Sold Car Need Help problem

pudzey101

Hi i sold an audi a4 there last week in perfect condition with lots of receipts to prove , and received a text from buyer this morning saying "there is something wrong with engine,it needs some parts as its too smokey, if my mechanic says its engine , im bringing it back to you !!!! "

Where do i go from here lads as i sold that car in A1 condition ??

Mena

Caveat Emptor. Not your problem unless you knowingly sold the car with issues that made it unsafe.

rsole1

pudzey101 wrote: »

Hi i sold an audi a4 there last week in perfect condition with lots of receipts to prove , and received a text from buyer this morning saying "there is something wrong with engine,it needs some parts as its too smokey, if my mechanic says its engine , im bringing it back to you !!!! "

Where do i go from here lads as i sold that car in A1 condition ??

Tell the buyer to go forth and multiply.

pudzey101

Mena wrote: »

Caveat Emptor. Not your problem unless you knowingly sold the car with issues that made it unsafe.

Nothing wrong with it , they were foreign nationals seemed very nice , where do i go from here ? do i reply to them ?

sonyvision

You sold the car as is.... nothing they can do this is the chancr of buying second hand cars off private people cars go wrong all the time..... tough luck lads tell them fob off

sonyvision

You sold the car as is.... nothing they can do this is the chancr of buying second hand cars off private people cars go wrong all the time..... tough luck lads tell them fob off

bazzachazza

pudzey101 wrote: »

Nothing wrong with it , they were foreign nationals seemed very nice , where do i go from here ? do i reply to them ?

No you do not.

The LAW is on your side. As others said caveat emptor "let the buyer beware", unless you knowingly sold a junker then you have no issues and they have no comeback. You are a private seller not a dealer.

Do not answer the text or phone calls. You should have got a throwaway phone as well so they couldn't keep annoying you on your personal phone.

cali_eire

I think if it was me I would just text back and say what you stated above that when the car left your hands it was in perfect condition with lots of receipts to prove and your aren't responsible for anything that transpired after it left your care.

pudzey101

bazzachazza wrote: »

No you do not.

The LAW is on your side. As others said caveat emptor "let the buyer beware", unless you knowingly sold a junker then you have no issues and they have no comeback. You are a private seller not a dealer.

Do not answer the text or phone calls. You should have got a throwaway phone as well so they couldn't keep annoying you on your personal phone.

Thanks lads , i had receipts costing nearly upto 1000k prior to sale , not one bit of smoke came out when i had it ,

pudzey101

I said back the car left my hands in perfect condition with receipts to prove and im not responsible for any that transpired after it left my car and they text back saying " dont pretend be stupid , she was not ok you LIE "

Where do i go from here boardzies

Sam Kade

pudzey101 wrote: »

I said back the car left my hands in perfect condition with receipts to prove and im not responsible for any that transpired after it left my car and they text back saying " dont pretend be stupid , she was not ok you LIE "

Where do i go from here boardzies

Ignore them

cali_eire

If it was me, I think I would simple say something like, "I have been completely honest with you so I don't appreciate your accusation. Please dont contact me again" and just ignore if they contact you again since you have done your part to explain.

padma

Tell them, not to accuse you of lying and any more phone calls you'll contact the gardai for harrassment.

jake66

Sam Kade wrote: »

Ignore them

pudzey101 wrote: »

I said back the car left my hands in perfect condition with receipts to prove and im not responsible for any that transpired after it left my car and they text back saying " dont pretend be stupid , she was not ok you LIE "

Where do i go from here boardzies

Think this is a fairly common scam at the moment.
Get their solicitor to ring your solicitor....

djimi

Tell them to take you to court if they have a problem. The law is on your side; they don't have a leg to stand on.

Del2005

djimi wrote: »

Tell them to take you to court if they have a problem. The law is on your side; they don't have a leg to stand on.

+1 tell them to sue you for their money back. A week is a long time to kill an engine. Once you sold it in good condition theirs nothing they can do.

If they contact you again tell them to direct all correspondence true their solicitor, if they make contact with you again you'll report them to the Gardaì for harassment.

K.Flyer

Make sure to keep all texts from them and, if possible, record telephone conversations in case they become abusive and threatening, which you can pass to the Garda if needs be.

mathepac

Unless of course OP is a dealer posing as a private seller with multiple ads for cars on all the cheaper advertising spaces ....

"i sold an audi a4" is a strange phrase for a private seller who would be more likely to say "i sold my audi a4"

cali_eire

I think if the OP was a dealer he would not be here on boards asking for advice and would have already encountered similar situations in the past.

Toyotafanboi

i don't think the op is a part time dealer.

ops thread about his new car http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057079610

djimi

K.Flyer wrote: »

Make sure to keep all texts from them and, if possible, record telephone conversations in case they become abusive and threatening, which you can pass to the Garda if needs be.

Just be aware that a recorded phone conversation cannot be used for any legal means unless you give the person prior warning that they are being recorded.

BMJD

don't engage in any further conversation with them

Cee-Jay-Cee

Send them one more message and tell them that you have reported the matter to the Gardai as you feel they are being threatening and that if they wish to contact you again to write to your solicitor and give them a solicitors address (or make one up as they won't go down that route anyway) then ignore their calls/texts.

pudzey101

hi guys just an update , im a private seller i wanted to sell the audi to make funds for my new integra no more texts anyway for now

godtabh

rsole1 wrote: »

Tell the buyer to go forth and multiply.

With himself!

Don't reply to the text other than to say that the car was sold as seen with no known issued at time of sale. Any issues since is his responsibility.

K.Flyer

djimi wrote: »

Just be aware that a recorded phone conversation cannot be used for any legal means unless you give the person prior warning that they are being recorded.

Thats true, so tell them that they are being recorded and that all future calls from them will be recorded and that any forms of abuse or threats will be fowarded to the Gardai.

pudzey101

ok sound everyone thanks for putting me mind at ease

BMJD

don't send any more messages, if they turn up at your house, call the Gardai

I suspect they are hoping to get some money out of you for "repairs" and will probably stop trying if you ignore them

Ken.

Take the cash you made from selling the poor foreigners a clunker and buy yourself a new phone with a new number.*



*sarcasm.

visual

If there was not misrepresentation of the car in advertising or spoken word then you should be ok. However if you knowing sold them a clunker or mislead them in sale then you are exposed.

Del2005

visual wrote: »

If there was not misrepresentation of the car in advertising or spoken word then you should be ok. However if you knowing sold them a clunker or mislead them in sale then you are exposed.

If someone has the cheek to sell a clunker they'll already know that in the end there's very little the purchaser can do. It's a civil matter so getting a judgement doesn't mean getting any money, without a lot more cost for the purchaser, if the seller doesn't pay up.

Buying privately totally relies on the honesty of the seller, as if anything goes wrong it's time consuming and costly to get justice if they aren't honest to begin with.