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Successful Section 75 claim on used car

aqueousdan92 · 2018-03-13 07:58:23

Hi there guys. I'm just posting this here because when I was stuck I struggled to find success stories regarding being stung by a dodgy car dealer and claiming back money using the Section 75 protection on a credit card. At Christmas I decided to buy an Audi TT for £8000. Not brand new but a nice car for me. I bought £1500…

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born_again Posts: 22,264 Forumite

15 September 2019 at 12:56PM

jonesMUFCforever wrote: »

But their bank ''might'' withdraw the card payment facility meaning anybody with any common sense would walk away from future purchases.
Anybody in any field that would tell me that their card machine is not working for any reason would be a red flag for me.

Well that would only happen, if the card provider and retailer used the same bank. Even then it would be simple for the retailer to get a new card reader from one of the many 3rd party suppliers.

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