Garage obtained our car by deception then sold it
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Plymouth Garage ripped us off
May I suggest that to avoid this happening to others you only go to an approved garage and not some back street hustler? I'm sure some garages are honest, but this one definately wasn't!
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Our Fiat car broke down recently and we took it to a small garage in Wolesley Road, Plymouth. We were told it was uneconomical to repair the car and they offered to scrap it for us, but then sold it later without telling us.
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| 20-2-2008 | Surely this wouldn't have occured if the sections on the V5C document were correctly filled in and you both took the parts you were supposed to take.
When selling or scrapping a vehicle, always make sure you follow the instructions on the V5C. The current owner should fill the parts in, it sh...more | Youthful Griper |
| 13-1-2008 | the repairs may be more then the cars worth to you b/c the shop has to charge labor..... but they may be able to fix it and sell it and still make money
so if they get the car free and it's a 1000 repair the cars worth 1500
they can make 500
where you look at the car being worth 1500 w...more | scrap hauler |
| 08-12-2007 | I have been ripped off myself by a mechanic who seized my engine by wrongly fitting a timing belt. That said I would not be happy if I owned one of the many other garages in Wolseley Road. You either keep the garage totally anonymous or name it. As it stands I wouldn't risk going to any garage i...more | Janner with a spanner |
| 25-10-2007 | Did you not think of getting a second opinion before you handed the car over? | Jim-will-fix-it |
| 08-7-2007 | Same thing has happened to me fiat car I took it to be repaired to a fiat dealer and they told me it needed a complete engine rebuild and it would cost over £1000, car probably only worth £1500. We signed it over to them to be scrapped but 4 weeks later car looks like it is being repaired ...more | she |
| 09-3-2007 | Citizens Advice may be able to help you out here. The way I see it you have been mugged for your car using a threat of costs. Terrible situation. Don`t let it drop like some of the posters on here suggest. | SteveK |
| 07-3-2007 | work4aliving..... I don't think you get the point here. These people have been told that their property is not worth keeping only to find somebody has sold it on dishonestly. The garage had no right to do anything other than what they told the customer they were going to do. If they said they we...more | can't believe it |
| 05-3-2007 | So obviously your car was not worth £2000, as the garage would have sold it for that much, and not the £1250 that they got for it. If you had sold it privately in running condition you would have
only got about £900-950. They probably repaired it in the slack times which everybody g...more | work4aliving |
| 04-3-2007 | What constitutes an approved garage? My car broke down in Devon, and I was given the same story. Repairs more than it was worth. | Broke down |
| 04-3-2007 | Did you tick the box scrap on the transfer form? | jim |
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