Sold car privately, buyer wants refund

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Greatgimp said:

missile said:

It might have been better if you had given seller your address and phone number.

Owner's address is on the log book anyway.

Thought they stopped that due to gdpr?

AdrianC

Greatgimp said:

missile said:

It might have been better if you had given seller your address and phone number.

Owner's address is on the log book anyway.

The previous keeper's name and address will not be on the new keeper's own V5C.
They are not on the V5C/2 New Keeper slip, either - and the vendor does not give the body of the old V5C to the buyer.

So, no, the buyer should not have a V5C with the vendor's name and address on.

They may, of course, be on any receipts within the service history...

missile

neilmcl said:

missile said:

I can understand why your parents might be concerned may turn up on their doorstep. It might have been better if you had given seller your address and phone number.

The car belongs to his mum. I wouldn't want to buy a car from a person who is not the registered keeper and at a different address.

Many do and it could have avoided the situation OP now finds himself in.

Were_Doomed

Have people missed the OP's earlier post where it is stated that the OP lives with the parents? So it would not be reasonable to sell it from elsewhere anyway. And as per @neilmcl, I too wouldn't consider buying a vehicle (privately) from an address that is not on the V5C.

Were_Doomed

missile said:

neilmcl said:

missile said:

I can understand why your parents might be concerned may turn up on their doorstep. It might have been better if you had given seller your address and phone number.

The car belongs to his mum. I wouldn't want to buy a car from a person who is not the registered keeper and at a different address.

Many do and it could have avoided the situation OP now finds himself in.

You have verifiable statistics to support that assertion?

[Deleted User]

For future reference if you sell privately again, you can get a private car sellers contract easily online that helps reinforce the "sold as seen" and makes sure the buyer realises there is no comeback whatsoever. I've sold cars privately many times and will do it again without hesitation, just need to take some simple precautions. 

This is the template, get the buyer to sign this next time:
https://www.theaa.com/~/media/the-aa/pdf/motoring-advice/aa-car-buyers-sellers-contract.pdf?la=en

Supersonos

neilmcl said:

treeroy said:

And now I've just had a text message from the woman. Not sure if they're trying some good cop/bad cop crap, getting the angry husband to argue with my dad while the nice young wife sweet talks me? Parents said they thought it was genuine but reading this message it feels more like a scam!

Hi <name>. My husband is very upset re the car. It was supposed to be a present for me because today we have our first year marriage anniversary and I'm at home, crying, I'm upset, stressed. My husband is very mad that we have to change the clutch. Can you please talk to your dad to send us at least £300? It will calm down my husband a bit and to change the clutch will be more than £500 wich is huge amount for us. We have just couple of hundreds pounds in our account and our anniversary it's ruined. My husband spoke with a solicitor and he told him that it's illegal to sell a car that it's not according with the description and they both believe it's not safe for me to drive it until we replace the clutch and because your father didn't let him drive it around he thinks that you knew about this problem so can you please, as a good will, send us some money back to cover the replacement of the clutch? Please <name>, you seemed all very lovely and honest family and maybe you can understand us...

You should reply 

The OP should not reply.  At all.

They should just be ignored.

foxy-stoat

[Deleted User] said:

For future reference if you sell privately again, you can get a private car sellers contract easily online that helps reinforce the "sold as seen" and makes sure the buyer realises there is no comeback whatsoever. I've sold cars privately many times and will do it again without hesitation, just need to take some simple precautions. 

This is the template, get the buyer to sign this next time:
https://www.theaa.com/~/media/the-aa/pdf/motoring-advice/aa-car-buyers-sellers-contract.pdf?la=en

Still means zero in a court if it ever got to that fair, which is wont.  You cannot force someone to sign their rights away and have it stand up....the buyer has very few rights though.

I normally print off the online advert and use the back of it as the receipt for the money, stating sold as seen tried and tested blah blah - as long as it is as described and not dangerous then a private seller should be able to sleep easy.

macman

That message screams 'scam'. Wedding anniversary, emotional distress, broke, solicitor involved...trying to push all your buttons. Make one reply if you want, as outlined above, then block them. 
Did you refuse a test drive? If so, presumably because he could not show you his insurance?

treeroy

I did reply, stating the facts to her. She has replied again saying "so is there no way you can help us?" and I'll leave her on Read.