Selling car to family

[Maccapacca]

Either the px price or sell it to someone else.

Bit miserable asking for more

 

[nlel1975]

Either the px price or sell it to someone else.

Bit miserable asking for more

I did not see it that way, there was no way he could buy similar one for the same price as I sold it to her.

 

[dlockers]

I did not see it that way, there was no way he could buy similar one for the same price as I sold it to her.

The only redeeming thing to have done would be to put the £400 extra into a savings bond for your niece.

 

[nlel1975]

Let’s face it if the main dealer had stolen it off me for £ 600 she would not have been able to buy it from them for £ 1000. By the time they’d serviced it and got it ready for sale with some kind of warranty they’d have been looking at £ 2500.

 

[throwaway4372]

You got a fair price for your car and got rid of annoying family members. Excellent deal imo.

 

[dlockers]

Let’s face it if the main dealer had stolen it off me for £ 600 she would not have been able to buy it from them for £ 1000. By the time they’d serviced it and got it ready for sale with some kind of warranty they’d have been looking at £ 2500.

If money was important to you (why rip off family for £400?) then you should have sold privately.

The thing you have done is muddied the waters on where your principles lay. If it was money, sell privately. If it was helping out family, sell it P/X or less.

 

[dlockers]

You got a fair price for your car and got rid of annoying family members. Excellent deal imo.

Now this is the thinking we needed, 10/10

 

[nlel1975]

The thing you have done is muddied the waters on where your principles lay. If it was money, sell privately. If it was helping out family, sell it P/X or less.

I didn’t really need the money otherwise there is no way I would have sold it for £ 1000. Private selling prices are always higher than p/x and I did not feel like I was ripping them off. God forbid that.

 

[dlockers]

I didn’t really need the money otherwise there is no way I would have sold it for £ 1000. Private selling prices are always higher than p/x and I did not feel like I was ripping them off. God forbid that.

Okay but in terms of "two in the bush one in the hand", your mythical "£2k offer" never existed. So your brother is comparing the £600 offer you had in hand to the ask you gave to his daughter.

Are you both due an inheritance in the future from your parents? Please tag me when you make that thread

 

[nlel1975]

Okay but in terms of "two in the bush one in the hand", your mythical "£2k offer" never existed. So your brother is comparing the £600 offer you had in hand to the ask you gave to his daughter.

Are you both due an inheritance in the future from your parents? Please tag me when you make that thread

It’s not my fault if he had no idea how much it was actually worth. He got a bargain end of.

 

[dlockers]

end of.

You say that but here we are over 3 years later creating a thread on the internet about it

 

[Diddums]

Ok let's translate this then:

"I knew my niece just started her first job and that funds were tight, I knew she couldn't pay me outright and needed to borrow money from family. I didn't need the money and could've got double the selling price in a private sale, yet I sold it to her for considerably more than the dealer was offering for trade in"

You know this makes you sound a bit of a knob right?

I hope you at least spent a week doing paint corrections and detailing every square millimetre of it, it is a Smart after all.

 

[nlel1975]

It’s not my fault she did not have the funds available to pay me straight away, I let her have a few months. When I did finally ask for the rest of the money she got all annoyed. I think she thought she had gotten away with it.

 

[Diddums]

It’s not my fault she did not have the funds available to pay me straight away, I let her have a few months. When I did finally ask for the rest of the money she got all annoyed. I think she thought she had gotten away with it.

Sigh.

Whose fault it is, is irrelevant. As you seem to be struggling with the polite way, let me be a bit more blunt:

Despite being able to get double the money for the car, you knowingly screwed your family.

Better?

 

[nlel1975]

Sigh.

Whose fault it is, is irrelevant. As you seem to be struggling with the polite way, let me be a bit more blunt:

Despite being able to get double the money for the car, you knowingly screwed your family.

Better?

Like he screwed me out of that 30” monitor and the fact I didn’t want to take advantage of him when he was selling his TV for less than it was worth.

 

[Diddums]

Like he screwed me out of that 30” monitor and the fact I didn’t want to take advantage of him when he was selling his TV for less than it was worth.

Justify it however you want, you screwed your niece over. The end.

 

[nlel1975]

Justify it however you want, you screwed your niece over. The end.

I have actually been considering giving her £ 400 back. The fact I have had these thoughts proves I didn’t knowingly screw her over.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Your neice needs to sell it if she wants to pay you back. Not your fault really. Take this as a lesson next time.

 

[Diddums]

I have actually been considering giving her £ 400 back. The fact I have had these thoughts proves I didn’t knowingly screw her over.

I suspect the happiness that would bring her would be worth a hell of a lot more than £400 tbh. There's more to life than money, and as you've said yourself, you don't really need it. She does. Do the right thing and feel good about yourself

 

[Diddums]

Your neice needs to sell it if she wants to pay you back. Not your fault really. Take this as a lesson next time.

Niece doesn't owe him anything.