So a week ago i sold my focus st170 which had a brand new clutch and fly wheel fited nov last year and has been good as gold, no problems with the car but it had to make way for my vrs

Anyway i get a bu ch of missed calls and a tex message saying hes got issues with the clutch and can i call him and he beleives we can find a solution, they seemed like ok people but didnt speak much english as they from bukgaria.

What would you do? Should i ignore or should i reply? Everything was good when thwy test drove it a week ago?

Buyer Beware,

 

You sold a good car as seen, tried and tested.   End of Story,  

 

Best not get in a Debate,

as long as you have the Cash Money, they have the car & you were honest & truthful.

 

I said end of story, & really it needs to be,

you have no idea what the car has been up to for the week that it was no longer your concern.

 

george

Did they buy it from your home address ? if yes link them to your fitter did you include the paperwork (invoice / guarantee) last thing you want is a scene on your doorstep 

 

If you fitted it yourself and there is scope for a ******* dropped then work it out with them 

 

Think how they feel 

The invoice for the clutch wqs shown to him and he has it so it will have the details of the fitter in' it was brought wuth cash at my home but lukily i live next door to a police man, these guys drove like nearly 2 houra to get to me,

If private sale and no special arrangements were offered then it is "Sold as seen"

If you are a trader offering warranties, then that is different.

The car left you a week ago, they could of ragged the clutch out of it.

As long as you genuinely believe the car was good when sold then I would avoid any dealings as they may treat you replying as a form of admitting to a fault and they will push for some come back etc

But if you have doubts about but he reliability and sold it knowing there was a fault or potential fault, then its up to you how you deal with it.

But normally buying off a private individual offers no warranties, as said it is buyer be ware

They will be trying it on if it was a private sale and you are not a dealer they have no comeback. It is unlikely that the warranty is transferable for any work you had done.

There are several similar experiences of people over on pistonheads.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=1416415&mid=415802&nmt=Bloody+car+buyers%21

I know that clutch was perfect and had no issues i will just ig ore it. Cheers guys

It is not even the case of it being ragged for a week.

 

Some people are just hopeless drivers & can kill a clutch.

 

I have lent out Automatics that i had for years, loved and cherished & got them back totally gubbed,

& thats from Family & Friends,

 

Just be polite & firm,

and stay safe,

mention it to your neighbour, just so that he knows there might be someone coming a knocking, he knows how you treated your car anyway.

It is not even the case of it being ragged for a week.

Some people are just hopeless drivers & can kill a clutch.

I have lent out Automatics that i had for years, loved and cherished & got them back totally gubbed,

thats from Family & Friends,

Just be polite & firm,

and stay safe,

mention it to your neighbour, just so that he knows there might be someone coming a knocking, he knows how you treated your car anyway.

+1

It's important that you don't try to negotiate. It's a private sale - sold as seen.

Oh dear oh deary me.

Dejavous.

 

Can't say too much as the person i had MAJOR problems with when I sold my vRS to him privately via a friend of mine three months ago, is actually a member in here apparently, albeit a lurker it seems.

 

If the car was described in an honest fashion, i.e, you said the gearbox was in excellent condition knowing full well that it wasn't and it exploded 2 miles later, then the purchaser has zero comeback on you.

Even then it would be mighty difficult to prove.

He may have been ragging it to within an inch of its life after he collected it for all you know, bloody chancer. 

 

Don't make any contact is the best I can suggest...unless you want your car back like I actually did with mine.

 

Bloody test pilots wanting extended test drives. They're out there, believe me. 

 

There was actually absolutely nothing wrong with mine btw. Just some K Seal in the expansion tank where it had been  for the past 4 years that he claimed was oil in the coolant therefore leading him to' 'believe' ...yea right  ...the cylinder head gasket had blown, or in other words....he' saw another car he preferred a couple of days after he bought mine.

Edited 12 July, 201411 yr by Mr Ree

So a week ago i sold my focus st170 which had a brand new clutch and fly wheel fited nov last year and has been good as gold, no problems with the car but it had to make way for my vrs

Anyway i get a bu ch of missed calls and a tex message saying hes got issues with the clutch and can i call him and he beleives we can find a solution, they seemed like ok people but didnt speak much english as they from bukgaria.

What would you do? Should i ignore or should i reply? Everything was good when thwy test drove it a week ago?

