no contract is in place yet refuses to return deposit and insist I find someone else to buy instead. What do I do?
2007-01-05 10:37:28 · 17 answers · asked by bootyliscious 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
Thank you for your answers, a cheque arrived in the post this am!!
2007-01-06 00:50:51 · update #1
Go to http://www.small-claims.co.uk/submit_a_claim.htm
and issue a County Court summons.
2007-01-05 10:48:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there was no contract, why did you give them a deposit. In the eyes of the law, a deposit by you is seen as a contract of intended purchase. Deposits are not there to reserve a car whilst you make up your mind, but part payment towards the car.
2007-01-05 22:51:02 · answer #2 · answered by richard n 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you placed a deposit on a vehicle then of course you have made a contract.
If the seller had taken your deposit and then sold the car to someone else you would be a bit peeved.
The seller can legally withold a reasonable amount of any deposit paid for his added costs.
eg advertising, preparing the car on the supposition it was sold, money lost in turning away genuine customers.
This could run to hundreds of £'s.
You should of decided you wanted the car or not before agreeing to buy it.
By rights he could take YOU to court for breach of contract and make you pay the full amount for the car plus any interest accrued in the time it takes to come to court.
2007-01-05 12:54:48 · answer #3 · answered by Mark B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you signed nothing, report them to whichever state agency regulates auto dealers. They really don't want bad reports. Look in the phone book, in the blue pages under State Government. There should be an information number, and they will tell you who you need to talk to.
Now, what are you doing giving someone money without a contract? I hope you have learned something.
2007-01-05 10:52:38 · answer #4 · answered by J.R. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well it all depends, the only way that you made a deposit is because you signed a purchase agreement. If you are deciding to go into default on your purchase agreement, they will hold a % of the deposit. Now, if you have not signed anything, and I mean not ONE paper binding you to the purchase of the vehicle, then they are unlawfully holding your money and should be reported to your local judicial court or a lawyer.
2007-01-05 10:44:04 · answer #5 · answered by Lookin4Answers 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You must have signed something when you handed over the deposit. Read it carefully and see what the terms and conditions are. There may be a get out clause in it.
2007-01-05 10:39:44 · answer #6 · answered by beanie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
once you paid your deposit you dedicated to purchase the automobile. in case you have desperate to cancel the deal then he's entitled to hold a reasonable volume of money to cover his expenses. £a hundred might truthfully be reasonable for taking a automobile off sale and so on. Sorry if it incredibly isn't what you have chose to hearken to.
2016-10-30 02:47:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You make a deposit on a car so that he will not sell it to anyone else, so if you pull out of the sale he will have some compensation on losing potential customers. He does not have to return your deposit.
2007-01-05 10:40:24 · answer #8 · answered by Concho 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Call the Better Business Bureau.
2007-01-05 10:39:57 · answer #9 · answered by cloverivy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would attend the dealership at approximately 3 in the morning and, with a small tack hammer, crack 10 head lights for every hundred dollars they owe.
They know you won't fight them in court so you need some other form of revenge.
2007-01-05 10:41:04 · answer #10 · answered by Scooter 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