- Jurisdiction
- Maine
Hello law people. In a post at:
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a used car dealer posted to Facebook Marketplace :
"2010 Subaru Forester AWD 4 CYL Autiomatic POwer windows and Locks Very Nice Car absolutely No Rust and Runs Like New 180K and would never Know It... New Inspection Sticker 100% Warranty 30 Day PLate 6900.00 Gastkets all done Timimg was done and water pump all with in a few weeks. Call anytime"
I bought the vehicle because of the work which supposedly had been done but it turned out it had not been done. I had to pay to have it done because a mechanic and a state inspector both said the head gaskets are in bad shape and need to be replaced before it does real damage to the engine. It cost $1900 to get done what the Marketplace listing claimed had already been done. The post has been removed. The quote above was copied directly from it. Is it possible to prove that it was ever on Facebook Marketplace by some sort of archive or seller history or anything?
Advice someone provided was to file a complaint with my local small claims court for: Breach of Contract - Consumer Fraud - False Advertising and that it's only one page and I don't have to be a lawyer to do it. Also when it goes to court have the mechanic who did the job testify that the work had not been done. Hopefully he would do that because he said the head gaskets, timing belt and water pump were all the originals still on the motor never been changed.
Does all that sound right? The person who drove me to get the vehicle remembers me discussing with the dealer about the head gaskets, timing belt and water pump having been changed and the dealer saying they had all been done recently. The person said he will go to court and testify to it. Should that be enough?
Thank you for any advice about this!!
David
Maine, USA
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a used car dealer posted to Facebook Marketplace :
"2010 Subaru Forester AWD 4 CYL Autiomatic POwer windows and Locks Very Nice Car absolutely No Rust and Runs Like New 180K and would never Know It... New Inspection Sticker 100% Warranty 30 Day PLate 6900.00 Gastkets all done Timimg was done and water pump all with in a few weeks. Call anytime"
I bought the vehicle because of the work which supposedly had been done but it turned out it had not been done. I had to pay to have it done because a mechanic and a state inspector both said the head gaskets are in bad shape and need to be replaced before it does real damage to the engine. It cost $1900 to get done what the Marketplace listing claimed had already been done. The post has been removed. The quote above was copied directly from it. Is it possible to prove that it was ever on Facebook Marketplace by some sort of archive or seller history or anything?
Advice someone provided was to file a complaint with my local small claims court for: Breach of Contract - Consumer Fraud - False Advertising and that it's only one page and I don't have to be a lawyer to do it. Also when it goes to court have the mechanic who did the job testify that the work had not been done. Hopefully he would do that because he said the head gaskets, timing belt and water pump were all the originals still on the motor never been changed.
Does all that sound right? The person who drove me to get the vehicle remembers me discussing with the dealer about the head gaskets, timing belt and water pump having been changed and the dealer saying they had all been done recently. The person said he will go to court and testify to it. Should that be enough?
Thank you for any advice about this!!
David
Maine, USA