Went to a well known "specialist" to view a second hand car. Car was brilliant, straight, no knocks, full service history and well priced. Service history book was fully stamped, and up to date, and all paperwork was present except for the V5 slip, which the sales man said that he could not show me as on a "cherished transfer" but would have for delivery. During the sales banter he said that the car had two owners and said this repeatedly to both my self and my parents.
We put a deposit down, and when we came home did an independant check on the car and found that it has had 5 owners in the past making us the 6th ( in fact there were 2 keeper changes in a 3 month period). And that it has never had a registration change.
Understandably, this has made me very uncomfortable about the deal, as i have been "mis-informed". Where do i stand with getting my deposit back, or should i push for an independent check as the car was good?
many thanks
Sid
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There is always a story when a car has a few owners in a short space of time,and the story is rarely a good one.I would walk away unless the car is extra special/rare/cheap and i would need to discuss the 'mix up' with the salesman.
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The car is no longer "good". In your eyes and thoughts the car is now tarnished and you have doubts. Part of new ownership of a second hand car is the buyng experience, this one has soured.
Return, point out the saleman has lied to you with the possible legal consequences if you report this behaviour to trading standards, and ask for your deposit back.
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< Ulla>
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The salesman has misrepresented the situation to you. The number of previous owners is significant to most buyers, and the salesman implicitly recognised this by repeating the number of previous owners to you several times (so it is irrelevant to claim the number of previous owners "doesn't really matter": plainly he knew it would).
Go back and ask for your deposit back. Make sure you and whoever was with you have a clear recollection of what was said, if possible without "comparing notes", so - if you have trouble - you can tell Trading Standards what has gone on and get them to assist.
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Hold on a sec!
I don't know how you did the check, so apologies if this is teaching my granny to suck eggs, but when I bought my Mondeo I got all the wrong details back on doing an HPi as the number plate had since been transferred to the old owner's new car! Are you absolutely sure that your check has revealed details of the right car and not the car that the last owner replaced this one with?
Blue
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Heya Blue,
I did both the RAC and AA HPI on the car. The details of the vehicle are exactly the same down to the mileage held by the DVLA, VIN number and date of first registration, the only discrepancy is owners.
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