Numota dodgy cars

[amarie22]

Anyone else bought a car from Zayn at Numota? Sold me an unroadworthy car and has now gone into hiding

[Nicky Boy]

I think you'll need to give us a bit more to the story than that if you want us to help.

A bullet point list of what happened, price paid, what went wrong, etc is usually helpful.

[amarie22]

I bought a Yaris via Autotrader on 5th August which I paid £1995 for plus £180 transportation cost.

Car was in Leicester sold by a guy called Zayn at Numota.

The car arrived on Saturday 12th on a low loader.

Appeared to be what I had expected.

Drove the car only for it to stall at every single junction and roundabout and cut out at traffic lights.

Took it into my usual garage who told me not to spend a penny on it, engine flooded with oil, underneath rotten and MOT must be dodgy as it would never pass. Incidentally drove around 7 miles and didn't clock up a single mile!!

Rang Zayn who said they would collect the car and refund the money and since then nothing!

Managed to track them down to a place called Neal Brothers in Leicester and got someone to call in there.

He got a number off a guy called Abdullah who is selling the cars but when I rang him he tells me he's a taxi driver.

Been in touch with Auto trader and Trading Standards.

Now what?

[Nicky Boy]

How did you pay?

 

[BankFodder]

In addition to the question – how did you pay? (Although I think I already know the answer – check our used car guide) – you have the right to reject the car within 30 days if it shows any defect.

Although this is not going to help you find the dealer, you may as well assert the right immediately. This means that you must write a letter immediately – send it by first class recorded post and also by email. Point out that the car is defective and that you are asserting your rights under the consumer rights act and that as the defects have manifested themselves within the first 30 days, you are rejecting the vehicle and you want to know the arrangements for returning it and for it refunding your money.

Do that straightaway. It is urgent.

And then please answer the question put to you by my site team colleague above @Nicky Boy

[Nicky Boy]

Their website is rather vague with an address, but the one listed on autotrader is... 

Address

• Unit 12A.,Buckland Road
•  
• Leicester
• Leicestershire
• LE5 0NT

 

From their website, I've got a bad feeling about this one.

"Appointment only", vague address, mobile phone number...

And Google Street View doesn't look good. 

[amarie22]

Stupidly it appears it was a bank transfer although I thought it was debit card but my bank say not

[BankFodder]

I'm afraid it was obvious that you were going to say it was by bank transfer. Big Fail!

Why did you think it was by debit card?

You say it had to come down by transporter. This means that you didn't even see the car? And also is not close to you. Where are you in the country?

[theberengersniper]

19 minutes ago, amarie22 said:

Stupidly it appears it was a bank transfer although I thought it was debit card but my bank say not

If you paid by bank transfer you would surely know about it, because you would have had to log in to your online banking to do so, or do it over the phone with the bank. The point I'm making is it would have to have been you who did that, the dealer couldn't make a bank transfer on your behalf...unless you did something unthinkable, like logged on to your bank via his computer?

If you paid by him inserting your debit card into a payment device then you did indeed pay by debit card.

Edit: I'm re-reading your post and see you weren't actually present. Still wasn't a bank transfer.

Edited August 29, 2023 by theberengersniper

[Nicky Boy]

The first thread that the OP posted on about this also tells a very worrying story.

[BankFodder]

@amarie22 it would really help us if you could answer the questions that we are asking.

Also I'd like to know if the car has an MOT? Is it a recent MOT? Who issued it? If it wasn't issued by the dealer, was it issued by an MOT station close to the dealer?

Have you written the letter which I proposed earlier? 

[dx100uk]

and?

dx

 

[Nicky Boy]

On 29/08/2023 at 14:53, amarie22 said:

Managed to track them down to a place called Neal Brothers in Leicester and got someone to call in there.

Is this where Numota are trading from then?