Getting a solicitor to help in a trade purchase?

JustAnotherSaver

Nodding_Donkey wrote: »

How many times will people have to post "Send it first class with proof of posting" before the OP stops blathering on about Special Delivery?

The second entry on the receipt.



So i sent it first class and according to this receipt - this is my proof of postage.


And what?

waamo

Then he got it unless he can demonstrate otherwise. Except that's signed for so he won't sign. For the umpteenth time don't use signed for.

System

£1200 car discounted to £950, £300 to get a new clutch fitted bringing the total cost to £50-£100 more than the car was originally bought for with a new clutch but instead of doing that spend £2000 or more on solicitors to get £950 back at £50 a week for the next 6 months, if at all.

Think I'd just pay £300 or so and get a new clutch fitted and know it'll never need doing again.

Quite how someone would buy a car with 165,000 miles on and not expect there to be any problems I do not know.

JustAnotherSaver

How do you declare a vehicle SORN in this situation? He doesn't yet have his V5C through as it was bought on the 10th/11th June but doesn't want to pay for July's tax as the car can't be used.


Tried to declare SORN using the new keeper supplement but obviously this is the wrong one & he's needing the coding off the logbook that'll be in his name.


With only 2 days left & 1 of them being a Saturday he'll be fast running out of time so how do you do it?

waamo wrote: »

Then he got it unless he can demonstrate otherwise. Except that's signed for so he won't sign. For the umpteenth time don't use signed for.

That's like telling someone who jumps off a building & is splattered all over the concrete to not jump. Bit late now.


Although how can you possible prove you never got a letter? Surely that's not possible?

Tarambor wrote: »

£1200 car discounted to £950, £300 to get a new clutch fitted bringing the total cost to £50-£100 more than the car was originally bought for with a new clutch but instead of doing that spend £2000 or more on solicitors to get £950 back at £50 a week for the next 6 months, if at all.

Think I'd just pay £300 or so and get a new clutch fitted and know it'll never need doing again.

Quite how someone would buy a car with 165,000 miles on and not expect there to be any problems I do not know.

Hey PM me your details. You seem to be able to repair all this cars problems for approx 1/3rd the price that TWO garages have quoted. Could do with knowing a guy like you who's cheap & helpful


For the record my own car has done 169,000 miles and if i was to sell it then the buyer could happily report no problems other than the A/C doesn't work & since i am honest when i sell then i'd actually tell them this.


I bought a car with 5000 miles (yes, 5k, not an incorrectly typed 50k) that had plenty of problems. We got rid of it in the end.



So it's not all about the mileage i'm afraid. My 169k car is in better nick than cars with way less mileage.

waamo

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

Although how can you possible prove you never got a letter? Surely that's not possible .

At last the penny drops. That law only applies to legal documents, however a formal Letter Before Claim is a legal document.

Send it again using first class post. Get a receipt to show you posted it. Job Jobbed.

JustAnotherSaver

waamo wrote: »

At last the penny drops. That law only applies to legal documents, however a formal Letter Before Claim is a legal document.

Send it again using first class post. Get a receipt to show you posted it. Job Jobbed.

The penny dropped at the very beginning. Just because i've only said this minute doesn't mean i didn't get it beforehand. It's pretty obvious you can't prove you didn't receive a letter.


Just like the fact that i've made this thread & i'm asking questions - it doesn't mean i'm not listening & taking things on board. It doesn't mean i'm ignoring the responses & advice just because i dared to ask.



the post says they aim to deliver the letter within 3 days, so surely sense would be to at least give them that? So in the meantime i'm just posting.



Likewise the tax thing. He wanted to give them a week to see if they'd respond before deciding to get a tax refund. We knew they wouldn't respond but in case they did & they chose to give a refund then it'd still be taxed & we could sort it. As it is we're now looking at going ahead with the refund, it's just a case of how (in this situation).


So just because someone is posting doesn't mean they're not listening. It is possible that they're waiting on other things first, timeframes etc

waamo

First class post is delivered on the second working day after posting.

JustAnotherSaver

waamo wrote: »

First class post is delivered on the second working day after posting.

Wife sent an item via the same method as the original letter to this garage went (1st class signed for). She posted them both at the same time, same post office. This was done last Friday.



Her item reached its destination the following day - the Saturday.


By your reckoning it shouldn't have got there until the Tuesday?

waamo

It's not reckoning it's what the law says.

Mercdriver

JustAnotherSaver wrote: »

Wife sent an item via the same method as the original letter to this garage went (1st class signed for). She posted them both at the same time, same post office. This was done last Friday.



Her item reached its destination the following day - the Saturday.


By your reckoning it shouldn't have got there until the Tuesday?

Have a read of the interpretations act. It determines that a legal document is presumed served 2 working days following posting unless it can be proved otherwise.

Oh and for the record, opening numerous threads is disruptive because it pushes other people's threads further down the forum. So it's bad form and affects other people, so yes people are entitled to challenge you on it, "Stroll on..." is not a legitimate answer to this, as much as you might think it is.