 

 

Quite simply...

1. Ignore

2.. Ignore

3. Same old. Tough S H one T.

 

Unfortunate, yes, but that's the chance a private buyer takes and why he bought it probably at least a grand cheaper than if he'd bought from a forecourt.

 

Makes my blood boil froth and bubble this, remembering so vividly just how angry I was after running around trying to please my purchaser and his every whim, and then basically being told that I was a  fraud and a scamster!   

 

His loss, my gain anyway.

Sorry, I'm rambling and getting it out of my system after 3 months of basically keeping schtum.

Edited 12 July, 201411 yr by Mr Ree

Yeah just ignore if the car was fine! They've got no comeback!

Great, thanks for the replys, feel much better now, i know they are trying it on because that clutch wqs good to go.

Great, thanks for the replys, feel much better now, i know they are trying it on because that clutch wqs good to go.

Ring the Trading Standards office if you want some official reassurance, and tell the purchaser you've spoken to them IF he/they actually manage to speak to you.

Just gives you a bit more ammo to back up what is in fact THE facts in law.

+1^^^ think the only time ypu'd be on dodgy ground is if your advert was purposely misleading, e.g. that you said you'd had the clutch replaced when you hadn't.

good luck. There's loads of scam artists out there!

Sold as seen and thats that, if he has an issue with the clutch he can go to the guy who fitted it.

Sold as seen and thats that, if he has an issue with the clutch he can go to the guy who fitted it.

...or tell him to go see a solicitor to be relieved of £100 for confirmation on what we've told you for........ mmmm   mmmm......, several pints now I reckon.

Meanwhile, have a read of this web page....  http://www.which.co.uk/cars/choosing-a-car/selling-a-car/selling-a-car-privately/your-rights-and-responsibilities/ ..... that I just happened to send to my troublesome <cough, cough COUGH    > purchaser to peruse, stating that he REALLY didn't have a leg to stand on if I really wanted to say "not a chance and get on with it", and, to stop his whinging and whining and be grateful that he WAS actually dealing with a very nice reasonable person....that just so happened to be be regretting selling his vRS in the first place.

 

Most  folk would either part ex or lob their car through the auction IF they suspected something mechanical was about to expire anyway.

 

Added another 2k on to the Fabia now, and still no sign of white smoke or lumpy running by the way.

Blown head gasket, my exceedingly fat   :moon:

Edited 13 July, 201411 yr by Mr Ree

Here you go if you can't be bothered clicking the link....

 

Aftersales problems

Say your buyer calls six weeks later. The car’s gearbox has failed and he wants his money back. Do you have to give a refund?

Legally, a buyer has little comeback against a private seller. If you described the car fairly and it was yours to sell, there is little he or she can do – even if it breaks down and requires expensive repairs. Unless the buyer can prove that the car was unroadworthy on the day of sale, you need not offer to help.

If a buyer calls to complain, be polite and sympathetic – but don’t agree to assist unless you really want to.

However, if you advertised the car as having, say, a year’s MoT when it was actually about to expire and you didn’t correct the mistake, the buyer would be due compensation.

or maybe just,

 

You would give them the money to have a MOT done, plus a few quid for their trouble.

& if it failed you would be paying for the Work & the MOT.

* I advertise cars with a  Full MOT,

because once they agree to buy it will get a MOT, & a legit one, not done by a mate,

with the Probe pulled out of the Exhaust Tail.*

 

But we are well off the OP now.

 

He has nothing to do but be polite,  while saying 'on your bike, take a hike.

 My name is Billy not Silly.

 

George,

AKA Billy

(& my Mums Brother is called Robert.)

I sold a golf gt tdi that was fine to a young lad who fitted a tuning box before he drove off. 15 mins later he rings me saying it's blown a hole in the engine and he's prepared to keep it if I give him £300 back. I told him unlucky and he threatened to send his dad round. I told him he could send whoever round it wouldn't bother me and he's getting no money back. Never had the balls to come round and never heard no more. Turns out he missed 5th and dumped the clutch in 3rd racing his mate who'd brought him for it

 

Makes my blood boil froth and bubble this, remembering so vividly just how angry I was after running around trying to please my purchaser and his every whim, and then basically being told that I was a  fraud and a scamster!   

 

I know how you feel, I have to do this at work and end up getting referred to on the internet as a 'Stealer' which I find insulting.