Strange donedeal ad

bear1

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/have-you-viewed-this-car/7233752

This is an interesting ad

unkel

bear1 wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/have-you-viewed-this-car/7233752

This is an interesting ad

What is he hoping to achieve? Caveat emptor. If you don't know what you're at and / or not willing to take a risk, you shouldn't be buying cheap second hand cars from private sellers. His problem 100%.

The Muppet

unkel wrote: »

What is he hoping to achieve? Caveat emptor. If you don't know what you're at and / or not willing to take a risk, you shouldn't be buying cheap second hand cars from private sellers. His problem 100%.

I'd imagine he's trying to go at it from a false advertising point of view.
Doubt he has much chance.

bear1

unkel wrote: »

What is he hoping to achieve? Caveat emptor. If you don't know what you're at and / or not willing to take a risk, you shouldn't be buying cheap second hand cars from private sellers. His problem 100%.

Totally agree, but I fear some people don't know the basic consumer laws we have so believes he is entitled to a claim.
I'm not fully up to date on them myself to be fair but I know the basics.
I'd imagine he is looking for "witnesses" that will back him up that the car was a "pig" and therefore bring the case to court..
I'd like to see the outcome but he's pissing in the wind afaik.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

bear1 wrote: »

Totally agree, but I fear some people don't know the basic consumer laws we have so believes he is entitled to a claim.
I'm not fully up to date on them myself to be fair but I know the basics.
I'd imagine he is looking for "witnesses" that will back him up that the car was a "pig" and therefore bring the case to court..
I'd like to see the outcome but he's pissing in the wind afaik.

He'll have to prove that the seller knew and failed to disclose the issues. Difficult but not impossible.

bear1

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

He'll have to prove that the seller knew and failed to disclose the issues. Difficult but not impossible.

Any ideas how he could prove that? Genuinely curious

Kenny Logins

unkel wrote: »

What is he hoping to achieve? Caveat emptor. If you don't know what you're at and / or not willing to take a risk, you shouldn't be buying cheap second hand cars from private sellers. His problem 100%.

Somebody else that viewed it and spotted the problems, making the seller aware of them?

Worth a shot I suppose.. but as you say, ultimately it's the buyer's problem.

unkel

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

He'll have to prove that the seller knew and failed to disclose the issues. Difficult but not impossible.

Almost correct. It is not up to the seller to disclose any issues. It is up to the buyer to find out and / or ask about them. If the seller tells a lie and the buyer can prove the seller told him a lie, then the buyer has a case. Indeed very difficult but not impossible.

colm_mcm

Shocked that anyone could think an 11 year old diesel passat could have 11800 miles

Incidentally it has an actual nct til feb 2015


VEHICLE
Vehicle Registration Number 03MH15031
Vehicle Details VOLKSWAGEN / PASSAT
Change Of Vehicle Ownership
Transferred to an Individual on :

Notified on : 27/05/2014

03/06/2014
Vehicle Registration Certificate
Most recent Vehicle Registration Certificate issued on : 05/06/2014

Del2005

bear1 wrote: »

Totally agree, but I fear some people don't know the basic consumer laws we have so believes he is entitled to a claim.
I'm not fully up to date on them myself to be fair but I know the basics.
I'd imagine he is looking for "witnesses" that will back him up that the car was a "pig" and therefore bring the case to court..
I'd like to see the outcome but he's pissing in the wind afaik.

The only protection you have buying private is if it's dangerous and even that is hard to get results as the people selling these heaps know that in the end it'll take someone a lot of time and money to get a refund if they are lucky.

131spanner

11,800 miles on a 11 year old Passat? That should have set off alarm bells straight away.

colm_mcm

He also has it over a month, so it can't have been that bad when he bought it?

Kenny Logins

131spanner wrote: »

11,800 miles on a 11 year old Passat? That should have set off alarm bells straight away.

I think it's safe to assume that's a typo - 118,000.

dmc17

colm_mcm wrote: »

Shocked that anyone could think an 11 year old diesel passat could have 11800 miles

131spanner wrote: »

11,800 miles on a 11 year old Passat? That should have set off alarm bells straight away.

Even 118,000 miles would have me a bit suspicious. It'll be an expensive lesson for him I'm afraid

bear1

Wonder how much he actually paid for it.

Sobanek

He can only blame himself.
Should've paid €50 for a mechanic to check it out.

Stella Virgo

"I bought this car last month from a guy called Lukazs"
..................there is no more to add to this:rolleyes::D

Sobanek

Should call the guy that was selling the Peugeot 307 :pac:

quadrifoglio verde

Stella Virgo wrote: »

"I bought this car last month from a guy called Lukazs"
..................there is no more to add to this:rolleyes::D

His name this week is probably michael :pac:

johndaman66

Kenny Logins wrote: »

I think it's safe to assume that's a typo - 118,000.

Not so much a typo as people just not having the competence to handle a number over 1,000 I would think.

Its pretty much a waste of €3 or whatever Donedeal are charging to place an ad these times. He bought a car privately presumably was not qualified to check its mechanicals out himself or his did not get an engineer/ mechanic to inspect it. It turned out to be a lemon. These things happen. Buyer beware, he got stung like a lot of have at one stage or another. He should just fix it or sell it for parts/ to make bean tins for China and move on...

mickdw

It actual looks a pretty decent car.
Doesn't seem to have the arse ran out of it.
Should take it as a lesson learned. Get it fixed and drive on.

Sobanek

mickdw wrote: »

It actual looks a pretty decent car.
Doesn't seem to have the arse ran out of it.
Should take it as a lesson learned. Get it fixed and drive on.

To me it looks like a dog. I wouldn't come near it to be fairly honest.

Caliden

Sobanek wrote: »

He can only blame himself.
Should've paid €50 for a mechanic to check it out.

You only don't do that the first time.

Thankfully for myself it was a 'cheap' (€2000) lesson learned.

allibastor

I bought a car in a similar situation. I made contact with done deal as the cars ems was disabled, which is engine tampering.

In the end i bought a 06 car for 1800, i spent 1100 on fixing it and sold it for 4000 with a rebuilt engine.

Sometimes you have to wade through the crap to get to the Rose bush