Price increase due to Euro exchange rate Forums

bandaid

I'd grasp your sales agreement in your hand and trot along to a citizens advice centre, you may even, (and I say may because I'm bound to be wrong,) qualify for legal aid, and see what they say, I'm fairly sure that if you have an agreement in Sterling then thats the price, regardless of what the euro is doing, the dealer should sort this out with the supplier. Interestingly I notice the dealer is merely passing on the increase from the maker, what about the delivery costs, have those increased too?
I wouldnt employ a solicitor, as his costs will be higher than the 600 squid. I wouldnt accept anything until I had taken advice on it.

trek

A Resolution- sort of :-

I knew that there was a delivery cost to the dealer (obviously charged to me in the overall deal) of approx £1000 to collect the camper from Germany on the back of a lorry

So I offered to collect it !

Success the dealer agreed, so the delivery cost has gone towards the currency fluctuation and I have to pay to fly to Germany

This seemed a reasonable option to get hold of the van & we get a bit of travel adventure thrown in

Hire Car to get to Stansted
Hotel overnight in Stansted
2 tickets to fly to Nurenburg
2 train tickets
diesel back (approx 800 miles)
Ferry
Travel Insurance
2 days leave from work

Still very dissappointed that it came to this, although relieved that we will soon have our new long awaited camper

trek

PS the factory will be arranging to PDI the vehicle before I collect it & I am being sent the new number plates & tax disc in the post to take with me.

DABurleigh · Last edited by DABurleigh on Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:07 pm; edited 1 time in total

Pleased you have seen your way through this.

Check you are content with vehicle insurance arrangements from factory to Dover. You might find you have even more incentive than you thought to drive and manoeuvre VERY carefully .....

Dave

thieawin

Dave

what difference will it make? I assume from his post he will be getting english plates and tax disc issued on the info given to him and so it will be GB registered, taxed and insured from day 1.

I agree if he is on temporary D plates that there may be an issue but the regulations now alow a UK insurer to cover that, not that many have woken up.

DABurleigh

The difference it will make will be in obtaining comprehensive insurance for the importing leg.

Dave

trek

yes I will have UK number plates and a current new tax disc to take over with me

(I have already got the registration number )

Cover note being sent from insurer to dealer to arrange car tax disc

So this should cover me ?

DABurleigh

Possibly

I suggest you read this thread, then preferably obtain in writing a letter (not a clerk's assurance over the phone) from your insurers that you ARE covered comprehensively from Germany, or, as a minimum, write to them recorded delivery to the effect this is your understanding and they should write back by return if not the case.

carol

Having only yesterday afternoon got back from importing our Rapido, I have just read through this thread, most have already commented on it.

I did not see, WHO your dealer was, will you not name him, as I would have thought that the price he quoted at order last September was the price you needed to pay.... OK, so yes, I know why you went to get it yourself, and if you are back soon, safe driving.

We did order in Germany and we (through our own niaivety) did not forward buy the euros (at €1.48 on day we ordered) as we didn't know we could, so we did lose out on the exchange rate, but I hope to establish what the current UK price would be for ours today.... with the extras we had.

Safe travelling and I do hope you enjoy it.

Carol