Got a bit of a dilemma. Sold my old Peugeot 106 GTi at the weekend. I listed it on ebay and it was snapped up straight away by a guy who was quite happy to pay the 'buy it now' price of £3300. He came along to view it, I gave him a very good test drive, he was very happy with it all, paid a deposit then came the next Saturday, paid up and took it away.

Then.......he phones me up later the same day saying the radiator's leaking and it's overheating. He asks if I knew about any problem and I say that at the service in October they noticed a very small radiator leak and I'd put some of that self-sealing stuff in and not had any problems since. I say it might be because it's been sat around for about a month since I got my new scooby.

Anyway he reckons he needs a new radiator, finds one for £60 (he's willing to fit it himself) and then rings me up asking if I'll pay half towards it being as I didn't mention the problem earlier and it happened straight away. I say I'm not going to pay but we were discussing it sensibly and then he just hung up. I've not heard from him since.

He's got no legal comeback I don't think (I put "sold as seen" on the receipt) but it was a shame the whole thing turned a bit sour as it had been such a smooth deal. My girlfriend reckons I should just send him a cheque for £30 just to keep things sweet and to avoid negative feedback on ebay (plus he knows where I live - not especially local to him though). I know on ebay good feedback is EVERYTHING and I've had 100% up to now (60 odd deals) but I'm unlikely to be selling a car on there again - not for at least a couple of years anyway.

Any thoughts??

 

be careful tho...even tho u hav said sold as seen u didnt put any problems up on the orig advertisement therefore leading to false advertising

he could have some sort of case that way sry to say

 

Its not worth the hassle for the sake of £30 is it?

 

Personally, sounds like you were blessed by getting your set asking price for your car but here's the bite - you knew there was a defective radiator - so £60 - not so bad to do the right thing...I'd personally pay the entire £60 and be glad he's fitting it F.O.C...

Alternatively, If you were on the recieving end of similar treatment (your next car purchase perhaps?) - Would you feel fairly treated ?

sorry, if it's not the answer you were looking for....

All the best

 

just give him £30 its a good will gesture, and it sounds like he is being straight

 

Agree with posts so-far - £30 sounds fair under the circumstances.

 

Agreed, give him the £30 towards the new part.

Being of a suspicous nature, I'd get it in writing to him that this is a gesture of goodwill, and that this problem was the only one you were aware of when the car was sold; otherwise he might try and get you for any other repairs he might feel need doing...

 

Call him and agree to send him £30. I think in the back of your mind you knew the leak could return at anytime. correct me if i'm wrong?

G.

 

too slow!

 

That sounds like good advice to me and is still very cheap He's not asking for much so I'd be happy with that

 

Pay him. He's being totally fair and reasonable with you. You have a large wedge of his cash.

You'll feel better for it, and so will he.

Joolz

 

be nice and pay £30.Not nice if hes thinking what a good car and £30 spoils that is it?
PS Jesus will love you as well

 

To be honest I'd forgotten about it as I didn't really think it was significant at the time and just put the stuff in to be sure.

However, I will send him the £30 together with a letter making sure he doesn't ask for any more.

Thanks for the advice.

 

he prob only found this leak from testing its top speed for about 20miles on the way home.

But if it was pointed out to u, and if he asked is there any probs, then its false advertisment. meet up go for a pint n give him £30 keep this nice, n u get a excuse 4 a drive n a pint

 

I agree, £30 out of £3300 is not alot. It could have been treble that if a garage had been supplying and fitting.

 

Considering the £30 is less than 1% of the price you sold the car for, and the buyer seems to be being ok about it all ( most Ebay buyers immediately get up their ***** and start threatening Crown Court or visits from the SAS ) I'd give him the money.

In fact, as he hast said 'I'm going to a dealer for a brand new rad etc...' and is saving more money fitting it himself, I'd send him the £60 just to be fair - after all - you did know the rad had recently leaked and you'd bodged it with filler and didnt mention it when selling ;0)

 

Legally, you don't have to pay unless you misrepresented the car ("oh, its got no faults I know about" sort of thing).

However, I think I would have covered the £30 and felt good about it.

 

think you should send him the 60 quid tbh. lets face it you didnt expect to get the buy it now price anyway. may help you to sleep better

 

I would pay the man his 30 quid but point out thats all he's getting otherwise you might get a phone call in a month to tell you the near side front tyre has gone flat and what you going to do about it

 

£30 is very cheap for peace of mind .... he will leave excellent feedback.

Just send it with a covering note saying it is purely a goodwill gesture as the fault developed in a short space of time, although you thought you had cured the problem permanently.

He 'could' be brewing in his mind and come around with his mates

£30 is soooooooo cheap to sleep easy at night, it's also the 'right' thing to do.

Just do it ..

Pete

 

id just leave it be ! its a used car. sold as seen ! basically tough.

i sold a vectra gsi last year, perfect car until a week after i sold it and some radiator thing packed up and cost the bloke £1100 repair ! i genuinly didnt know anything was up with the car.

but as alll me mates said "lifes a bitch" and yes a felt sorry and guilty, but it wasnt my car or my problem !

 

Point is ...... he DID know there was a radiator problem - he has admitted it here and did not declare it at the sale ...

Pete

 

A definite decision from the Scoobynet jury here then.

 

1 more thing to add , if you have his number RING him ASAP so you dont get any bad feed back on ebay

 

I'd pay! You will feel better

 

OK, I've text him to say I'll send him the £30 and have put it in the post with a letter basically saying he won't get any more. It's a fair compromise I think.

Anyway it all seems tickety boo, he was very appreciative of the offer and says he'll leave positive feedback when the cheque arrives. Also he says that he didn't hang up the phone on Sunday, he ran out of credit.

Thanks for the advice folks.

 

Great. thats a all sorted.

 

sold as seen doesnt mean a thing anyway.

 

think karma....

be nice to him and your lotto numbers might turn up

 

well done mate If we were down the pub I'd buy you a pint for being one of the 'good guys'!