Tuesday, Oct 04, 2005 at 20:17
G'day, Eric? is it? please correct me if I'm wrong.
Mate the way I understood it is that the couple had a bus, which they had paid 50k for, that they decided to sell to be replaced with a car and a small caravan.
Having trouble selling the bus privately for the amount they wanted for it, (closest to 50k I imagine), they decided to do a deal with the dealer thay were buying their car from.
The car they were buying was 30k, then the dealer was supposed to sell their bus through his yard for 50k, or as close to, then refund the balance, (ie, the money left over after taking out the 30k he was owed for the car and the final selling price of the van), minus consignment fee, to the elderly couple.
In effect, what the elderly couple had done was down traded their bus and instead of settling on an agreed price that the dealer was to pay them as 'cash back' there and then, they trusted the dealer to sell their bus for an amount close to 50k, and then give them the balance.
The bus was sold by the dealer for 43k, of the 13k balance the couple were offered only $500.00, after voicing their opinion it sounds like a new set of tyres was offered on top of the $500.00.
As it was a "verbal agreement" the elderly couple don't think they have a leg to stand on, so are giving the whole episode up as a bad joke.
That is the way I understand it.
Avagoodn
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