..reference my Saff and this is in no was a diss to the present owner.

I bought the car for 7k which i felt was worth it..BUT i wanted this AMG that came up so was willing to loose a bit as i had no time to break or wait....so i told the perspective buyer i wanted over 6.5k..more 6700...he turns up with 6.5k.......i said ok you got me but just pay for the tax disk which was worth 50 quid...he had no xtra so i said just transfer it in my bank..he said no probs...not seen the money as yet...i have pm'd twice to which he said he would..fair enuff...but on the lastest reply he wants me to waver it it as the water injection pump has blown..and it developed a misfire on the way home to which he has replaced ign amp/dizzy/leads.......now i still want my 50 quid as that was the PRICE...there was no faults as far as i knew with car which was properly tested.

Am i in the wrong should i just accept it or should i expect my 50 quid..i will leave it to you guys to tell me and PLEASE put aside your hate for me.........i wish i could have got a refund or been allowed to pay a bit next day if i find no probs with a cosworth....i lost 450 quid on that car for a quick sale..and the car is deffo worth more...surely the joys of cossie owning.

 

Sold as seen

 

My opinion, although im sure you will brand me a "hater" and ignore it, even more so as Im a mate of Matt's who bought it.


My honest opinion though is that as a car seller you have an obligation to warranty the car at least as far as being fit for purpose.

Legally I expect Matt should have brought it back to you (or got you to collect it if its not safe to drive potentially due to a misfire) in order for you to rectify the faults, but given the fact he is 400 miles away and they are only minor, I would have thought he has done you a favour by sorting them out and not expecting you to do anything other than make a 50 quid donation towards the cost of parts.

If I had sold the car, I would be fine with that TBH in the circumstances.

 

in hindsight, should you have not let him take the without paying all monies?

if i sold something and wasnt paid in full, said item would not leave my possession until then

ive learnt from that scamming cunt on ebay that bounced a cheque for £10.20 after i sent the item

 

TBH if you had wanted £6700 you should have stated that to the new owner, but a buyer would turn up with out the extra cash if you both agreed a price on the phone before hand. And if it has devolped the faults he states then in his eyes he wont want to cough up.

I think its just one of those things when it comes to selling a car, so i dont think you will see your £50

 

As much as you annoy people I dont see you as the type to fuck some one over. I must admit your last two cossies I have actually been a little jealous of as they were top notch cars.

The car was sold as seen. Now if it was me and the bloke could produce receipts of the above as a good will gesture I would have felt bad and said dont worry about the £50.

If not I would have said suck upon my salty nuts and pay me the money.

 

A deal is a deal, he has to pay the £50.

 

he owes you 50 pound simple as that car was fine when he bought it and how do you know he not lieing to you to save him self 50 quid seems you were more than fair in first place lettin him take the car doubt anyone else would do it so PAY UP

 

I am assuming he bought the car after a test drive, in which it performed well and he was happy enough to buy the car? Then IMHO you can't be held responsible for anything that happens after you have sold it, having done business with you before, albeit for small items, I know you are not the sort of guy to rip people off......

A deal is a deal, he should stick to his word and give you the £50, bit low if he don't IMHO...

 

Chip i am not a trader.....and the car made it back to cumbria so hardly a major issue...and i knew you would take his side...so your input is not wanted.

You are correct i should never have trusted him...but i am stupid like that...i have been stiffed on this board many times..when will i learn LOL.

 

firstly i would have asked the the 50 up front, or taken the tax disc out

but dont see why you should offer warranty being as you not a car trader,



i can ever see anyone ever doing that for me if i bought the car,

so i would demand the 50 quid

 

exactly

And any kind of warranty is blown when the asking price isnt paid , simply because you could say that the money that the price was reduced by will cover the repair costs

On the other hand ,,its only £50

 

name and shame him if he don't pay up not alot off thigs bother me to be honest things like this wind me up you did him a favour at end off day

 

If I wanted the £50 that much I wouldnt have let the car go until it was in my pocket,
When I have sold a car I couldnt give a flying what happened to it, not my problem anymore.

TBH Phil, I would leave it as I doubt your gonna see it, And as it aint a mega life breaking amount of cash just treat it as a learning curve.

 

I think it's the principle thats imortant.... Do someone a favour and they screw you

 

He should pay it back Phil......however for all the stress and rows it would prob take to get it back i would let it go mate

 

I agree its the principle really.

 

amazed att how many people think it only 50 quid forget it you must have too much money

 

50 quid is 50 quid and they should pay you

 

That car never misfired once when i had it, including thrashing the tits off it at TRAX the day before Phil bought it At the end of the day its sold as seen, would say he still owes the money but then i would probably let it go for £50 as i couldn't be bothered with the hassle, yes the joys of Cossie ownership,spend,spend,spend

Simon.

