Am I responsible for broken appliances after I sold a travel trailer?
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Am I responsible for broken appliances after I sold a travel trailer?
I sold our used travel trailer 3 days ago from private seller to private buyer. Yesterday the buyer informed me, that the refrigerator does not work. He wants me ether to by a new refrigerator or he wants his money back in exchange for the trailer – which he already registered in his name.
Asked on September 3, 2011 under Business Law, New Mexico
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
In the sale of any item in this country, the seller is obligated to disclose all items known by the seller to a prospective buyer as to that item that would materially affect the desirability of the item by the prospective buyer or the price paid paid for the item.
If you had no knowledge of any problem with the used travel trailer before sale as to its refrigerator, then you have no obligation to the buyer to pay for a brand new one. The buyer purchased a used travel trailer and had the obligation to carefully inspect what was being purchased before the sale.
The buyer has the burden to establish that you knew before the sale that the refrigerator was not working. If he or she is able to prove this the most he or she would be entitled to would be the depreciated value of the trailer at the time of sale.
Good luck.
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