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Good example: we bought house, moved in Dec 16th, Dec 20th boiler completely died, 2 weeks without heating over xmas before we could get someone to come and fit a new one... nice
Sold car....unhappy buyer....advice?
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Good example: we bought house, moved in Dec 16th, Dec 20th boiler completely died, 2 weeks without heating over xmas before we could get someone to come and fit a new one... nice
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A month, no. The next day, Yes.
If there's a chance I overlooked something which may well have been broken at the time of sale, and I hadn't advertised that it was broken, I would be willing to pay for that error on my part.
Of course you wouldn't. It would be buyer beware in exactly the same way that the car is sold as seen in this scenario. If your buyer wanted total of piece of mind that the boiler was in good condition then you would assume they would carry out an independent heating survey.
It's exactly the same as the house I just bought, I opted not to have a detailed structural survey instead just a basic valuation. I saved £500 but I have no come back if anything goes wrong. My choice entirely, buying things like a house or a car is risky. If the guy who bought the OP's car was concerned, he should have opted for a detailed AA check.
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Choice of attitude. I don't settle for relying on the "sold as seen, your problem now" answer to a sale where I've failed to accurately describe the item in the advert.
This boils down to opinion of morals. "sold as seen" isn't actually gospel when it comes to private sales. You are an individual and how you conduct yourself is down to you. You have a choice. If you justify the way you conduct yourself in private sales with "that's just the way private sales are done" then that is down to you, it's your choice to conduct yourself this way.
I've made a choice about how I conduct myself in private sales. My opinion is that the onus is on the seller to accurately describe the item he is selling. Failure to identify a fault by the buyer at the time of sale is not sufficient for me to pretend that I didn't just sell a falsely advertised item. It does not validate my actions. "That's just the way private sales are done" does not validate my actions.
I may have innocently been inaccurate with the items description. Show me proof of my negligence (in this case, quotes from multiple garages which consistently describe the fault) and I will pay for my error.
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Always the diplomat Ryan
Developed from the many occasions I had to drag Yakuza out of the mess Bingowings got us in, no doubt.
Well that's a good attitude to have and I would love to buy a car or house from someone as honest as you. My only concern is that you are opening yourself up for people to take advantage.
If the OP genuinely was unaware of the gearbox issues then he did describe the advert accurately. Who is to say that the issue didn't occur while it was in the possession of the new owner? Private sales are very much buyer beware, this is why the experience of buying from a deal costs so much more but you do get the additional piece of mind that comes with it.
That is it, although as I'm sure you get, our point is that you certainly don't have an obligation to do anything.
But I know if you were ever to knock my pint over, I would get another one
Just don't be taken advantage of for your good nature.
Couple of points - if the gearbox was that bad, surely he would have come back after driving a couple of miles up the road.
Secondly, on the description of the sale, your comments are as qualified as you are. If you are not a mechanic and its nothing massively obvious to everyone then small issues are up to the buyer to deal with, not the seller.
Secondly, on the description of the sale, your comments are as qualified as you are. If you are not a mechanic and its nothing massively obvious to everyone then small issues are up to the buyer to deal with, not the seller.