults. They just have to not lie.

AdrianC

m0bov wrote: »

I gather for a transfer the vendor has to supply their bank details? If so, the van could be the least of his worries! Cash is king!

Here's a couple of clues for you...

Go and find your cheque book. Look on the bottom of every single cheque. Your bank details...

Go and find a bill or an invoice. Doesn't matter what company it's from. Any, from one-man band to multinational. Look where it says "pay by bank transfer". Their bank details.

Fepearson

Thanks for your responses. I've spoken to the CAB & it's my favour. They've helped me draft a written communication & I've sent that off.

I told him repeatedly to come & view it. I was very surprised that he opted not to view it, given its 31 years old

George_Michael

Fepearson wrote: »

The driver was running 2 hours late, so the buyer said to leave the keys & paperwork in the truck & he was happy for the driver to collect it in my absence. Then I received a message from him whilst I was away from home, saying it keeps cutting out in second gear, the heating doesn't work & it won't drive faster than 50mph.

It's possible that as the driver was running late, they hammered the vehicle to get it to their destination and by doing so managed to cause the problems now being reported.
I realise that it's something that would be hard, if not impossible to prove but just my opinion of may have happened.

Ozzuk

Don't get someone to look at it - you don't own it so technically have no access to it. Plus if the owner finds out then he'd just say you damaged it further.

I'd give him 5 days to clear it from your drive or you'll be invoicing him for parking at say £25/day.

I would add though, tread a little carefully as its easy to say this stuff from behind a keyboard but you don't know who you are dealing with, it could escalate badly.

curty510

As he has paid for it and you have sent the V5 off to DVLA, it's now the new owners horse box that is parked on your land. I would request nicely that he removes it, if not i would be arranging to have it towed. I would not want it on my land if i was in your situation.

weejangus

DoaM wrote: »

There may be some circumstances where a payment can be returned, but to my knowledge these are very few and far between and have specific conditions ... the OP's situation wouldn't fall into that area.

Correct. Recent legislation now allows most UK Banks to request a return of funds either due to Bank Error or Customer Error. It's called Credit Payment Recovery.

However, this service can only be used if a mistake was made when making the payment (i.e. incorrect sort code / account number entered or the payment was accidently sent twice, etc).

It doesn't apply if a payment was correctly sent and then a dispute has subsequently occured between the parties.

Also worth noting, Credit Payment Recovery can only occur IF THE FUNDS ARE STILL IN THE BENEFICIARY ACCOUNT....

Fepearson

Transferred out

m0bov

Do you have the keys? Can you move it off your land?

Fepearson

I've been advised not to touch it, it's legally no longer my vehicle