Purchased stolen car!

Dr_Crypto

I guess if you pressed the point (or hired a solicitor, which seems unnecessary) you could see them at the station but given that they’ll be seizing the car it seems easier for you to do it at home. It’ll also be more comfortable to do the interview in your house than in their station surrounded by criminals etc. 

Grumpy_chap

On the instant car check website under check for stolen vehicles, it ends "After the excitement of buying a car, the last thing you want is for it to be taken away again with no compensation"

The inference being that having done the check would give compensation if this happens.  May be worth the. OP pursuing.

Car_54

Dr_Crypto said:

I guess if you pressed the point (or hired a solicitor, which seems unnecessary) you could see them at the station but given that they’ll be seizing the car it seems easier for you to do it at home. It’ll also be more comfortable to do the interview in your house than in their station surrounded by criminals etc. 

That's no way to talk about our police.

Jack_Cork

Car_54 said:

Dr_Crypto said:

I guess if you pressed the point (or hired a solicitor, which seems unnecessary) you could see them at the station but given that they’ll be seizing the car it seems easier for you to do it at home. It’ll also be more comfortable to do the interview in your house than in their station surrounded by criminals etc. 

That's no way to talk about our police.

Well not the vast majority are not criminals am I sure

shaun_from_Africa

Jack_Cork said:

Car_54 said:

Dr_Crypto said:

in their station surrounded by criminals etc. 

That's no way to talk about our police.

Well not the vast majority are not criminals am I sure

Because of the double negative, doesn't the last comment mean that you think that the vast majority of police are criminals?

Jack_Cork

shaun_from_Africa said:

Jack_Cork said:

Car_54 said:

Dr_Crypto said:

in their station surrounded by criminals etc. 

That's no way to talk about our police.

Well not the vast majority are not criminals am I sure

Because of the double negative, doesn't the last comment mean that you think that the vast majority of police are criminals?

   (or it could be I didnt read it back to myself- 4/10, must try harder)

Mistral001

Grumpy_chap said:

Normally the car check services (like  'instantcarcheck.co.uk' ) have some warranty to cover your losses if you buy a car they say is OK but it turns out to be nicked or similar.  Otherwise, what would be the value of such a service?  Anyone could set up a website saying every car is sooper dooper.

Why are you looking to sell a car bought in March so quickly?  
Did you pay market rate for the car, or was it "too good to be true"?

Terms and conditions will rarely if ever have anything about what the company will do if they are negligent.  That does not mean that you cannot sue them if they are negligent.  

Grumpy_chap

HPI check have the following on their website:

£30,000DATA GUARANTEE*

We are so confident in the accuracy of our car check data, we back it with a guarantee

Without something similar, any car data check seems pointless.  Obviously, if you rely on a free check, that won't have any liability, but the OP said a paid check was done.  

Isn't instant car check part  of HPI?

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GUARANTEE*

the * is the important bit, it means there is no circumstance that our Legal team could imagine that will result in us paying out

The T&Cs will say that payment has to be made by traceable means, that the seller has to be successfully prosecuted, that any loss caused by late updating of the database is not covered etc.

Car_54

Grumpy_chap said:

HPI check have the following on their website:

£30,000DATA GUARANTEE*

We are so confident in the accuracy of our car check data, we back it with a guarantee

Without something similar, any car data check seems pointless.  Obviously, if you rely on a free check, that won't have any liability, but the OP said a paid check was done.  

Isn't instant car check part  of HPI?

Interesting but irrelevant, since he used some cheapo website, not HPI. Still, it's not all bad news - he probably saved a fiver.