selling a boat with no survey

[nicks]

Hi, just a bit of advice if possible. I sold my rib privately in December. The purchaser didn't want a sea trial, surveyor come to view. Now 3 1/2 months later he has emailed me with a few faults and wants some reinbursment. He is threatening legal action. All i really need to know is - does he have a case. He signed a receipt saying boat sold as seen with no sea trial
Thanks.

 

[hlb]

No, it's Kaviot empiror, or how ever they spell it. Let the buyer beware. Or sold as seen.

Theres no come back. If private sale.

 

[sarabande]

He's trying it on. Unless you said something really outrageously wrong in the sales description , he doesn't have a chance.

Talk with your Trading Standards office in the morning.

 

[nicks]

Thanks for the replies.

Thats what I was thinking. i was genuinly unaware of the problems apart from one of the batteries losing charge so I gave him a new one.

 

[DAKA]

Agreed unless he can show you misrepresented such as the advert or if any of your answers to his questions were inaccurate.

If he asked

Is the engine in good working order and you replied yes.

And he can show you knew that was not the case then you misrepresented.

I claimed back a substancial sum a few years ago in a similar fashion.

the owner lied to me and I found out he knew he was lying at the time.

If the boat was faulty and you didnt know about it then he has the problem now not you.

If the boat was faulty and you knew about it and told him there was no fault then you get the problem back.
edit

as you didnt know about the problem then it is his problem now.

 

[dsw]

tell him to go forth and ===k him self

 

[No Regrets]

He didn't want a sea trial...

That says it all uh?

 

[Kawasaki]

Caveat emptor. Latin for "Let the buyer beware"
Caveat venditor.Latin for "Let the seller beware"
Not a lot of people know that. "Michael Cain"
Everybody knows that /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif