Hi guys,
Hoping someone can help me here... The story is as follows.
Bought my A3 3.2 QS in November 2004 as an ex-demo (so I would be 2nd owner)
Come the end of November '04, the V5 drops through my door saying I'm the THIRD owner /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Naturally, I go and complain to the stealer, and all I get is bull - specifically the quote "it won't affect the value when you come to sell" after asking what happens if I need to p/x or sell it. I walked away because I liked the car at the time, and thought I'd probably have the car a while anyway.
Roll on this month - time to sell because I need an oiler due to the miles I'm doing... I've got outstanding finance on it, but I'm prepared to take a hit because it'll save me money in the long run. But I'm not prepared to also chuck in an arm and a leg!! I've been getting silly quotes like £14k for it when book price should be £17.5k!!! Okay, I know it's a bad time of year, but didn't expect it to be that bad.
Roll on today, when the Seat dealer I was at let slip it was because all the dealers he was calling don't want a car with 3 owners... so off I pop to the stealer I bought it from, and asked them to give me a valuation should I want to p/x or just sell the car back.
He comes back with the usual "time of year etc" when I asked him why it was so low under book price. Then I asked nonchalontly if the number of owners would make a difference, to which he replied "Yes"
After that, I asked to speak to the Sales Manager, but he was in a conference call, and I'm still waiting for him to ring me back....
Is there anything I can do? Is there anything under the Sales of Goods or Trade Descriptions Act that will help me? I've been mis-sold this car and now I'm going to end up even more out of pocket /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Cheers in advance, and sorry for the essay!
Mike
PS - Am I right in saying ex-demo cars are sold as Approved Used Audi Cars? Because I didn't receive any certificate saying it's free from defects or hidden histories etc, or even a VMC report!!
Hoping someone can help me here... The story is as follows.
Bought my A3 3.2 QS in November 2004 as an ex-demo (so I would be 2nd owner)
Come the end of November '04, the V5 drops through my door saying I'm the THIRD owner /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Naturally, I go and complain to the stealer, and all I get is bull - specifically the quote "it won't affect the value when you come to sell" after asking what happens if I need to p/x or sell it. I walked away because I liked the car at the time, and thought I'd probably have the car a while anyway.
Roll on this month - time to sell because I need an oiler due to the miles I'm doing... I've got outstanding finance on it, but I'm prepared to take a hit because it'll save me money in the long run. But I'm not prepared to also chuck in an arm and a leg!! I've been getting silly quotes like £14k for it when book price should be £17.5k!!! Okay, I know it's a bad time of year, but didn't expect it to be that bad.
Roll on today, when the Seat dealer I was at let slip it was because all the dealers he was calling don't want a car with 3 owners... so off I pop to the stealer I bought it from, and asked them to give me a valuation should I want to p/x or just sell the car back.
He comes back with the usual "time of year etc" when I asked him why it was so low under book price. Then I asked nonchalontly if the number of owners would make a difference, to which he replied "Yes"
After that, I asked to speak to the Sales Manager, but he was in a conference call, and I'm still waiting for him to ring me back....
Is there anything I can do? Is there anything under the Sales of Goods or Trade Descriptions Act that will help me? I've been mis-sold this car and now I'm going to end up even more out of pocket /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Cheers in advance, and sorry for the essay!
Mike
PS - Am I right in saying ex-demo cars are sold as Approved Used Audi Cars? Because I didn't receive any certificate saying it's free from defects or hidden histories etc, or even a VMC report!!