Originally Posted by
Iain Mac
Or selling to another trader - they are considered to be experts and don't need the same protection as offered to consumers.
Of course, the 1979 sale of goods act applies to consumers, but just writing "trade sale" on the invoice doesnt make it one, which a lot of traders dont seem to realise.
I bought a wee car off one of my dealers for my sister when she passed her test. They had taken it in as a part-ex, but it was a rebuilt write-off so they couldn't/wouldn't retail it but, because I worked with them in the industry they sold it to me on an invoice marked TRADE SALE in big letters top and bottom. They couldn't do that if I was a walk-in customer and it is probably arguable that they shouldn't have done it for me either. The car ran perfectly for years, by the way.
Lots of dodgy bedroom trader types DO try and use things like that, but it doesnt hold any water at all in law, if they are selling to a member of the public not a trader then they can write trade sales as many times as they want but it still doesnt become one.