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Your rights are that you should have noticed this at the point of sale (i.e. YOU made a mistake). They allegedly mistyped the mileage into the advert (i.e. THEY made a mistake).
Who's mistake is bigger? I'm thinking it's yours.
I'm so glad I don't sell cars anymore.'Just because its on the internet don't believe it 100%'. Abraham Lincoln.
I have opinions, you have opinions. All of our opinions are valid whether they are based on fact or feeling. Respect other peoples opinions, stop forcing your opinions on other people and the world will be a happier place.0 -
you can tell them again you're not happy ( even suggest they give you a full tank of petrol as a goodwill gesture ), perhaps even see if they are on Trust Pilot or something similar so you can leave your frustration there, at the end of the day it's annoying but I don't think there is much else you can do.0
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Reduction in value is £145 on we buy any car. It's obvious more miles reduces that value?
But you're not selling the car right now, so theres no depreciation in value? Thats my point. Come resale time in 2-3+ years the difference will be £0 or thereabouts so what does it matter?0 -
ToxicWomble wrote: »If it was correct at time of advert then they have been using it as a pool car in the meantime would be my guess.
Proving that there was a discrepancy will be nigh on impossible to prove, how can you prove you didn’t put this miles on the car.
The price difference of £145 now will be hardly anything In 3 years time.
Chalk it up to experience - after all it wasn’t a massively expensive mistake
Given its unlikely to have been taxed, highly unlikely.
More than likely an administrative error.0 -
I know i should have checked it at time of purchase but I don't accept it is my fault. I think it was still worth posting to try and understand what my rights were. Thanks for your advice.
You're accepting you should have checked, but not taking any responsibility and its not your fault?
I really think you should get on with enjoying your new car, not trying to renegotiate on a deal already done.0 -
Your rights are that you should have noticed this at the point of sale (i.e. YOU made a mistake). They allegedly mistyped the mileage into the advert (i.e. THEY made a mistake).
Who's mistake is bigger? I'm thinking it's yours.
I'm so glad I don't sell cars anymore.
God yes. Totally agree. Selling cars has become farcical.
Renegotiating the price after you've bought, inspected and paid for the car?
Somebody's having a laugh if thats normal now.0 -
Your rights are that you should have noticed this at the point of sale (i.e. YOU made a mistake). They allegedly mistyped the mileage into the advert (i.e. THEY made a mistake).
Who's mistake is bigger? I'm thinking it's yours.
I'm so glad I don't sell cars anymore.
They say it mileage was correct at time of advert so its they must have been using it whilst in stock. I was trting to understand around about the 14 day cooling off period to use as leverage to try and get some discount due to the additional miles. I was thinking they would maybe have offered fuel or similar with a cost that they could write off as it would be unlikely they would give any cash back.0 -
OP - it's quite simply a question of proving anything. And you can't. The five days it took you to notice would be more than enough time for you to have clocked up that mileage post-delivery. It's only 300 miles/day. What dated proof of the mileage is there, even then? You raised it at day 5, but nothing else happened until day 10. Is it just your word that the mileage was 14,400 on day 5, or is there some kind of image proof that the odometer of that car read that figure on that date?
The balance of probability says this is nothing but an error on their part, I agree - but you simply can't prove it. Even if you can show you were at work or wherever, it doesn't mean that somebody else wasn't driving that car.
At the end of the day, you accepted delivery of the car with that mileage, and didn't query it within a reasonable period of time.
It's no different to if it'd been delivered and parked on the road, then you discovered a week later that a light was broken or the side had been keyed.
Except you don't have a 14 day cooling off period, because it wasn't a remote transaction qualifying it for DSR.They say it mileage was correct at time of advert so its they must have been using it whilst in stock. I was trting to understand around about the 14 day cooling off period
The time to do that was immediately on delivery, not five or ten days later.to use as leverage to try and get some discount due to the additional miles. I was thinking they would maybe have offered fuel or similar with a cost that they could write off as it would be unlikely they would give any cash back.0 -
Buyers remorse perhaps?0
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