Should i quibble this? buying used car and invoice.

Grumpy_chap

Craftythorny said:

Yes that was it - when i picked the car up he gave me a little pile of invoices of work that he has had to do to the care, and he did emphasise that it cost him a lot and that 'you win some you lose some, and in this case i lost some'.  I did feel sorry for him but resisted the inner temptation to offer to pay towards any of it as i was buying a car on the premise that it would come with a new mot.   He also did come across to me as genuine and honest and his website has lots of good reviews, which he lived up to in my dealings with him.  
Thank you all again for your comments.

Hope you enjoy the car now and it goes on to give you years of reliable motoring.  Sounds like he was a perfectly genuine Dealer and a bit of a result

RogerBareford

Craftythorny said:

Thank you all for your comments, I checked with the chap and we are not paying for it. Still, an interesting way that he put it to me about the invoice; maybe he was hoping i'd just say 'yes sure, i'll pay for it'.  I really didn't want to walk away from this as it's a 2007 Honda Jazz and will be our 4th one, great condition for 91K miles and will last us years, some major work recently done including gearbox bearing which happened to a previous jazz of ours.  I was even umming and aahing about the possibility of paying halves.  Anyway I'll pick it up tomorrow and enjoy a nice drive home.  Thank you all again.

In my experience when dealing with car traders they like to emphasise how expensive work is when they carry it out under warranty (or before a sale in your case) so you feel like your getting a good deal and that they are decent so you have a good impression of them to pass on to others. I would be very surprised if they were trying to convince you to pay for work by saying it was "expensive".

knightstyle

sounds like a very rare thing...A decent dealer and no doubt you will tell friends who will have a look there when wanting a car.