Know your rights
If you've paid for something and you're not happy, this section contains advice and information about your legal rights as a consumer.
If you've paid for something and you're not happy, this section contains advice and information about your legal rights as a consumer.

Under a hire purchase agreement the goods are owned by the finance company but the consumer has an option to buy the goods and become the legal owner when the final payment has been made. Until the final payment has been made you cannot sell the goods without the lender's permission.