Having put a deposit on a car today I felt something was too good to be true about the deal...
So I did a little digging...:huh:
The vehicle is claimed to have covered 12,500 miles...
I checked for any repair history,through sources I have at work, and discovered the vehicle has covered in excess of 40,000 miles...:shock:
The vehicle is being transported to my local dealer and will be available for me to view by Tuesday next week at the latest(may be sooner depending on availability of car transporters)..
I was required to place a deposit of £300 to cover transport costs should I reject the vehicle,unless the vehicle is defective in any way then the deposit is returnable..
Question is...................
Do I just go in tomorrow and request my deposit is returned on the grounds that the mileage has been falsified or do I involve Trading Standards ??
Should I wait for the vehicle to be delivered and then reject it ??
None of the vehicles they offer for sale has the usual sticker on the speedo saying the mileage cannot be verified..
I would certainly take the information you have to the dealer and ask for an explination,
As well as taking it to the Trading standards i would also speak to ReMIT
Get your money when they think you might not involve trading standards -i.e. hint that you mightreport it unless your deposit is returned........
Then report it to the TSO. Good fer you - doing the digging.
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And make sure you get your deposit back in cash if that's how you paid.
If from the sounds of it its a reputable dealership they would be as interested as you are in finding out how and why etc..
I would still report to TSO as a matter of common decency, no matter how much spin they put on it how many others are being duped?? If this is there way of mis-leading folk why feel bad, if a genuine error on there part its there fault so will still make them think twice about trying it on with someone else.
Your money isn't a problem no matter how paid.. the car is falsified so therefore isn't the car it was advertised as.. No contract can be upheld! The money is yours.
Remember Swithland Motors?? years ago thats what and how they made there money selling dodgy motors from posh forecourts... a few found out and bang.
Mike
They are a very large company.....
175 sites nationwide if memory serves me correctly...
Then personally I think you have the makings of a very and I mean very good deal!! Make the most of it, I would...
Think you got a very good case to take to trading standards Steve.
By the way anyone know the law on speedo mileage, as the Landy I've just rebuilt had to have a new one and the new one was supplied with the mileometer reading zero.
If in any doubt at all i'd get my money back, it'll be to late after its paid for
you can correct the mileage on any vehicle with digital clocks so it hasn't nessessarily been done by the dealer, plus any back street garage will do it for £20. having said that i bought a fiesta new and when i traded it in after 18 months it had 14,000 miles on the clock. 3 months later i got a visit from the police as the new owner had contcted both them and the trading standards regarding the milleage as ford network had it recorded at 78,000 miles. (on and 18 month old 1.2 fiesta? yeah right!) luckily for me though the garage where i got the car took manual service notes as well as computerised notes so it was found to be a ford network input error so it can happen. scary thought though of what would have happened if the dealer hadn't took manual notes. having said that they also checked with the DVLA and it matched the genuine mileage as all garage visits, ie services, mot's etc are now logged to the DVLA computer as well as the dealer network. and when renewing tax the form has a box to input the mileage i always fill it in (just as well in this case) but cant comment on anyone else doing so but this in itself catches fraudsters out.
ive had 2 vauxhall garages in the past tell me my car at the time didnt excist and even when they saw it with their own eyes still couldnt believe it! :shock:
You can quote the Sale of Goods Act to them but I'd try the softly softly approach first. Only bring in the hardstuff when necessary. If you storm in there all guns blazing it will get their backs up immediately and they'll be on the defensive.
As for Trading Standards .. up to you really. Don't you just want to get your money and go? Why get embroiled in all that crap?
after the carry on i have had with my car since i bought it, i would say trading standards, i wish i had had a bit more knowledge at the time, my car has cost me a fortune since i bought it and have heard other reports from the same dealer.
why should they get away with fooling the general public just cos they can
Earthy xx
My Dad used to work for a car company - it turned out the owner was clocking the cars on a regular basis! :shock: Anyway Trading Standards became involved and the man is now in prison for this and also insurance fraud.
I personally would report it, it may be a one-off that's not their fault or it may part of a larger more dangerous scam. The trouble is you never know.
probabley already said but too many posts to read.
ask for money back or you will involve trading standards, CASH ONLY
then tell them any way they will do it to the next persons for sure they have to be stopped.
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it's disscusting that they are doing this to people......and it makes me wonder that if they have tried this one on you, what would they try to get away with an old dear who comes into their showroom! 
