Bought a Written off Vehicle and Wasn’t Informed about It

L101 on 02/09/2020 - 13:08
Last edited 02/09/2020 - 13:53 by 1 other user

Hi everyone need your input on this.

I bought a vehicle recently from a private owner for Uber and the owner assured me that she was the first and only user of the vehicle and that the car had never been in an accident. The VIN number in the advert was wrong and when I checked for the car history several times I always got an error. I took the car to my mechanic after buying it only to discover that the car had been previously written off some months ago.

I contacted the lady and she said she didn’t know the car had been written off in the past and she only just bought it and thought to sell it because she needed a bigger car. I’m stuck with a car I cannot resell and cannot use for Uber the main purpose I spent all my money buying the vehicle. I don’t know what to do and I feel so bad that an adult my parents age will lie to get their way.

Automotive

Comments

  • Zuba on 04/09/2020 - 20:14

    Was it a white Yaris by any chance ??

    • 101 on 04/09/2020 - 20:30

      No a Honda

  • BeamMeUp on 04/09/2020 - 21:44
    +1

    Sometimes it’s worth using a good old bank cheque. Takes days to clear and can be cancelled. Mistakes by OP aside what a lowlife deceptive act by the seller. Let’s hope some form of karma catches up with them. Pushing needles into my voodoo doll for you now.

    • greatlamp on 05/09/2020 - 08:57
      +1

      People aren't accepting bank cheques anymore since banks allow scammers to cancel them if they have been 'lost'

  • bmerigan on 04/09/2020 - 21:46
    +1

    You cannot sell it? Is that a law or do you mean difficult to sell?
    If it's a law then she broke that law and I expect there would have to be something you could do about that

  • [Deactivated] on 04/09/2020 - 21:49
    +1

    Who knew buying second hand cars were a nightmare.

  • SF3 on 04/09/2020 - 23:07
    +1

    she was the first and only user of the vehicle
    she only just bought it and thought to sell it because she needed a bigger car

    I see a correlation problem… and maybe a lot of half truths from the seller, given what you had described.

  • Raj09 on 04/09/2020 - 23:58
    +1

    Sell it in spare parts. You'll recover part of the cost at least

  • DASHCAM NOW DUDE on 05/09/2020 - 00:11

    Written off doesn't necessarily mean you can't drive it. There are plenty of repairable write offs.

    So you took it to a mechanic, big deal. What did the RTA say?

  • perfeksionitst on 05/09/2020 - 00:12

    You can write a book about your experience to recoup some of the loss - "How not to buy a car - 101"

    • ankor on 05/09/2020 - 10:38

      He could have googled how to buy a second hand car, followed those steps closely and avoided the trouble. :(

  • minniethemoocher on 05/09/2020 - 00:13

    In the past if you didn't have a car that met the requirements for Uber could still drive for Ubereats. Not sure if this is still the case though.

  • Agarwal on 05/09/2020 - 00:29

    What year is the car? If she only just bought it and is the only owner, is it brand new? Who did she buy it off?

  • HASS on 05/09/2020 - 06:04
    +3

    Another troll post

    • ankor on 05/09/2020 - 10:39
      +1

      Could just be someone making an alt account so his main account doesn't feel the shame of it?

    • monkeyfood on 05/09/2020 - 16:52

      at least he said bough not brought

  • mrhugo on 05/09/2020 - 19:46

    101, is this you as well, tempura

    This is probably tempura's burner account.

  • lint on 06/09/2020 - 08:47

    Why would you proceed with the purchase when the VIN didn’t check out and you couldn’t perform the checks on the vehicle?

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