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Sorry this is gonna be long.
Last weds I exchanged my 2012 Peugeot 308 for a 2006 Vauxhall van plus cash. I went to a dealer who has been on the same plot for over 20 years, hoping this meant he was reputable. The agreement, when I gave him £100 deposit , was we would do an exchange. He got my newer car an I got the van plus £1500. He tells me it's got a long MOT, It was well looked after by an antique dealer so never drove close to payload.
The trouble started when I returned that afternoon. I should have walked away then and there but I needed the van and I'd paid for insurance.
When I arrived back that afternoon the dealer claimed he didn't hear about the £1500! After some friendly words I accepted his excuse of old age and hard of hearing and took settled for £700.
9 days on and probably only 200 miles, I drive round the corner and the clutch goes!
Visited the dealer the very next morning who initially says he will sort it out but it's bank holiday so will have to wait til Tuesday..... which was fine but just as I leave he says "I'll get permission from the guy and the work will go ahead if he's happy" .......turns out , or this is the story, the cat was nothing to do with the forecourt. That he was selling it for a friend. Anyway. I wait till this morning to find out what's what only to get threatened by the dealer and then the "owner" rings me claiming to be a traveller and he's not happy how I've spoken to Barry (dealer), that he don't have to sort anything as it was sold as seen. The car is nothing to do with Barry.
To get me off the phone he says his mechanic will ring but obviously that ain't happened.
I can't be without the van so I'm paying to get it done tomorrow. Can I claim this back?
How can I make sure these scum cease trading. Barry claims he's just works at the cafe attached and helps out with the cars but he's been there decades. Selling cars. I've eaten in the cafe numerous times. He owns it. Not works in it!
Last weds I exchanged my 2012 Peugeot 308 for a 2006 Vauxhall van plus cash. I went to a dealer who has been on the same plot for over 20 years, hoping this meant he was reputable. The agreement, when I gave him £100 deposit , was we would do an exchange. He got my newer car an I got the van plus £1500. He tells me it's got a long MOT, It was well looked after by an antique dealer so never drove close to payload.
The trouble started when I returned that afternoon. I should have walked away then and there but I needed the van and I'd paid for insurance.
When I arrived back that afternoon the dealer claimed he didn't hear about the £1500! After some friendly words I accepted his excuse of old age and hard of hearing and took settled for £700.
9 days on and probably only 200 miles, I drive round the corner and the clutch goes!
Visited the dealer the very next morning who initially says he will sort it out but it's bank holiday so will have to wait til Tuesday..... which was fine but just as I leave he says "I'll get permission from the guy and the work will go ahead if he's happy" .......turns out , or this is the story, the cat was nothing to do with the forecourt. That he was selling it for a friend. Anyway. I wait till this morning to find out what's what only to get threatened by the dealer and then the "owner" rings me claiming to be a traveller and he's not happy how I've spoken to Barry (dealer), that he don't have to sort anything as it was sold as seen. The car is nothing to do with Barry.
To get me off the phone he says his mechanic will ring but obviously that ain't happened.
I can't be without the van so I'm paying to get it done tomorrow. Can I claim this back?
How can I make sure these scum cease trading. Barry claims he's just works at the cafe attached and helps out with the cars but he's been there decades. Selling cars. I've eaten in the cafe numerous times. He owns it. Not works in it!
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