new car lost

[surfdude]

i brought a new car from seat end of march and noticed no payments have been going out . phoned them today and was told we have no record of you buying a car . so i said ok my mistake . 5 min later a phone call from them saying we have found your details and will process . your payments will start end of this month with no extra interest . interest free car for 3 months .
sort of sorry i phoned them now ,

 

[EltonFrog]

i brought a new car from seat end of march and noticed no payments have been going out . phoned them today and was told we have no record of you buying a car . so i said ok my mistake . 5 min later a phone call from them saying we have found your details and will process . your payments will start end of this month with no extra interest . interest free car for 3 months .
sort of sorry i phoned them now ,

How on earth does that happen? I would be sorry I phoned them too.

 

[Beebo]

I'm gutted for you! But you bought the car knowing you would have to pay for it.
I like your honesty, but sometimes it's best to let sleeping dogs lie.

 

[I like Skol]

but sometimes it's best to let sleeping dogs lie.

Yes and no.... I understand the sentiment behind this statement but it is just that sort of attitude that gets people into big debts (wanting nice new things without paying for them!). The OP has done exactly the right thing and accepted the responsibility that goes with the acquisition.

 

[Black Sheep]

I had my insurance payment taken 2 months after I'd bought it.

I kept the money in to cover it as I knew they'd take it sooner or later.

Contacting them about it they're more likely to do as they have and just start the payments from the point of your call

If they just work it out they could demand the unpaid amount in full.

 

[mr_cellophane]

My local Ford dealer had a 63 Fiesta advertised on their web site for £1,095. Bastards wouldn't sell it to me though.

 

[tyred]

My local Ford dealer had a 63 Fiesta advertised on their web site for £1,095. *******s wouldn't sell it to me though.

I'm not surprised as Fiesta prodcuction only started in 1976ish.

 

[classic33]

@surfdude, given that you didn't "have" the car, how did you lose it.
And if you were unlucky enough to have it stolen, how would you have proved ownership. Those that sold it you having no record of the sale, to begin with?

 

[surfdude]

How on earth does that happen? I would be sorry I phoned them too.

i am

 

[Cycling Dan]

i brought a new car from seat end of march and noticed no payments have been going out . phoned them today and was told we have no record of you buying a car . so i said ok my mistake . 5 min later a phone call from them saying we have found your details and will process . your payments will start end of this month with no extra interest . interest free car for 3 months .
sort of sorry i phoned them now ,

At EE we have this sort of thing a lot of the time. However it doesnt happen now, its mostly people who took phones out around 2011/12 who moved from OUK or Tmoblie but the payments don't start as we don't find the details as they don't exist. They are ghost accounts. So some lucky b*stards get unlimited everything for nothing.
We cant find or know who they are until they call up with issues or ask about their bills. Even then we cant find them as they have are in the HLR with the account details missing but that's not enough to build and account so its really a glitch. With no account to remove we cant get them or as far as I know off the HLR. Its only when the sim breaks it ends. There is prob a way but I don't know it.

 

[classic33]

Whats the HLR @Cycling Dan?

 

[Cycling Dan]

Whats the HLR @Cycling Dan?

Home Location Register. It is effectively a list which all networks work off and have their own which is how the network knows what should and shouldn't be on the network. It lists everything, all your details what your privileges are etc.
When viewing the HLR of these Ghost accounts, nothing shows so are the respective systems don't bring anything up. However the Number and sim will be on there with the downside being we can not activity change the HLR. This is due to some idiot not registering the account correctly.
However only a few hundred or so people are like this.

 

[cyberknight]

I had the same with a dfs sofa. account was not showing the money going it so i phoned them up and they were adamant it was and all of a sudden it is .

 

[pplpilot]

Reminds me of my sister, she moved house and no mortgage payments were going out, she called them repeatedly for about 3 months, 6 months went buy and still nothing, she sought legal advice and they told her to write to them and keep a log of all calls and show willing to attempt to make payments, after a year it was finally sorted, they waived the 12 months payments!