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tommo2
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Hi all.
Ive recently put a deposit of e250 on a car for sale for e10750. It was with a small car dealer, your usual buy and sell small-time dealer.
The car has no NCT and he has agreed to subject the sale to it passing. He has said it will have no probs passing and should be ready next week. I gace him the deposit on thursday.
However, i checked on the carzone website and he updated the info on it yesterday saying that it was confirmed to be in stock (and still available).
The agreed price we came to is an absolute bargain and is a great deal if it passes the nct - which it should as it is very well cared for and in great shape.
I have a sales docket from him signed by the two of us outlining the sale price, deposit paid and car reg and mileage. Bizarrely it doesnt contain the complete reg, only the year and county. I thought at the time it was because he didnt know the complete reg from memory and we were in the office. Sounded reasonable at the time anyway.
The docket also says car to be serviced and nct'd.
Now here is where i am worried:
The car is at a discount price, he probably got it from another dealer who didnt want to nct it. He probably took it on the basis that he can get it sold(a lot of large deales wont sell a car with mileage above a certain amount - this car is over 100k miles).
Does he think that now he has a buyer guaranteed that he can hold out for a higher price from someone else? I am afraid that if the car passes the nct then he will try to sell it at a higher price, which undoubtedly it is worth.
Is he allowed to do this under law?
As i said, i have a sales docket and deposit paid but does this give me any guarantee?
What is to stop him from telling me that the car failed so i will walk away, if he gets a better offer?
God my head hurts
Please help
Ive recently put a deposit of e250 on a car for sale for e10750. It was with a small car dealer, your usual buy and sell small-time dealer.
The car has no NCT and he has agreed to subject the sale to it passing. He has said it will have no probs passing and should be ready next week. I gace him the deposit on thursday.
However, i checked on the carzone website and he updated the info on it yesterday saying that it was confirmed to be in stock (and still available).
The agreed price we came to is an absolute bargain and is a great deal if it passes the nct - which it should as it is very well cared for and in great shape.
I have a sales docket from him signed by the two of us outlining the sale price, deposit paid and car reg and mileage. Bizarrely it doesnt contain the complete reg, only the year and county. I thought at the time it was because he didnt know the complete reg from memory and we were in the office. Sounded reasonable at the time anyway.
The docket also says car to be serviced and nct'd.
Now here is where i am worried:
The car is at a discount price, he probably got it from another dealer who didnt want to nct it. He probably took it on the basis that he can get it sold(a lot of large deales wont sell a car with mileage above a certain amount - this car is over 100k miles).
Does he think that now he has a buyer guaranteed that he can hold out for a higher price from someone else? I am afraid that if the car passes the nct then he will try to sell it at a higher price, which undoubtedly it is worth.
Is he allowed to do this under law?
As i said, i have a sales docket and deposit paid but does this give me any guarantee?
What is to stop him from telling me that the car failed so i will walk away, if he gets a better offer?
God my head hurts
Please help