Jon Ison
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Legal Advice, auctions.
Bought a trailer from an auction 3 weeks back, plod came and took it away tonight, its stolen, there happy I'm not the thief, receipt , lot
number etc, will be on phone too auction 1st thing in morning, where do I stand financially ?
Stuffed I guess.
The plod told me about a 14K evo he had too take away last week, the guy had a bank loan on it too.................
Can I claim off the seller ? I know the auction house only act as his agent ?
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graememk
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| posted on 16/8/06 at 07:31 AM |
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baseball bat...........
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ecosse
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| posted on 16/8/06 at 07:32 AM |
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I would have thought the auction house had a legal resposibility to warrant anything it auctions as being "clean"?
Hopefully you should be able to claim a refund from them.
Good luck
Alex
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britishtrident
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| posted on 16/8/06 at 07:39 AM |
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You payed a buyers premium so you should be covered.
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DaveFJ
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| posted on 16/8/06 at 07:39 AM |
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did you pay with credit card?
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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Paul (Notts)
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| posted on 16/8/06 at 07:46 AM |
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Stuffed....
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 16/8/06 at 09:50 AM |
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As said, the buyer's premium you pay is supposed to cover you against this sort of thing.
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Nick Skidmore
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| posted on 16/8/06 at 10:15 AM |
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I used to buy quite a few things at an auction in Telford befor ebay finished it off.
There was always an indemnity charge on lots above £20 to cover against the item being stolen and it was compulsory to pay it. So you should get all
your money back.
Also the auction house will have the details of who entered the lot so it may well be worth getting the Police to make enquiries.
Eventually the trail will lead to the thief or someone that can be done for receiving ie no receipts etc.
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clockwork
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| posted on 16/8/06 at 10:18 AM |
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Read 3rd paragraph from bottom
But check with citizens advice, they can be very helpful.
Goodluck.
[Edited on 16/8/06 by clockwork]
[Edited on 16/8/06 by clockwork]
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smart51
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| posted on 16/8/06 at 11:35 AM |
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If you bought stolen goods from an auction house, are they guilty of handling stolen goods?
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 16/8/06 at 05:29 PM |
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About twenty years ago, my brother in law had a concrete breaker stolen off of his JCB. All correct procedures were followed and because the thieves
didn't take the controls for it the importer was informed . A few months later the importer contacted my brother in law saying they had someone
in to buy the controls . Having taken the guys details the police were informed . It turned out that because he had brought it in good faith from an
auction (in Telford funnily enough) he was entitled to keep it . As the buyer was a dealer in plant equipment my brother in laws insurance co brought
it from him and returned it to my brother in law. Might pay to take proper legal advice on it?
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DorsetStrider
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| posted on 16/8/06 at 06:20 PM |
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CAB (citizens advice bueru) offer free legal advice. The drawback is that some CAB offices are better than others when it comes to actually being
helpful. My local one is shockingly useless however others are very good. It might be worth checking out your local office to see which braket they
fall into.
Who the f**K tightened this up!
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 16/8/06 at 06:31 PM |
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Its actually looking good, seems the auction house are gonna cough, it seemed too spare them on a little when I asked if they minded if i jumped in
during an auction and explained too all the public etc that if they buy from here and its stolen your on your own......
too be fair plod have been good too, very human and understanding, they have the name address of the guy that put it in for sale and whilst they cant
or wont tell all it seems he is having trouble proving it was his too sell.
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Liam
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| posted on 16/8/06 at 10:48 PM |
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Good news!
Out of interest, how did plod come to know 'your' trailer was stolen in the first place?
Liam
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 17/8/06 at 05:15 AM |
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2 reasons, main one been it was for sale on ebay, 2nd one we live on a very busy road feeding a very busy junction on the M1 and it was up for sale
roadside.
The rightful owners spotted it on ebay.
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