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Quote: Originally posted by KWaite on 01/5/2022

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Thank ou for you time replying. I've tried to gin a copy of the advert from Facebook but had no reply. I specifically asked if it had damp and if everything worked and was told it was damp free and all worked. I also have a witness that was with me.   The reason for the delay was waiting for a service first, for safety and peace of mind reason's with my family. The service company have been to the same chap twice before looking for other people purchasing off the same chap, the engineer thinks he is flipping them.

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 01/5/2022

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Quote: Originally posted by KWaite on 01/5/2022

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Thank ou for you time replying. I've tried to gin a copy of the advert from Facebook but had no reply. I specifically asked if it had damp and if everything worked and was told it was damp free and all worked. I also have a witness that was with me.   The reason for the delay was waiting for a service first, for safety and peace of mind reason's with my family. The service company have been to the same chap twice before looking for other people purchasing off the same chap, the engineer thinks he is flipping them.

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Your last sentence suggest there may be more hope. It is beginning to sound like the seller may in fact be a back-street dealer, which gives you much more chance of getting your money back. If you can provide evidence that this isn't the only caravan they have sold recently, it may be worth taking it further. If others have bought off him it probably wasn't a private sale at all. Maybe the service company could help in that respect.

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Quote: Originally posted by skipp66 on 01/5/2022

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Ohh dear, sounds like you have been very unlucky.
But does sound like the van was not " fit for purpose" but as it was a private sale your rights are minimal.
The small claims court may get you enough money to fix the van but could take a while and no guarantees.
If you can prove the seller was a trader you may have some comeback but these people are very elusive.
Fingers crossed for you

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 01/5/2022

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Quote: Originally posted by skipp66 on 01/5/2022

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Ohh dear, sounds like you have been very unlucky.
But does sound like the van was not " fit for purpose" but as it was a private sale your rights are minimal.
The small claims court may get you enough money to fix the van but could take a while and no guarantees.
If you can prove the seller was a trader you may have some comeback but these people are very elusive.
Fingers crossed for you

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I don't have a lot of faith in the small claims court. I have "won" two cases with them but didn't get a penny. The problem seems to be that you have to pursue the person you claimed against for non payment. That costs you more money, and you can still get nowhere as I didn't.

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Quote: Originally posted by iank01 on 02/5/2022

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Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 01/5/2022

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I don't have a lot of faith in the small claims court. I have "won" two cases with them but didn't get a penny. The problem seems to be that you have to pursue the person you claimed against for non payment. That costs you more money, and you can still get nowhere as I didn't.

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That is were you are probably wrong. We had the issue of non payment after a small claims court issue so handed it over to the bailiffs. They added their fees to the claim costing us nothing.
We got the full amount due and the defendant had to pay the bailiff fess. Later found out that the bailiffs had attached his pride and joy, a Jaguar XJ6.

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