my landy

[Petemate390xp]

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Hi all just sold my landy to a guy who has phoned me back saying that there is oil down one side of the chasis leg and one of the propshafts is making a noise i.e. uj no doubt! Now the thing is we went for a 10 mile test drive, looked all over it, in and out, gave him half a tank of fuel, several cups of tea, did all the paperwork and he jumped in it and drove it back home which was 300 miles away. Mainly motorway work. Now everything still works as it should apart from obviously the uj is squeeking, now on the reciept for this vehicle, it had on it sold as seen, now remember he took it for a 10 mile test drive and spent an hour looking over it. Now he's demanding his money back in full. Where do i stand??? I'm not best pleased that he;s hammered the sh*t out of my truck and then decided he wants his money back. I checked this truck over thoroughly with him just to make sure everything was tickety boo. To be honest i feel a bit guilty for him, i dont no why, but i do, but there's no way i feel obliged to give him his cash back. I'm willing to help out i.e. sort him out a couple of uj's maybe some oil and a filter. Whats your thoughts? Many thanks.

[Ian Leach]

I would tell him to bugger off especially if you have done all that and it got him home, Has he provided you with photos of this leak + it's sold as seen.

[stoxs]

Hey Pete

 

Had simliar with a disco i sold years ago to a neighbour

He had owned it for about 3 weeks then the gearbox/transfer box shaft sheared . He put it into a garage and they took 2k of of him for mending it!

He come round one night and was asking for half of the repair bill!

Yes the gearbox did clunk on pick up but it had done that all the time i owned it about 3 years with no problems, i told him of this when i sold it to him.

 

He left my house with nothing and was fine the next time i see him, yes i felt awfull but didn`t have the funds to give him any money back.

 

Bought as seen is what it says you have no comeback on the seller.

did he sign a piece of paper accepting this? if so remind him of this.

 

good luck and remember what would his reaction be if you bought the motor from him!

[Arborist]

He's a chancer! sold as seen forget about him.

[Dean Lofthouse]

He could of rove the butt off it all the way home, no chance, your not a garage offering a warranty

[Mesterh]

If you didnt offer any kind of warranty/guarantee then what does he expect!

 

No doubt we would all prob be pissed if that happened to use but when you buy second hand thats the chance you take.

 

If it was a known problem to you and you somehow covered it up then thats a different story but it looks like you didnt so I wouldnt worry about it

[Petemate390xp]

Hi guys, cheers for all your support. I was quite sorry to see this truck go, i am a private seller. It was my daily driver. God knows what he's done to it! He says he's calling his mechanic mate out tomorrow to see it and he'll get back to me and tell me what his mate thinks is wrong with it! I feel like i'm the baddy here!

[b101uk]

Sold as seen means nothing unless the fault/defect/damage is known to the purchaser at the time of purchase &/or you have drawn the purchasers attention to the fault/defect/damage and the faults/defects/damage needs to be specified to a reasonable extent in the advert/s & on the receipt of sale, only then "sold as seen" has meaning in law, the same is true of "As Is" or "Sold as is advertised"

 

If a UJ is squeaking or has play after 300 miles then it was faulty/damaged at the time of sale.

 

Was the oil there on the chassis at the time of sale.

 

When was the last time you did >150miles in the said land rover in 1 journey?

[Ian Leach]

I wouldn't worry about it mate you have done more than most people would have, 10mile drive, half tank fuel, checked the whole landy out with him and gave him a cuppa. to put it bluntly sod him

[Petemate390xp]

Hi, no the oil wasn't there on the chasis, and i even showed him the chasis. It wasn't caked in crap and it wasn't squeeky clean, but there definatly wasn't any oil. The uj wasn't making any noise at the time of sale, but i have been caught out with these before coming home from work etc. He was getting quiet heavy on the phone. Now i'm quiet an easy going man, but anyone whos been up to my house or knows me, will have seen military photos here, there and everywhere, and lets just say you don't get a maroon beret for being a teddy bear! I'm not saying i'm going to kick his head in, its just that were expecting our first child as my wife is heavily pregnant so its an emotional time and i could do without this stress! Now i've offered to pay for the uj's, oil and oil filter out of the goodness of my heart. I'm hoping he isn't a chancer but i do seem to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, but to be honest i wish i'd never sold it! Oh well you live and learn!

Edited November 14, 2009 by Petemate390xp