Anyone know about UK law relating to someone selling something on your behalf?
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I disagree with the previous answers.
Firstly, a verbal agreement is just as legally binding as a written one, it is simply more difficult to prove and enforce. Did you have an independant witness, or a recording of the conversation, or some subsequent behaviour that proves the contract?
Secondly, I do not agree that the garage can do work on your car, at your expence, without your agreement. Are you sure there was no agreement to 'get it ready for sale', or did you definitely state a 'sold as seen' agreement?
Thirdly, did you specify the minimum money you wanted returned to yourself for the car, or just the sale price? These are two different figures taking commision and valeting etc into consideration. Did you specify which you were talking about?
If you really feel you want to persue this, you might consider returning to talk to them with a voice recorder running, and try to get evidence of the initial verbal agreement between you. If you can get them to repeat the price they agreed with you, and the 'deductions' they later introduced without your agreement, you might be able to enforce it as a verbal contract.
Yes, the law is GET IT IN WRITING. In the words of the great Groucho Marx, a verbal contract is not worth the paper it is printed on. If you have got the price you wanted for it fine, and I would say that the garage would be wholly justified in charging you the costs required to get the car in a saleable condition. The fact that they got a sale at hogher than the agreed price with you.. well good for them - of course they would have put a higher sticker price on it than the price they agreed with you as a) they have to make a profit and b) no one pays sticker price and maybe they got someone prepared to pay more than they thought they'd have to come down to. To be honest I'm astonished they told you what price they sold it for.. but bottom line, nothing in writing, no cause for legal action. Treat it as a learning experience.
your lucky they didnt take more money. With out an agreement you dont have a lot of rights. Also the price it was sold at if it need repairs to be sold at that price again it would need to be done. So they would have had a right to charge for work done
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