Hi All
need your advise please, I sold the car on eBay auction i honestly advertise my car best of my knowledge & even mentioned dent on front wing.
I also said to come drive & inspect the car before bidding or ask any questions. 13 year old car bound to have some cosmetic issues so I forgot to mentioned minor stone chip rust spots by the front wings but nothing major.
guy won the car in auction & contacted me to pay the deposit which I said no it’s fine you can pay all when you come for collection & I’ll pick you up from train station, I went to pick the guy from station & gave him a car to drive I took him to my home address where I trade from & asked him to inspect the car before he set off.
first he couldn’t see the dent I mentioned in the auction & he said oh this is minor then he saw the rust spots which he said my local paint shop will sort this out with the dent. He loved the car & filled the V5 & paid me cash & gone happy.
Once he reached home he left a positive feedback saying
“slight rust on both wings but not too bad good service”
In the mean time I transferred the car on his name online, next morning around 5:00 in the morning I’m receiving message from him I don’t like the car I took it to my local garage he is asking £1500 for fix it, your car got extensive rust underneath I want my full refund.
now I’m totally confused that who the hell charge £1500 for paint 2 wings & I know my cars the car don’t have any rust underneath.
no idea which garage he gone to at night to get this quote, so I said No sorry no refund as you came to collect the car & saw the rust spots & it’s not extensive as you mentioning it. After that He was sending aggressive emails all day threatening me to take me to court & i am only an hour away from him, then he tried to send me another quote for £790 & asked me to pay some money towards the paint job. Now I was 100% sure the guy trying to scam me & want him to pay for the paint job.
he sent me another email last Sunday that he is returning my car & he asked someone to leave the keys & books in the boot, if I’m not available. so I responded to that, the car is yours you are the legal owner of the car & I’m still waiting to hear from your solicitor, I will not take any responsibility if the car get damaged or clapped as it be on private property & I will let police know About this, as I’m not allowed to drive or touch your car.
Since then I haven’t heard nothing from him & he didn’t drop the car off.
Sorry for such a long story but my question is where do I stand on this as a trader? do I have any leg to stand on this & fight back if he takes me to court ? I want to be fair trader & that’s why i didn’t touch his money just in case I’m in the wrong.
Thank you for your help & guidance