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Sold car privately - buyer wants refund

DGDG · 2021-06-06 09:59:55

I recently sold my car to a dealer. One issue is that the mileage does not look right on the MOTs, on one occasion the mileage on the MOT was reported as having gone down vs the prior year! I have no idea why this has happened and I had never noticed this before the buyer made me aware of it. To make matters worse the…

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AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite

8 August 2021 at 7:58AM

DGDG said:

Thanks Nick, I did - no changes since the sale. When he bought it from us he said he was going to keep it for himself, perhaps that was the truth (although his company was the buyer).

It can't be taxed while it's "in trade", so if he was planning on using it he'd need to register it in his name.

It can only be used on the road under trade plates - and he can't use them for just smoking around...

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