 

the £50 should have been honoured really

but on the flip side, you have to think about the trader side of things where you can't be sold as seen

hard decision to make here, but i think the other guy should pay for it unles he comes on here telling his side of the story which paints you to be the thriving cont for selling him a shonky motor (no smiles as i'm serious)

 

I would have given the same answer if he sold you the car, or any other 2 people for that matter.

With regards to you not being a trader, you have said several times on here that you have car insurance as a motor trader, so that is where I got that idea from.

Doesnt matter if its trade or private though, car still has to be fit for purpose IMHO and if I sold a car privately that misfired on the journey home, I would feel morally obligated to do something about it personally.

 

dojj there is no other side..LOL....i have nothing to hide unless lies start flowing!

50 quid principle....and i will even donate it to the RSPCA if i ever see it.

 

one more thing, being skanked over £50 is make or break for soem people, on the other hand, phile is loaded so it shoudln't be such a big deal

 

He paid the asking price of 6500 quid that was agreed at the time of sale though, so I dont see what you are on about there?
And wether or not you haggle on the price of a car doesnt effect your rights as far as im aware, unless its something mentioned in the haggling such as "im going to knock 200 quid off cause that wing has a scratch on it" anyway

 

one more thing, you may come across as a twat in some respects, but you don't come across as a money grabbing coont

obviously, if i were in either pair of shoes i would post as i found, but this is based solely on one side of the story and if there is no amicable settlement agreed upon it will leave you both with slightly tarnished reps

all in my onion of course

 

Agree 100%

 

Personally, if you said 6700 and he turned up with 6500 and NO extra cash, then I would have whipped the tax disc out.

Letting someone take a car when they have not fully paid for it is not good, regardless of who it is.

It is only £50, but it is YOUR £50!!! So yes your owed it, but can't see you getting it back without a kick off

 

Chip do you read another thread in your own words?

The price was 6700 he brought 6500..i said no...i will take 6550 he had no xtra so i trusted him to bank it.

Simple...please twist that you total idiot.

 

He told Matt that he wanted 6500+ for it, ideally 6700, and that if Matt didnt buy it then someone else was coming at the weekend who Phil had already agreed to sell it to for 6500.

In that situation, there is NO WAY I would have been offering the seller more than 6500 quid personally, as its blatant he is prepared to let it go for that.

And TBH I would have probably offered him 6300 or similar on the basis that most people will view 6300 in their hand as better than a promise off some bloke they will come and pay 6500 at a later date.

Dont any of you guys haggle when you buy a car?

Ive NEVER paid the asking price on a car at any point in my life, and I will personally suck Phil off if certain people in this thread always do, most notably Martin "makes stock brokers look like ameteurs with deals" Hadland

 

Im not twisting that at all, he paid the agreed price less 50 quid which he still owes you, I dont dispute that at all as Ive not spoken to Matt about it to hear any different so Im quite happy to take your word for it, I dont consider you to be a liar over money.

However, when you buy a car and a serious fault comes to light straight away, the seller is obligated to fix it IMHO (and I beleive in the eyes of the law) so I think that Matts request to keep the 50 quid towards rectifying that fault is a fair request and if I was the seller I would happily honour that request and would just be greatful I didnt get the car brought back to me to rectify it myself.

 

he owes you £50....simple

but if it was me i would tell him to keep the £50 just to keep the peace-but thats me and what i would do,im not suggesting you should do the same..

now you have said you will give it to the rspca,he should pay up!

 

...oh so now i should be refunding him

 

I dont know either of the parties involved but at the end of the day its £50!!! Who cares you just got £6500 for the car what is £50 just forget about it and move on

 

Its only £50 but if you were good enough to give him it on trust that he would pay you then he needs to pay. im sure (despite your silly threads & arguments) that you wouldnt sell a car that you know its faulty.So he is in the wrong...In my opinion that is

 

He owes you 50 quid end of story. No matter whats gone wrong with it in his posession he STILL owes you 50 quid. Cunt if he dont pay up.....

 

I assume there was no mention of 'oh by the way, if anything goes wrong with the car, im not paying you for the tax' was there?

If he said he would give you £50 for the tax then he should.

You had no idea or control of whether the cossie would develop a misfire, it's the new owners bad luck unfortunately.

However the new owner has CHOSEN to stiff you, thats just not cricket.

 

Blokes a cunt - pay the £50.

At that moment in time he agreed to the deal and should stick by it!

 

Glad i didnt buy it now £6500 How much !!

 

I agree that stating wanting over 6500 is not as clear cut as saying, the lowest is 6501 which is the same thing.

But if you agree to a deal on the day, even if Matt had agreed to pay 9k, that is the deal that was struck.