We backed out of the deal
We found a great motorhome! It had everything we needed at a price we could afford. We agreed to purchase and the owner drove it to our home and parked it in the driveway. We spent the evening just...
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msmith1199 wrote:GlennLever wrote:
A person is only as good as his word, if a deal was made stand by it.
Generally, caveat emptor is the contract law principle that controls the sale of real property after the date of closing, but may also apply to sales of other goods.
The phrase caveat emptor arises from the fact that buyers often have less information about the good or service they are purchasing, while the seller has more information. Defects in the good or service may be hidden from the buyer, and only known to the seller. Thus, the buyer should beware.
The time to inspect thoroughly is before a deal is reached.
The actual law does not support your theory of buyer beware when it comes to purchases such as this. The seller is obligated to disclose defects. Had the buyer in this case purchased the motorhome and then found the shoddy attempt to cover up the existing damage, the buyer would have had a very good civil case against the seller. Luckily in this case the buyer found the covered up damage prior to handing over any money so had the ability to back out the deal. The seller is more than free to sue the buyer if he thinks he was wronged, but in the end he'd lose and end up paying the buyers legal fees. In this case I think the seller was only upset because his scam was found out.
So...you can buy anything, decide you don't like it, find something wrong and get your money back?
Your word and a hand shake means nothing?
