fivetide

iTrader: (1)

Sounds ok then chap, the best advice is next time make sure you do get a bit of paper with 'sold as seen' written on it so they don't have this sort of sillyness.

Unless he gives a reason I'd say you are ok though.

5t.

WRXBOB

If he does try a PayPal dispute, you can offer to do a partial refund. If he agree's to this, refund him just £1. The case will automatically get closed by paypal and he can't then re open the case!
Or so I have heard from people ripped off by sellers in such a way!

Better than losing the full £200 if it comes to that!

Leslie

I always thought that buying it "sold as seen" meant that you accept the car in the condition it is at the sale and that it is your own responsibility to accept it as it is if you buy it.

If there is a hidden problem such as outstanding finance that would be a different matter.

Les

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

My mate recently had this when he sold his missus's Fiesta. Bidded ended with it going for £800, and the ebay listing clearly stated it was pretty average, with a few odds and sods that needed looking at and it being a bit slow (1.25 CVT automatic, of which the CVT box had just been rebuilt).

Bloke buys, comes 200miles to collect, does the deed and drives off.

Week later in comes and email saying hes not happy with it and doesn't think it is as it should be and wants a refund on some items he thinks my mate should put right at his own cost.

My mate replied saying this he is not a car dealer, so should not be treated as such, the buyer bidded to buy in its present condition and was given the chance to inspect the car before bidding and collection, not to test drive it for a week and then decide after that the car is not to his liking.

But being a nice guy who couldn't arsed to deal with messers, his parents lived 15miles from the buyer (as opposed to 200miles from his house), so he said, dump the car on his parent's drive, and once they confirm possession of the car and documentation, he'll paypal the money back less the listing fee.

Funnily, given that ultimatum the buyer went quiet. We guessed he just wanted some money knocked off to cover repairs on the listed faults and odds and sods (heated rear screen not working and a cracked door mirror IIRC ). FFS it was a £800 car!

PaulC72

there are some funny people about...

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

Traders are legally obliged to offer a limited warranty, and private sellers aren't - therefore the concept of "sold as seen" is illegal in the first case and redundant in the second.

In a private sale, a buyer does have some comeback if:

a) the seller described the car as having some specific feature, and
b) the buyer relied on that description when deciding to buy the car.

So, for example, if a seller described the car as having a rebuilt engine, and the buyer discovered (within some reasonable time) that it hadn't, then the seller can be liable. The extent of that liability depends on whether the seller knew the description was untrue - but he can still have to fully compensate the buyer (eg. by buying the car back) even if he believed the description to be entirely true.

If the buyer knew a description was untrue at the time but bought the car anyway, then there's no comeback in that respect.

I went through this whole process from the other side last year - I bought a car specifically advertised as having nothing whatsoever wrong with its engine, and it turned out to need a rebuild. So I assure you, I've done my research....