Miss- sold my FD :(

[iaint]

Give Citizens Advice a call - they should be able to answer any questions about mis-sold items.  It\'s unlikely that there is a time limit applicable in law i.e. 1 month from purchase as it\'s entirely likely that the mis-selling would be guaranteed to come to light within a time period.

The longer from purchase to discovery of any untruths in an advert would weaken any case you put together though - more time for you to change something and \'try it on\'.

Small claims for the cost of a replacement ECU would be a reasonable route if the seller isn\'t prepared to do the decent thing.

It\'s also entirely possible that the seller didn\'t know anything and either was misinformed at original purchase or made assumptions that were incorrect.

[DR SCHNITZEL]

Legally you do have a leg to stand on. wether he knew it had a pfc or not, he still sold it to you as having one, maybe you should have checked, maybe you shouldnt have to.
 
but you need evidence.
 
get in touch with piston heads and get them to send you a copy of the ad
 
speak to the guy too, feel sorry for you mate, but remember we are dealing with used cars here, and its a very dodgy game. I dont even trust the integrity of some tuners who have fantastic reputations on the forum. In my experience they have \'lied or misled to line their own pockets.
 
I hope you get resolve. those pfcs aint cheap. i would be very cross.

[Jit]

I assume youve seen this - penultimate post might back up your claim
http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50946

[trevtubby]

Thanks for that jit, that should help him a bit.

Cant believe he wanted 10k at first...wow.

[Jit]

Id like to say good luck with your case and that if the Power FC was removed then thats not on BUT part of me hopes you dont win purely because from my perspective (somebody who sells a fair few cars), winning would set a precedent such that I could potentially be left wide open to similar cases from chancers who unscrupulous buyers trying it on (note im not saying you are one of them but theres a lot of dishonest people in the world who would happily spend 5 mins changing an ECU and then another 5 mins writing an email and filling out forms to make a few bob)

[dave-izzle]

Thank you very much for that link. should prove invaluable if i decide to go ahead and try to claim on this...... he also originally advertised it with a de-cat, but i\'m positive the PH advert didn\'t mention this, and it did come with a regular cat.... proof that he\'s removed things before?

[matt p]

This is the white one i think, its got very minimal mileage to if memory serves me correct?/

[Kevin]

To be honest reading that advert, the guy really sounds like he generally doesnt have a clue.  If I were to be perfectly frank I dont think your car has probably ever seen a PFC or decat.  Well judging from his post I dont think he would have a clue about removing them, or even where they are to be honest.

Thing is who has told him that he has....

I have been told that the car kicks out approx. 320bhp with mods that include
 
De-cat
Apexi Performance Power FC
Mapped
Apexi Air Filters
MazdaSpeed Performance Exhaust

[dave-izzle]

This is the white one i think, its got very minimal mileage to if memory serves me correct?/

yeah, currently about to turn over to 28k soon

and yeah, I doubht he opulled them out of his ass.... told by the garage maybe?

[Ed_RX7]

im sorry but 2 months later i cant see how you\'ve got a leg to stand on. otherwise if i was unscrupulous, i could go and buy any car advertised with a pfc, swap it out for a stock ecu and then threaten the seller with court action left right and centre.

 
EXACTLY....dont fill they guys head with false hopes...JIT is right....but if you do pursue it, i wish you luck......as its really unfair that this type of thing happens........win or lose learn from it.