We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
Used Car purchase
Looking for advice, I bought a used car just over a week ago, traded my old car in. Advertised with almost 1.5k miles less than actually on it. I'm obvioulsy not happy about that. What's the potential outcomes of this and would my options be? I am going to take this up with them andwould like to know my rights.
0
Comments
-
If you can prove that they have adjusted the mileage on it then speak to trading standards - but I would of thought it was an error as 1,500 miles isn't going to make it more attractive, unless you sold it with 101,100 and they want to list in in a sub 100,000 mile bracket.0
-
I am pretty sure its an error, however its more than 10% of the total milage so I am looking to understand what my rights are to try and get some money back, Using webuy any car.com it reduce tehvakue by £145 so I am thinking that's what I should be entitled to anlooking tounderstand my rights for leverage when negotiating.0
-
Hold on... The advert said X miles, and it actually has X + 1,500 on it?
And you want to do something about this a week AFTER buying it? Why didn't you even glance at the odometer before agreeing to buy?
Let me guess... You bought it unseen at a distance?0 -
Why do you want money back because they may have made a mistake advertising [STRIKE]your old [/STRIKE] their car?I want to go back to The Olden Days, when every single thing that I can think of was better.....
(except air quality and Medical Science
)0 -
Hold on... The advert said X miles, and it actually has X + 1,500 on it?
And you want to do something about this a week AFTER buying it? Why didn't you even glance at the odometer before agreeing to buy?
Let me guess... You bought it unseen at a distance?
That's correct. I should have checked it at the time but only realised later, however, that doesn't excue them advertising incorrectly.0 -
Problem is - now you can't prove what the mileage was when you drove it away - actually you probably signed something to say you were happy with the car before you drove it away.
Was this a private sale or a garage - if it's a garage you might get them to make a good will gesture - also we need to know the miles that they said and what you think it was when you drove it away...0 -
Human errors in ads are human errors in ads. It's up to the buyer to satisfy themselves that any important details are advertised correctly.
How long had they had the car in stock? Is it possible it was still in use while being advertised, so the ad was correct at the time of being placed? Is the mileage at time of delivery documented anywhere?
Was the entire transaction remote? If so, it may fall under the distance selling regs, in which case you can return the car within 14 days.
You may not get your car back, of course - it may have been sold on, or otherwise not be returnable in the same condition it was traded in - in which case, they would repay the agreed PX value of it.0 -
Why do you want money back because they may have made a mistake advertising [STRIKE]your old [/STRIKE] their car?
Whilst I agree that the OP is not worded perfectly, and the error you've made is possible, it is the car the OP bought that was advertised with X miles but actually had X + 1500 miles on it.
0 -
This discussion has been closed.
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
Categories
- All Categories
- 352.2K Banking & Borrowing
- 253.6K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 454.3K Spending & Discounts
- 245.2K Work, Benefits & Business
- 600.9K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 177.5K Life & Family
- 259K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.7K Read-Only Boards