PPI recently done by someone else on car i am interested in.

They should just provide you a copy of the PPI they have in hand now.

 

Have the selling dealer contact the prospective buyer whose financing fell through and ask if he'd be willing to share the report with you for certain con$ideration. The info in the report rightly belongs to the individual who commissioned the PPI.

 

It might be that neither the seller nor the inspector are able to share the report with a third party, e.g., another potential buyer. I think, in the absence of an agreement otherwise, the "owner" of the PPI is the person who commissioned it, not the seller or the shop that conducted the inspection. That was the approach taken by FMos when I contacted them about doing a PPI a few years ago regarding a car that I was considering. FMoS made it clear that the PPI would be "mine" and would not be shared with the seller or anyone other than me. Perhaps PPI's are more typically "co-owned" and can be shared, as you suggest, but that was not my experience. As it turned out, I didn't pursue the car or require the PPI. Jon

 

Call the shop that did the other ppi that you're also considering and talk to them about what they know. ALSO, ask them to call the party who commissioned the ppi and let them know that you're willing to pay a portion of it for the info.

At this point it's a sunk cost to the previous party but it's also ethical and courteous to pay your share of the ppi if you're getting access to that information.

Where is the car in the country?

 

This response gets my vote.

 

OK, now that's just tacky... really????

 

Not theirs to give away. It belongs to the person who commissioned it.

 

Understood but often the seller gets a copy and right, wrong or indifferent it gets shared.

I certainly respect and agree that it would be nice for the OP to offset some of the PPI owner's cost.

 

If you are speaking of the seller I have never known one to get a copy. The only person I ever communicate my finding to is the buyer. They ask and I refer them to my customer. Never seen one hand over a copy of something he just paid for and it certainly is not in his interest to do so. Besides, the seller is usually less than enthusiastic to hand over that piece of news.

 

Beyond tacky, unless he's being sarcastic.

 

I was helping a friend vet a 355 in TX and the car had a PPI done by a very reputable shop. The seller had a copy. How they obtained it is unknown to me and they did not provide us a copy until we arrived.

I know of one other too.

I know other examples when the findings of a PPI are discussed in detail with the seller as the potential buyer want items fixed or price reduced.

Just passing along my experience.