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I hope someone can provide me with some advice. I purchased a car privately Apr 14, when purchasing the car the owner advised me the MOT was up but the car was MOT ready and was booked in for the following week, he advised me he worked off shore and was leaving in a few days time and would not be home for weeks so if we wanted the car we could take it to the MOT centre ourselves and he gave us a written signed and dated statement saying any costs incurred by MOT failure he would cover, taking him for his word we still took the car (big mistake!). Needless to say the car failed MOT we text him to advise him of this and he replied saying he was totally gutted he had paid a mechanic over £200 to prepare for the test and he wouldn't be home for a while but he would get it sorted the next time he was home. We left the car with a mechanic he fixed the problems with the car as stated on the notification of refusal, it had 4 major defects and the bill came to £317.00 plus the cost of 1new tyre and new wiper blades. The car passed the test a few days later. We left a copy of the MOT failure plus the mechanics bill to his house the following month and made contact with him again and basically for the last year he has put us off saying he hasn't been home he's in diff countries around the world working but would sort us out when he gets home. The last message we received was on Thurs past (11th) saying he was in the Phillipines working permanently and would be home over the summer and would be in contact. We happened to be in the area where he lives staying over nite and we decided to call to the house to find out what is going on and guess who answered the door only him and he was very abrupt to say the least asked what did we think we where doing there and tried to say he was only home for a couple of days and that he doesn't live there anymore and he was laid off and has no money and won't be paying the bill no matter what it's far too expensive, we tried to explain the cost only covers what needed done but he just shouted said he wasn't paying it and shut the door in our faces. I should of mentioned earlier the car quit 3 months after purchasing it which required a new engine at a cost of £550 and is only back up and running now. Yes we've been well and truly had by this man but is there anything we can do? Would small claims court be a possibility? Sorry it's very long winded! Any advice appreciated!
I hope someone can provide me with some advice. I purchased a car privately Apr 14, when purchasing the car the owner advised me the MOT was up but the car was MOT ready and was booked in for the following week, he advised me he worked off shore and was leaving in a few days time and would not be home for weeks so if we wanted the car we could take it to the MOT centre ourselves and he gave us a written signed and dated statement saying any costs incurred by MOT failure he would cover, taking him for his word we still took the car (big mistake!). Needless to say the car failed MOT we text him to advise him of this and he replied saying he was totally gutted he had paid a mechanic over £200 to prepare for the test and he wouldn't be home for a while but he would get it sorted the next time he was home. We left the car with a mechanic he fixed the problems with the car as stated on the notification of refusal, it had 4 major defects and the bill came to £317.00 plus the cost of 1new tyre and new wiper blades. The car passed the test a few days later. We left a copy of the MOT failure plus the mechanics bill to his house the following month and made contact with him again and basically for the last year he has put us off saying he hasn't been home he's in diff countries around the world working but would sort us out when he gets home. The last message we received was on Thurs past (11th) saying he was in the Phillipines working permanently and would be home over the summer and would be in contact. We happened to be in the area where he lives staying over nite and we decided to call to the house to find out what is going on and guess who answered the door only him and he was very abrupt to say the least asked what did we think we where doing there and tried to say he was only home for a couple of days and that he doesn't live there anymore and he was laid off and has no money and won't be paying the bill no matter what it's far too expensive, we tried to explain the cost only covers what needed done but he just shouted said he wasn't paying it and shut the door in our faces. I should of mentioned earlier the car quit 3 months after purchasing it which required a new engine at a cost of £550 and is only back up and running now. Yes we've been well and truly had by this man but is there anything we can do? Would small claims court be a possibility? Sorry it's very long winded! Any advice appreciated!
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