Year checked
Machine identification information was checked against an after-sales source. The result indicated a 2012 production year, not 2017.
MORENICEBUYER-SIDE TEAM IN CHINA← All Buyer CasesPROOF OF WORK · SAUDI ARABIA · PURCHASE DISPUTE
Used excavator year misrepresented.
Deposit recovered after judgment.
A Saudi buyer instructed MORENICE to purchase a used Volvo excavator in China. When the disclosed production year proved wrong and the seller refused to refund the deposit, the transaction moved from verification to documented legal recovery.
THE SITUATION
A 2017 representation.
A 2012 machine.
The written transaction described a used Volvo EC480 excavator as manufactured in 2017. MORENICE paid a RMB 10,000 deposit. A later check using the machine identification information indicated that the actual production year was 2012.
PRODUCTUsed Volvo EC480 excavatorBUYER MARKETSaudi ArabiaDEPOSITRMB 10,000COURTYiwu People’s Court, Zhejiang
CONTROL & RECOVERY
Four documented stages.
Delivery refused
MORENICE refused to accept the machine and requested cancellation and return of the deposit. The seller denied the issue and refused repayment.
Claim documented
The contract, payment record, group messages, machine-year verification and related records were organized for a civil claim in Yiwu.
Judgment performed
The court cancelled the sale and ordered return of RMB 10,000. After judgment, the seller contacted MORENICE and RMB 10,025 was received.
COURT-CONFIRMED FINDINGS
What the final judgment established.
The Yiwu People’s Court found that the excavator was actually manufactured in 2012 and that the seller’s conduct constituted fraud. The court cancelled the transaction and ordered the seller to return the RMB 10,000 deposit within ten days after the judgment became effective.
The claim for RMB 3,000 in legal fees was not supported. The case was decided by default after the defendant failed to attend despite lawful summons. The original judgment contains personal and transaction identifiers and is retained privately rather than offered as a public download.
COURT RECORD REVIEWEDZhejiang Province
Yiwu People’s CourtFinal civil judgment · 2026
Case number partially withheld
Parties, addresses, personnel and machine ID redacted
Yiwu People’s CourtFinal civil judgment · 2026
Case number partially withheld
Parties, addresses, personnel and machine ID redacted
REDACTED PERFORMANCE EVIDENCE
Post-judgment payment received.
The screenshot preserves the payment amount and receipt status while masking names, phone numbers, avatars, the chat group and document filename. It is presented as evidence of this case only—not as a promise of the result in another dispute.
- Court-ordered principal: RMB 10,000
- Amount received: RMB 10,025
- Payment status shown: received
- Original evidence retained by MORENICE
BUYER-SIDE TAKEAWAY
Verify before the balance.
Preserve evidence before a dispute.
- Verify the production year and serial information independently.
- Do not accept delivery when a material specification is inconsistent.
- Keep the contract, payment record and supplier messages together.
- Use written cancellation and refund demands.
- Escalate with qualified counsel when commercial recovery fails.
FOUND A MATERIAL MISMATCH?