Chris_20vT
13-04-2002, 13:36
Follow up to the top thread, read before continuing!
Okay, so I don't know what I should do - and this is basically because I am a man of morals.
Went to Cornerhouse a few minutes ago. Told them I wanted my car back, and they said that I still needed to pay them £981.13 to have it back. I retaliated, and said that they could not hold my car against my wishes without either a court order or something saying that I agreed to the proposal (for them to keep my current car while I was paying the remainder), and that doing so was unlawful.
The dealer then said that my issue wasn't with SEAT finance, it was with the dealer directly, as they cannot legally take ownership of the old car (which has the outstanding finance on it). So I said "ok, I don't want to get personal, but whether you're doing it for yourselves or whether you're doing it on behalf of the finance company makes absolutely no difference to me". To which they said "you and Pat (dealer owner) made a verbal agreement". (this consisted of me going OK when he said he was taking the car until I paid up, because at the time I thought I had no choice).
I don't want to get personal with the dealership because (a) they have given me (crappy) wheels to get about in, and they didn't have to, and (b), I know that I was in the wrong in the first place. And apparently, I was still one of their best customers.
What do I do? What would you do? If I take legal action against the dealership owner, who has lent me a (crap) car until I pay up, could he argue that I made a verbal agreement with him? And would that stand up? I'm a decent person, so I don't want to take action against someone who has lent me a car as a gesture of good will. But the fact still remains that my car is being held to ransom without my WRITTEN consent to the agreement.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - if there are any words of advice, I would be more than grateful.
BTW, even if I do decide to wait until I've paid the extra amount before I take my car back, I will still want to sue the pants off mr. car dealer owner for doing what he has done.......
Okay, so I don't know what I should do - and this is basically because I am a man of morals.
Went to Cornerhouse a few minutes ago. Told them I wanted my car back, and they said that I still needed to pay them £981.13 to have it back. I retaliated, and said that they could not hold my car against my wishes without either a court order or something saying that I agreed to the proposal (for them to keep my current car while I was paying the remainder), and that doing so was unlawful.
The dealer then said that my issue wasn't with SEAT finance, it was with the dealer directly, as they cannot legally take ownership of the old car (which has the outstanding finance on it). So I said "ok, I don't want to get personal, but whether you're doing it for yourselves or whether you're doing it on behalf of the finance company makes absolutely no difference to me". To which they said "you and Pat (dealer owner) made a verbal agreement". (this consisted of me going OK when he said he was taking the car until I paid up, because at the time I thought I had no choice).
I don't want to get personal with the dealership because (a) they have given me (crappy) wheels to get about in, and they didn't have to, and (b), I know that I was in the wrong in the first place. And apparently, I was still one of their best customers.
What do I do? What would you do? If I take legal action against the dealership owner, who has lent me a (crap) car until I pay up, could he argue that I made a verbal agreement with him? And would that stand up? I'm a decent person, so I don't want to take action against someone who has lent me a car as a gesture of good will. But the fact still remains that my car is being held to ransom without my WRITTEN consent to the agreement.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - if there are any words of advice, I would be more than grateful.
BTW, even if I do decide to wait until I've paid the extra amount before I take my car back, I will still want to sue the pants off mr. car dealer owner for doing what he has done.......