Posted by admin | Posted in More Details | Posted on 05-02-2012
[Best Gas Credit Cards related Question]
Help! I will try my best to keep this short but you need the full story:
In June 2010 I bought a used car from a dealer. It is a 2002 plate, 120K (OK for an Audi Diesel) and was advertised at £3200. I called him to ask him if it was still available, and it was, he warned me that the electric windows were faulty and THAT’S IT! For this reason I called him back and knocked the price of the car down to £2800.
I went there and was happy with the car and bought it with my credit card. I found a problem with closing the door but apart from that – that was it.
On the way back I started to notice several problems – included door stating it was opened and wrong fuel gage reading. I was worried and took it to a main dealer to service (and check).
To my horror they found over £4000 worth of work, OK some of this was wear and tear but a lot was not.
I looked back at the paperwork and to my horror I found that he wrote “sold without warranty” AFTER I had signed it!
Alarm bells rang and I called the dealer to ask for my money back and he said it was sold without warranty!
I called my credit card company and after about 10 weeks they wrote back and said the following (in so many words):
An 8 year old car is going to have faults.
I had a chance to test drive the car and find all of the faults.
The reduction in price could have covered the faults described.
There are around 30 faults and I was advised the car ‘will’ fail it’s MOT be the main dealers – I have just read this and I don’t think I have a leg to stand on. Can any one help because I have a car outside I am not driving and can’t afford to repair
http://whatconsumer.co.uk/forum/second-hand-cars/5185-rejecting-used-car.html
Help!
BTW this is in UK
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