Buying and Selling on the org

[summer]

I'm just wondering what rights a buyer has when buying goods off the org. In a shop you just walk in for a refund, on ebay paypal acts as an insurance. But what do you do when you are mis sold goods on the org?

I've had a quick google and apparently the sale of goods act still stands, but how do you go about enforcing it? It's just £20, but the item does not do wot it says on the tin!

Would I have to go to the police to complain?

I might have just chalked it down to experience, or arranged a partial refund or something, but the person is being nasty about it which suggests to me she knew all along and is just scamming.

[unicorn]

It is a shame you are having a negative experience, I have bought and gotten many things through the org and always found people honest and helpful.
Maybe you could bring it to the attention of the mods, I don't know if anything could be done by them but it would at least make them aware.

[scorrie]

But what do you do when you are mis sold goods on the org?

I've had a quick google and apparently the sale of goods act still stands, but how do you go about enforcing it? It's just £20, but the item does not do wot it says on the tin!

Would I have to go to the police to complain?

I don't think the sale of goods act applies in this situation.

The following is from The Highland Council website:-
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"Private sales

When you buy goods from a private individual, you don't have the same rights as when buying from a trader. The legal principle of caveat emptor, or 'buyer beware', operates. You have no rights to expect goods to be of a satisfactory quality or fit for their purpose, so you should check goods thoroughly before you buy them. However, the law does say that even private sellers shouldn't misrepresent goods to you. So if something has been misdescribed, you might have a claim. Seek further advice if necessary."

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I would say it would be hard to prove that there was misrepresentation and it could easily be argued that you should have made sure it DID do what it says on the tin, before parting with cash.

[summer]

I would say it would be hard to prove that there was misrepresentation and it could easily be argued that you should have made sure it DID do what it says on the tin, before parting with cash.

I really wish I had. They were advertised as ds games, I was handed them in a bag, when I got home I went to hand them over, pulled them out the bag and they are actually gameboy games. Not as described at all.

[octane]

Ive asked admin to setup a trader rating system on the org a few times. Theres a pluging for V-bulletin for allowing members to leave feedback on transactions. Pretty simple and basic setup and works well. Theres a lot of buying/selling on here so cant see why they wont implement it into the org.

Cant take anything for granted and alway check the item is what your expecting before handing over money to a stranger.

[pegasus]

I might have just chalked it down to experience, or arranged a partial refund or something, but the person is being nasty about it which suggests to me she knew all along and is just scamming.

Why be nastY?

A little bit of comon decency isnt to much to expect is it?

If he/she knew all along?

Then I hope that you will be rembursed in full.

[Kevin Milkins]

I have bought and sold a few items on the org and find it a very useful tool.

I have never had any cause to complain about any transaction and would hope that anything I have sold would have been considered satisfactory.

If I bought an item off the org from someone that was obviously setting out to deceive and where unpleasant about a refund, I would have no hesitation in naming that user so as to warn other potential buyers of an unsatisfactory person to deal with.

[Leanne]

Was the item posted to you or did you collect in person?

[EDDIE]

I really wish I had. They were advertised as ds games, I was handed them in a bag, when I got home I went to hand them over, pulled them out the bag and they are actually gameboy games. Not as described at all.

I take it your talking about laurad i just looked through your posts laurad seems to sell a bit of everything if i was you i would just put it down to a bad experience your eyes are your merchant you were to trusting and never looked in the bag before handing over your money.
As a suggestion i know its bad but you could always look on the threads started by laurad and put a warning message on everythread started by laurad and keep doing it and ruin that person chances of selling on here as well as warning other orgers of what might happen as long as your polite and honest with the warning then i cant see you breaking any rules on here?

[sids]

I really wish I had. They were advertised as ds games, I was handed them in a bag, when I got home I went to hand them over, pulled them out the bag and they are actually gameboy games. Not as described at all.

I cannot believe you did not look at what you were buying.

Zero sympathy.

[Metalattakk]

Flaming Torches: £5
Pitchforks: £10

Roll Up! Roll Up! Get 'em while they're hot!

[mrlennie]

I'll have er... two pitchforks one flaming torch and one of those glow sticks please...oh and some candyfloss

[ducati]

I'll have er... two pitchforks one flaming torch and one of those glow sticks please...oh and some candyfloss

Shortly to be completed. Renovated venue for villagers with torches to assemble-conveniently located in Portgower

[dx100uk]

anyway, put those torches out...or come and do my wees with them you lot..

it is nowt to do with the org, it will be deemed a per><per transaction.

even the distancde selling rules do not apply .

dx

[David B]

It may be little consolation, but my kids tell me that you can use Gameboy games in a DS.

If you got a load of them in a cheap deal then at least you can still use them.

[Geo]

The Sale of Goods Act applies however in a limited capacity compared to buying from a business. The bit that applies is that the item/s have to be as described. However you would need to chase this up with the seller. The legal route to reclaim the money wouldn't be worth the effort. It is quite posible the seller simply made a mistake and assumed as the games play in a DS they must be DS games. He or she should refund you if they are not DS games though.

[windness]

In a way, they were advertised correctly as they are ds games because they are compatible with the DS machine.

[mrlennie]

I can see where your coming from but game boy games say "game boy" on them and ds games say "ds" can't get any clearer than that

[Geo]

In a way, they were advertised correctly as they are ds games because they are compatible with the DS machine.

The DS was backwardly compatible with Gameboy games. DS games are not backwardly compatible with the Gameboy. If these are Gameboy games sold as DS games then they were not described properly. However again that could easily be a mistake.

[summer]

Hard to explain why I didn't stop to check. In my head I was telling myself to! The chap who answered the door was a very 'in your face' type and I was immediately uncomfortable. The woman reached for my £20 as she held out the bag. I ran off with a glad to be out of there feeling. I almost paused in the car for a quick look but had a pit of my stomach 'im not safe here' 'being watched' kind of feeling. I drove off glancing in the mirror as if they were about to release the hounds on me!

It bugs me that someone scammed me out of £20 and then sent me a bunch of horrible pm's.

My console is a dsi, so only compatible with ds, not the older ones. But I think I've found someone who can use them so at least they don't need to go in the bin.

I think I might stick to ebay!