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20th November 2014, 22:28 | #11 |
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Sorry to hear of your disappointment. I've got to the stage of expecting rubbish, and that way, I'll never be disappointed. Living where I do, travelling a distance to view a car is a necessity, and seems like there's a never-ending stream of rubbish cars.
As our cars get older, the standard of a lot is in decline.
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I think it somewhat depends on what you class as "Immaculate" or "Mint" for a 10YO car, myself.
I like to think my motor is in very good nick, given it's age, but if I was to judge it as a brand new car, I'd quite simply rip it to pieces. "as if your just going to jump in and drive away after paying the cash." Erm, strangely, that's exactly what I did with mine. Because I'd bought it as part of a contract via Ebay. I literally had a quick look at it, asked how it drove, paid the money and drove away. Only to find that it needed a new Vis motor and new belts (after looking on here). Perhaps I got lucky, but I'm happy with the car and felt I got a reasonable deal. My point? I'm not sure really, but surely if you enter into a contract, you should abide by it and buy the car? And then argue the case afterwards? Where I suspect you'd probably lose, tbh. I'm not taking a view about the car. It's more a point that if you bid, you're obliged to buy. And if you don't, you can be given bad feedback for it. Just thoughts.
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I bought the car in good faith it was not honestly described, there was several things wrong with it, yes it looked quite nice on the outside, but I was not prepared to take it on with the faults, for the price it was cheap someone with more knowledge could make it into a desirable car. Julien |
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Clunky clutch and cloudy headlights etc, no, imo, as they'd be reasonable, given the age. I suppose the moral is don't bid on E-bay, if you expect a minter. And certainly don't expect a minter to come cheaply.
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20th November 2014, 23:43 | #18 | |
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Anyway, the way I look at it is if the seller can lie about one thing, what else have they not disclosed. And if they plead ignorance about it, then how can you have any faith at all in what they're claiming about what they know about the car...??? The contract is only binding if what you're paying for is what you're getting.
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That's my point, Anne Marie has been brutally honest about her car, result no buyer. Take into account the cost of sorting out the scratch in the paintwork and total price is still fair.
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That gold one is a beauty.
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