Mis sold extended car warranty

dj_miss-t

£3000 is for the warranty, the car is £12,800

dj_miss-t

DB1904 said:

Grumpy_chap said:

DB1904 said:

£3000 for a car to be used for instruction doesn't look like a good business advert. 

I read it that the £3k was the cost of the warranty, not the car.

Ouch.....

Yes exactly! I thought it was expensive because it was covering the car to be used for tuition to then find I can't use it at all! 

bris

Not sure why you are looking for advice when the answer is obvious. You state there is a 14 day cooling off period which you are well with. 

You use the right to cancel within the 14 days, simple really.

If that fails then the thread would make sense, at this stage there is no problem.

JJ_Egan

Driving tuition then would the purchase and the warranty not be a business to business transaction .

dj_miss-t

bris said:

Not sure why you are looking for advice when the answer is obvious. You state there is a 14 day cooling off period which you are well with. 

You use the right to cancel within the 14 days, simple really.

If that fails then the thread would make sense, at this stage there is no problem.

Because I looked online and read that some refuse to cancel even within the cooling off period so I completely panicked and came on here for advice

Grumpy_chap

dj_miss-t said:

£3000 is for the warranty, the car is £12,800

I am no expert on the provision of cars for driving schools, but you appear to have purchased a used car for £13k plus a £3k warranty.  £16k total.  Three-year warranty term.

That car must be outside the realms of manufacturer approved schemes / new car warranty remaining, or there would be no need for an aftermarket warranty for regular retail customers (I accept the premise that standard manufacturer / approved used warranties may well exclude tuition use).

Most driving instructors around our way seem to use Fiesta / Corsa / Yaris type vehicles.  With discounts and incentives, I would have thought there are established routes into new vehicles for the same kind of outlay as the OP has mentioned with more frequent vehicle upgrades than the three-year warranty that was in the package in this case.

macman

dj_miss-t said:

DB1904 said:

Grumpy_chap said:

DB1904 said:

£3000 for a car to be used for instruction doesn't look like a good business advert. 

I read it that the £3k was the cost of the warranty, not the car.

Ouch.....

Yes exactly! I thought it was expensive because it was covering the car to be used for tuition to then find I can't use it at all! 

Even though you didn't bother to read the t and c's to check what it covered before you paid £3k for it?
I don't follow this: why did you buy the car as a in your own name as a consumer if you intending to use it for business purposes? Are you not intending to write it down as a legitimate business expense?
If the contract for the warranty offers you 14 days cooling off then the provider can't 'refuse' to cancel it. Just enforce your rights.

RichardD1970

Grumpy_chap said:

Most driving instructors around our way seem to use Fiesta / Corsa / Yaris type vehicles.  

Don't know where your way is but the amount of driving instructors I see around here using BMW, Audi, Merc etc, and not poverty spec either, is quite shocking.

neilmcl

dj_miss-t said:

bris said:

Not sure why you are looking for advice when the answer is obvious. You state there is a 14 day cooling off period which you are well with. 

You use the right to cancel within the 14 days, simple really.

If that fails then the thread would make sense, at this stage there is no problem.

Because I looked online and read that some refuse to cancel even within the cooling off period so I completely panicked and came on here for advice

The 14 day cooling off period is a statutory right, they can't refuse.

ItsComingRome

dj_miss-t said:

It was purchased under my personal name not my business name, my profession was put on the paperwork, so what your saying is I have purchased something that I've paid £3000 for which I cannot use but yet I have no rights? Can I also note there is a 14 day cooling off period and I'm only in my 6th day. Tia
Toni

It doesn't matter whose name it was under, it's intended use is what matters.