Who do you think should pay?

HampshireH

B should walk away and let A sort this out themselves.

Does B really need the hassle.  Could they not find another vehicle without the family emotion.

What happens is B now does buy and somethung else breaks. relationship could really break down.

Can't A send the wrong part back and get a refund?

gettingtheresometime

Imo, A got greedy and karma bit them on the backside.
If I was B, I'd pull out of the deal.
That way A can go back to the 2nd offer and ask them to pay the £170 extra.

swingaloo2

A has been told he can have a refund on the incorrect part but only wants to reorder the new modified part if B agrees to foot the bill for the other 2 parts which now also need to be replaced.
B cant back out of the deal as he has already taxed , nsured and aregistered the car in his name. Its 3 weeks since the deal but the ordered part only arrived last week.  It was all ok till then as A was happy to pay for the part and could fit it himself but that was until it ws discovered there would be extra expense incurred to fix the damage.

gettingtheresometime

swingaloo2 said:

A has been told he can have a refund on the incorrect part but only wants to reorder the new modified part if B agrees to foot the bill for the other 2 parts which now also need to be replaced.
B cant back out of the deal as he has already taxed , nsured and aregistered the car in his name. Its 3 weeks since the deal but the ordered part only arrived last week.  It was all ok till then as A was happy to pay for the part and could fit it himself but that was until it ws discovered there would be extra expense incurred to fix the damage.

A is still greedy.
A price was agreed between A & B and B even agreed to pay the extra £200 when A was prepared to go back on that handshake.
So in effect A is expecting B to pay an extra £370 because of their actions.
If I was B I'd work out how much it would cost me to cancel the insurance and tax - & if it was less than £370 I'd threaten to pull out of the deal - A should remember that the car's value may have depreciated because of the extra owners on the log book.

AskAsk

person A is a scroundel and the person B should spit in his face and tell him to keep the damn rubbish.

warby68

Why does A think B should pay?
Its A who is failing to deliver what was sold. Presumably trying to say because the money has been paid across its B's problem. Hardly. I'd like to see a shop try that on.
Its A's hard luck, or should be. Trying to leverage B because they've already paid, taxed, insured etc is a bit low.
A has also left B with a 3 week delay so far in being able to use the car.
I think if I were B I'd be cancelling and asking for money back even if there was a bit of loss in admin costs.
Am intrigued now which party you are having to reason with OP.

getmore4less

Can't A source a compatible part,

it only needs to be of equivalent quality(not broken) and age as the bit that got broke.
(and if needed matching colour etc.)

Breakers have parts for just about every vehicle including relatively new ones that get written off.

TBagpuss

A needs to pay to put the vehicle in the condition it was in when the sale was agreed.  There's no justification at all for expecting B to pay anything. 
A is trying to get B to pay for damage A caused. That's ridiculous.  

wannabe_a_saver

swingaloo2 said:

A has been told he can have a refund on the incorrect part but only wants to reorder the new modified part if B agrees to foot the bill for the other 2 parts which now also need to be replaced.
B cant back out of the deal as he has already taxed , nsured and aregistered the car in his name. Its 3 weeks since the deal but the ordered part only arrived last week.  It was all ok till then as A was happy to pay for the part and could fit it himself but that was until it ws discovered there would be extra expense incurred to fix the damage.

If B wants to keep the car he might just have to bite the bullet and pay to get it fixed.

He should remember this though and never deal with A again!

Tammykitty

If B has already taxed and insured the car, then he must be the registered owner now..so its his car to fix

I personally think A agreeing to sell the car at £3800 and then upping to £4000 as that was what the dealer offered him to trade it in, was mostly reasonable. The trade in value of a car is usually much lower than you would get in a private sale, so getting it for a trad in value was still a good deal for B