Probably for the best. I’d have done the same. Arguably not worth the time, effort and hassle for £600. Glad it’s sorted without massive headaches.
Indeed, I know it's easy to say when you're not in the situation but the mental toll of it all was not worth the inevitable fight on my hands.
I don't doubt I'd have got all of the money back had I have a) pushed harder b) progressed further with the CC claim or c) gone via a MCOL.
Now don't forget to secrete some frozen prawns around the loaner. Tech 'em a lesson for ******* about with you and effectively stealing £600.
It is what it is, on one hand I'm hugely annoyed by the whole situation, not least because I don't really think any of us have £600 to be throwing away for 8 days of car ownership, and because the dealership was - to my mind - clearly in the wrong.
On the other hand and as before I feel I've dodged a bullet and need to both put it behind me and learn from the mistake.
Completely understand just wanting to get it done and dusted but it's such a **** situation that being robbed of £600 is the "good" outcome.
Agreed, I feel relieved, despite my wallet being a lot emptier.
Excellent, you can name them soon then. £600 for selling you a dud, I get wanting it resolved, but screw that, they’d not get a penny from me.
That has been my mindset, too - I've gone back and forth between wanting to cause them a great deal of grief as they have done me.
But when it's been keeping me up at night and disrupting our Christmas period, I'm honestly just glad to be shot of it. I don't have to darken their doors again, and I've learned a fair bit from the whole ordeal.
I'm not without frustration but it isn't worth it from a personal perspective. Sure, if £600 put me and my partner on the breadline (and make no mistake, I know it would for a lot of folk), I'd have fought harder. Of course, if that were the case, I'd have not been buying an older X5 in the first place, either.
Lessons learnt, hopefully.
Did you get your battery back?
I didn't.
One star review, I'm sure you don't want anyone else getting done over by these crooks.
I've been debating how to deal with the whole situation - I'll sleep on it and consider it some more. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for the car to appear on their site again.
This is likely going to come across as a poor decision but on the internet it's easy to say "take them to the cleaners", "leave them bad reviews", "see them in court", "**** in their letterbox", all both funny, tempting, and perhaps deserved, but back in the real world where you just want shot of it so you can sleep easier at night, I'd rather just forget that they exist and move on with my life, to me that sounds like a better start to the New Year.
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