Buyer's rights

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Mon 19 Apr 2004 13:46
Buyer's rights - Don Vito
I've got it in the back of my mind somewhere that there's a useful European law (surprise, surprise!) that says that if you buy a used car and a fault develops that can be shown to have been present at the date of purchase, the seller is responsible.
Does this ring any bells with anyone?
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Mon 19 Apr 2004 13:55
Buyer's rights - No Do$h
Introduced here in January. I'll see if I can dig up some threads on the subject.

ND
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Mon 19 Apr 2004 14:17
Buyer's rights - No Do$h
Hmm, struggling to find relevant threads from this forum but these may be useful:

www.dti.gov.uk/ccp/topics1/facts/cars.htm

www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/cgi-bin/calitem.cgi?fi...T

I'm also struggling to find specific content for the revisions to the sale of goods act on Google.

Anyone able to help?
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Mon 19 Apr 2004 14:49
Buyer's rights - Jono_99
The following is a bit long, but is something I found on the web a year ago and used, when I took back a 2.5 year old golf which had all sorts of problems. The article confirms my thoughts that it came in on 31/3 last year (the day before I purchased the car!)

Hope this helps

Jono

More Power To Consumers - 25/02/03
STIRLING Council's Trading Standards Consumer Advice Service is informing people that from March 31, 2003 consumers will benefit from new European Union legislation to increase their statutory rights.
Under the new regulations, if a product goes wrong within the first 6 months of purchase, the fault will be presumed to have existed before the goods were purchased. Also, it will be up to the retailer to prove something was not faulty, not the other way around.
The Sale and Supply of Goods to Consumers Regulations 2002 is a result of the UK implementing the EC Directive on the Sale of Consumer Goods and Associated Guarantees. The aim of the new regulations is to ensure that all consumers have the same minimum rights wherever they buy goods in the European Union.
The existing Sale of Goods Acts already covers much of the Directive, but there are parts of the regulations, which will be new to UK consumer law.
Under current Sale of Goods legislation it is up to the consumer to prove that something is not of satisfactory quality, not fit for its required purpose or misdescribed.
The retailer will be liable to give redress for defects, present at the time of purchase but not known to the consumer, which appears up to 2 years after purchase (up to a year for second hand goods).
The new regulations make it a requirement that manufacturer?s guarantees are legally enforceable throughout the UK.
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Mon 19 Apr 2004 16:08
Buyer\'s rights - Dwight Van Driver
Go to

www.tinyurl.com/8i9r


DVD
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Mon 19 Apr 2004 17:10
Buyer's rights - Don Vito
Thanks very much for your help.

Could this be construed effectively as a six month warranty?
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