Sold car privately - buyer wants refund

Grumpy_chap

DGDG said:

What would you do? I feel he isn’t going to give up

Do not respond any further.  Simply ignore.

Jenni_D

AdrianC said:

If he's actually going to launch a claim against you, he'll do it whatever you say or do.

Save yourself the interim blood pressure. 99% he's just sabre-rattling and hoping to scare you into coughing something up.

I think you're under-stating the probability ... I would add 0.9% to that

As per others ... block his number.

Herzlos

If he had any intention of launching a claim against you, he'd have done it months ago. Ignore him and move on.

You don't necessarily need to block him, just don't answer or reply to messages.

caprikid1

As discussed Ignore

1. He is a trader = Professional Buyer
2. He knew about the issue prior to sale and still went ahead.
3. He probably does this with every car he buys !.
4. He has probably already sold it / sour grapes as he cannot sell it for what he wanted !

DGDG

thanks everyone. The buyer messaged me a third and a fourth time today but I have yet to reply.

I am never ever selling a car ever again, I will have to drive my current one until it breaks down.

photome

DGDG said:

thanks everyone. The buyer messaged me a third and a fourth time today but I have yet to reply.

I am never ever selling a car ever again, I will have to drive my current one until it breaks down.

problem solved by trading it in, or selling to the likes of webuyanycar

user1977

DGDG said:

If I block him, the next step would probably be legal action, which is what I am hoping to avoid. I was hoping this might be avoided if I don’t break contact

It costs nothing for him to continue hassling you on the phone, it would incur much more time and money for him to start legal action (especially if it's doomed to failure). And generally it would be prefaced by a letter before action, I doubt courts would be all that impressed if the earlier attempts were evidenced by failed phone calls/texts.

Keep_pedalling

DGDG said:

thanks everyone. The buyer messaged me a third and a fourth time today but I have yet to reply.

I am never ever selling a car ever again, I will have to drive my current one until it breaks down.

Why are you even thinking of replying? Just block his number.

Herzlos

Have you had a look to see if he still has it up for sale? You could always take a copy of that ad to use as evidence later, since he presumably hasn't mentioned the mileage discrepancy on there...

But still, just ignore him and he'll give up eventually.

neilmcl

DGDG said:

thanks everyone. The buyer messaged me a third and a fourth time today but I have yet to reply.

I am never ever selling a car ever again, I will have to drive my current one until it breaks down.

As mentioned, block his number.