Faulty washing machine fb business seller refusing to reimburse

ex-homelessdude2

I brought a second hand washing described as good condition from facebook marketplace and the bearings are worn out(plus it was caked in mould which i cant remove all off) so i contacted seller after ignoring me for a week, he started getting abusive (f's and c') and refused to reimburse and collect.

He has multiple items on there each week so presume he's a business seller.

Went to the police as a quick search showed he went to prison for stealing 60k from his friends/clients few years ago and they told me to go to small claims court, but I can't find his business address. Is it still possible?

Is there anything else i can do?

I understand i have a minimum of 14 days after receiving your item to decide if you want to keep it, and a further 14 days to send the item back after notifying the business of your return. But cant enforce that on somebody who just swears at me.

Thanks for reading and any help given.

soolin

To serve any sort of legal documents you are going to need an address, you would also need to prove seller was operating in the course of a business and many of these traders stay well under the radar.

How did you pay?

Bradden

Was the fridge delivered to you or did you collect?

ex-homelessdude2

Was the fridge delivered to you or did you collect.

washing machine was delivered.

TELLIT01

Bradden said:

Was the fridge delivered to you or did you collect?

What fridge?

ex-homelessdude2

soolin said:

To serve any sort of legal documents you are going to need an address, you would also need to prove seller was operating in the course of a business and many of these traders stay well under the radar.

How did you pay?

i paid cash

soolin

I think you may have to accept that you aren't going to be able to do anything about this, It's difficult to see any way of tracking down the seller and also proving he was acting as a business. 

tightauldgit

Did you get any kind of receipt or delivery note with a business name on it?

ex-homelessdude2

tightauldgit said:

Did you get any kind of receipt or delivery note with a business name on it?

no i didnt.

if  i can  track him down can i go to the council to complain about him acting as a business? or inland revenue?

eskbanker

ex-homelessdude2 said:

if  i can  track him down can i go to the council to complain about him acting as a business? or inland revenue?

You can if you like, but it won't get you anywhere, as neither body will be interested (like the police) and doing so wouldn't help get your money back, which is surely more important here?

ex-homelessdude2

eskbanker said:

ex-homelessdude2 said:

if  i can  track him down can i go to the council to complain about him acting as a business? or inland revenue?

You can if you like, but it won't get you anywhere, as neither body will be interested (like the police) and doing so wouldn't help get your money back, which is surely more important here?

well it would stop other ppl  getting ripped off?