Hello,
First time posting here - really need your guys help!
About 2 months ago I saw an ad on Gumtree pertaining to a sale of a car.
After questioning the individual selling the car - I was told there was nothing wrong with the car. He gave me the new keeper's form and assured me he just wanted to sell the car for the cash. My brother at the time was with me for it's sale.
The car has damages that need repairing as it has a few dents (one pretty severe) and a couple of scratches to take care of.
I purchased the car via a bank transfer directly to that individual's account.
Three days later I attempt to phone the individual and it seems his phone has been disconnected...
I had my suspicions so I did a HPI check and found out the car has outstanding finance. I called up the finance company, and they have stated they are financially interested in the car.
Since the two months I found out: I have registered myself as the new keeper, called back to still find financially interested (I had hoped the previous owner would have cleared this by now), gone to a free law advice service to draft a letter to be sent to the finance company and done a few repairs on the car (holding off on the major one for now).
Today I received a 'slip' from Armstrong Nationwide Ltd (which I googled to find out to be a recovery service).
I called them up and they asked to meet IN PERSON to fill out a questionnaire.
My question is this:
What do I do?