I put my car for sale with a garage and had a verbal agreement on the sale price. They sold it for more than the price due to me ( which is fine ) but then and gave me the money less their charges for repairing it at their garage. They didn't ever clear it with me and there's nothing in writing.
2006-06-09 03:05:18 · 3 answers · asked by welsman1 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
Thanks for the learning experience comments etc. Additional details for you; yes the advertised adn sold the car at a very good margin and that was good. I had given them a price that I wanted adn they had called and agreed that 4 times and confirmed the price that I wanted to me. After all that they then took out their own invoice value for servicing the car even though that was included in the selling price that they charged for the car.
2006-06-09 03:29:20 · update #1
I disagree with the previous answers.
Firstly, a verbal agreement is just as legally binding as a written one, it is simply more difficult to prove and enforce. Did you have an independant witness, or a recording of the conversation, or some subsequent behaviour that proves the contract?
Secondly, I do not agree that the garage can do work on your car, at your expence, without your agreement. Are you sure there was no agreement to 'get it ready for sale', or did you definitely state a 'sold as seen' agreement?
Thirdly, did you specify the minimum money you wanted returned to yourself for the car, or just the sale price? These are two different figures taking commision and valeting etc into consideration. Did you specify which you were talking about?
If you really feel you want to persue this, you might consider returning to talk to them with a voice recorder running, and try to get evidence of the initial verbal agreement between you. If you can get them to repeat the price they agreed with you, and the 'deductions' they later introduced without your agreement, you might be able to enforce it as a verbal contract.
2006-06-10 23:43:18 · answer #1 · answered by rose_lin_uk 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the law is GET IT IN WRITING. In the words of the great Groucho Marx, a verbal contract is not worth the paper it is printed on. If you have got the price you wanted for it fine, and I would say that the garage would be wholly justified in charging you the costs required to get the car in a saleable condition. The fact that they got a sale at hogher than the agreed price with you.... well good for them - of course they would have put a higher sticker price on it than the price they agreed with you as a) they have to make a profit and b) no one pays sticker price and maybe they got someone prepared to pay more than they thought they'd have to come down to. To be honest I'm astonished they told you what price they sold it for.... but bottom line, nothing in writing, no cause for legal action. Treat it as a learning experience...
2006-06-09 03:14:10 · answer #2 · answered by eriverpipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your lucky they didnt take more money. With out an agreement you dont have a lot of rights. Also the price it was sold at if it need repairs to be sold at that price again it would need to be done. So they would have had a right to charge for work done
2006-06-09 03:14:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