Hello!
I bought a camera off an acquaintance after being assured repair would cost £100 but... in actuality I got told by the shop he got the quote from it would cost £600, and it wasn't a sure thing they could fix it (it's an old film camera - Makina plaubel for the curious).
His exact words were "its not a pricey fix just not had time to go london", and when I asked how much a repair would cost he said "around 100, otherwise its perfect". (In fact the camera has lightleaks through the bellows too).
I offered to him to split the repair bill, to which he agreed. He then backtracked and said no, as he'd be selling the camera for a fraction of the price.
In the end he agreed to take the camera back and refund me. This was November-ish last year.
Since then I've spoken to him multiple times (nicely I might add) about when he can take the camera back and refund me.
He's told me numerous times, "I'll refund you now/tomorrow/this week and pick the camera up don't worry", but still hasn't ended up doing so.
Getting to the point where I think he's just going to keep saying this until I give up.
I have all this in message form, do I have any legal grounds to pursue this? Do I have a case for a legally binding contract?
I have screenshots from instagram and SMS as evidence of everything I've said here.
(In reality I know I was naive to believe him without checking first, but as I was assured by a mutual friend he was legit I trusted him. I bought the camera off him when we lived in the same city but since then I have moved away for university).
Any advice is much appreciated.
Thank you so much.
I bought a camera off an acquaintance after being assured repair would cost £100 but... in actuality I got told by the shop he got the quote from it would cost £600, and it wasn't a sure thing they could fix it (it's an old film camera - Makina plaubel for the curious).
His exact words were "its not a pricey fix just not had time to go london", and when I asked how much a repair would cost he said "around 100, otherwise its perfect". (In fact the camera has lightleaks through the bellows too).
I offered to him to split the repair bill, to which he agreed. He then backtracked and said no, as he'd be selling the camera for a fraction of the price.
In the end he agreed to take the camera back and refund me. This was November-ish last year.
Since then I've spoken to him multiple times (nicely I might add) about when he can take the camera back and refund me.
He's told me numerous times, "I'll refund you now/tomorrow/this week and pick the camera up don't worry", but still hasn't ended up doing so.
Getting to the point where I think he's just going to keep saying this until I give up.
I have all this in message form, do I have any legal grounds to pursue this? Do I have a case for a legally binding contract?
I have screenshots from instagram and SMS as evidence of everything I've said here.
(In reality I know I was naive to believe him without checking first, but as I was assured by a mutual friend he was legit I trusted him. I bought the camera off him when we lived in the same city but since then I have moved away for university).
Any advice is much appreciated.
Thank you so much.
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