Selling car to family

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I’ll tell you how it all started, he reckons the hill start assist is not working which ****** me off as I felt he was blaming me. We had an exchange of views then I sent him a Parker’s valuation which valued it at between £ 855 to £ 1400 based on 150,000 miles.

He was like what you on about which ****** me off so then I mentioned the p/x price and that I was happy with what I got for it. I knew that if I said I was happy it would **** him off.

I wasn’t overly happy for reasons I’ve already mentioned but I knew he wouldn’t be pleased for me and would get ****** off.

Then in further emails I linked to eBay sold listings where the cheapest one recently sold went for £ 1181 at auction based on 72719 miles. To this he replied that Jersey prices are cheaper than UK, but eBay private seller listings don’t include VAT so go figure.

The one I sold him had only done 19383 miles anyway, it’s true that originally cars in the UK cost more because of the 20% VAT compared to our own 5% GST but the difference isn’t that great really and I’m not sure how much of an effect that would have on eBay bids.

At the end of the day the car is still worth £ 1000 in Jersey today some three years later.
 
Lol, why did you bring the valuation up 3 years later. Maybe the hill start isn't working. Why do you care, its 3 years later.

Now it sounds like you sold a lemon for more than it is worth.
 
Feek said:
You’ve been a tight git but this was your downfall. Why on earth did you tell him?
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Because I was ****** off about the hill start assist apparently not working and felt like he was blaming me. So I wanted to **** him off to get my own back.

He says he wasn’t blaming me just mentioning it like he would if it was his own car, he reckons I took it to heart and should lighten up.
 
muon said:
Lol, why did you bring the valuation up 3 years later. Maybe the hill start isn't working. Why do you care, its 3 years later.

Now it sounds like you sold a lemon for more than it is worth.
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The ex-wife mainly drives it and she just engages the handbrake and keeps her foot on the accelerator when hill starting. I never noticed this problem when I owned it.
 
It’s family and a little bit of money she is your niece after all.

The dealer offered me a part exchange price of £600 but you decided to sell it to her for a grand lol

I think you need to take a look at yourself in this one

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teenwolf said:
It’s family and a little bit of money she is your niece after all.
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We are not that close I hardly ever see her. If they weren’t prepared to pay £ 1000 why accept that price to begin with. It was my car and I can sell it for as much as I want.

I paid £ 5000 for it from a dealer just 3.5 years earlier so lost a lot on it.
 
Kenai said:
How did you expect family to react
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nlel1975 said:
Was just being honest didn’t expect him to react this way.
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nlel1975 said:
I mentioned the p/x price and that I was happy with what I got for it. I knew that if I said I was happy it would **** him off.
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nlel1975 said:
I wanted to **** him off to get my own back.
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So you didn't expect him to react that way or him reacting that way is specifically what you were trying to achieve?

Generally stories like this work better when you keep some consistency.
 
teenwolf said:
It’s family and a little bit of money she is your niece after all.

The dealer offered me a part exchange price of £600 but you decided to sell it to her for a grand lol

I think you need to take a look at yourself in this one

Or

Are you higher than average said
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This thread has run its course, the OP keeps posting how they 'don't care', or 'we aren't that close' but the fact they created this thread contradicts these claims. Any rational person with even a modicum of decency would see the OP is a socially incompetent. The fact he/she admitted only telling his/her brother because he wanted to 'get his own back' is quite telling. Not to mention the fact he/she refers to his/her brother as 'only a half brother', like it makes it OK to act like a ****.
 
should have told family that dealer was offering you 1200 but since you prefer dealer not to make profit and want to help out family they can have it for 1 grand. everyone would be happy then.
 
Cyber-Mav said:
should have told family that dealer was offering you 1200 but since you prefer dealer not to make profit and want to help out family they can have it for 1 grand. everyone would be happy then.
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The OP does not think like a rational person. He/she has made it clear they told their 'half brother' this info to 'get even' with them, for some perceived slight on the hill hold function. I kid you not, this is because their 'half brother' said something mildly bad about the car the OP no longer owns. On top of that they think they are the victim.
 
Cyber-Mav said:
should have told family that dealer was offering you 1200 but since you prefer dealer not to make profit and want to help out family they can have it for 1 grand. everyone would be happy then.
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True but I don’t like lying I’ve got a conscience. In a way I didn’t want dealer to make a profit hence why I didn’t sell it to them for £ 600.
 
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