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Car deposit
I put a £250 deposit on a LR TD5 but changed my mind and bought a D3 privately. The independent garage will not return my deposit. I did not sign anything. Is this legal. It certainly does not feel like it.When you are dead, you don't know that you are dead. It is difficult only for the others. It is the same when you are Stupid
3rd Aug 2015 8:09 am
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Did you pay the deposit in person or over the phone?21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
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3rd Aug 2015 8:50 am
Mogwyth
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If you made the deal in person then unless any terms were agreed otherwise, you entered into a contract to purchase when you paid the deposit, so the garage are entitled to a cancellation fee, your only option is to argue that the amount withheld is excessive.
If you purchased it sight unseen then distance selling regs may well apply.==================================
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3rd Aug 2015 9:21 am
sjhdisco3
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Paid in person on debit card, I guess I lost it all. When you are dead, you don't know that you are dead. It is difficult only for the others. It is the same when you are Stupid
3rd Aug 2015 9:36 am
ZacSmith
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Isn't that what a deposit is for? Why would you be entitled to it back?VIN: A175A328***
3rd Aug 2015 10:08 am
rockcrawler
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Maybe I'm missing the point but I thought that was the whole idea of a deposit
They could have been turning potential buyers away
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3rd Aug 2015 10:18 am
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Give the guy a break - we all learn through experience.SOLD - 23my Range Rover Sport D300 Dynamic SE
3rd Aug 2015 10:25 am
sjhdisco3
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Cheers digitaljunior. When you are dead, you don't know that you are dead. It is difficult only for the others. It is the same when you are Stupid
3rd Aug 2015 10:34 am
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Shame ...if you had paid over the phone then you would have had a cooling off period....sadly though paying a deposit is actually more a substantial commitment than signing something.21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
3rd Aug 2015 10:43 am
Iguana
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We‘ve all done this sort of thing, so don‘t beat yourself up about it - Just put it down as an expensive lesson learned (I did a similar thing very many years ago and also lost out when I saw something better and changed my mind)
Look at the positive, you now have a lovely D3 Iggy/Ieuan
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3rd Aug 2015 11:09 am
Mogwyth
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DG wrote:
Shame ...if you had paid over the phone then you would have had a cooling off period....sadly though paying a deposit is actually more a substantial commitment than signing something.
Only if he had brought it sight unseen, if you inspect the actual item before committing online or by phone distance selling rules don't apply.==================================
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3rd Aug 2015 11:18 am
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£250 is nothing in the grand scheme of running a D3, just chalk it up to experience.
3rd Aug 2015 11:20 am
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I was generalising ...but you are right the devil is in the detail 21 year LR veteran > D2 GS 2003 > D3 S 2006 > D3 HSE 2009 > D4 HSE 2013 > D4 HSE 2015 > D5 HSE 2018 > DS HSE R-Dynamic P300e 2021
VISA debit cards are protected exactly the same as VISA credit cards. It's in some very small print and saved my 4ss when a kitchen company took £900 off me then 'went bust' (they did it to multiple people then come back a month later trading under a slightly different name).
VISA through Lloyds (TSB at the time) refunded me without major headaches once contacted.
Bad luck on the deposit though, I don't think credit or debit would have mattered in this case. Enjoy the D3!!
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