This young hawker recently paid $74,000 for a second-hand car so that he could travel to his economic bee hoon stall in Yishun at 4am every day. But after his Volkswagen Golf broke down in just 12 days, imagine Emmanuel Lim's shock when he was informed that the used-car dealer is not obliged by law to fork out the $5,000...
This young hawker recently paid $74,000 for a second-hand car so that he could travel to his economic bee hoon stall in Yishun at 4am every day.
In a reply to Lim, a staff from the car manufacturer confirmed that the mechatronics unit is a component of the gearbox. While he knew the second-hand Volkswagen is a "consignment car", Lim felt that the dealer should have informed him earlier on what it actually means. Speaking out the news outlet then, Loy York Jiun, executive director of Case shared how his agency had received complaints about consignment cars.
Accusing the used-car dealer for "wasting his time" by stalling on the repairs, the hawker said: "I really depended on a car so that I could open my stall at 4am to prepare selling breakfast. And I have to pick up my three kids from school at 6pm every day.
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