1st post. Sorry its long 
I've been car hunting and thought I'd found my ideal car. Having very little knowledge of car buying, I decided to get an AA inspection done (£202), which the garage agreed to. It was arranged between the AA and the garage on Wednesday that they would inspect the car on Friday. The AA were told by the garage that the car was having it's Mot done on Wednesday afternoon so Friday was fine.
Fast forward to Friday and I had a call from the AA to say that they couldn't do the inspection as the car wasn't on the premises when they arrived. Despite the AA calling the garage on Friday to confirm the inspection and to give an approximate time of arrival. The AA have said that they will have to deduct £76 for cancellation but would refund the remaining £126. They advised me to call the garage to see if they would pay the cancellation fee, which I did. The garage claimed that the car was being valeted off site when the AA arrived which is why it wasn't available. I questioned why the AA had been told that it had gone for an mot (despite it supposedly being mot'd on Wednesday) and was told that it had gone to be mot'd and valeted as both services were done at the same place. I told them that I had been charged a cancellation fee and was told that there was nothing they could do about it. I've also done a quick check on the number plate and the car is still showing as no mot on the gov website.
Is there anything that I can do? Or do I just put it down to bad luck? (Or maybe good luck after looking at some of the garage's reviews on Google 
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