had a kid come look at a car, says he wants it gives me a deposit and says will pay rest when gets the car, kid lives far away i offer to deliver car for him for gas money says fine will have money ready for u when get here bill of sale all filled out and agreed upon total payment due upon delivery, bring car up to him and than his step dad looks at the car and stay he aint buying it and wants his deposit back, stap dad is yelling at me i tell him come to my house tomorrow since i didnt have the deposit on me, kid says he'll give me 100 for my time, i spent almost 100 on fuel, paid a friend to borrow a truck and trailer and spent 4 hours or more dealing with showing car to kid, loading car and unloading and reloading. what would u do?
tell him to go fuck him self thats y i never deliver a car till its payed in full and gas and shit ive had that happend a few times and thats y i dont do it any more
it all depends on how longits been since the deposit and time of deciding he did not want it.....i would say keep 250-300 and give him the rest. sounds like you killed a whole day with this deal.
f that dude id give him half of his deposit or if its a small deposite not give him any thats bs its not your fault you shouldnt have delievered it till it was paid for but he made a deal and didnt follow threw oo witch car was it
I'd keep half it's a decent amount and for now on tell them it's non refundable that's how I'd do it but let him know 100 ain't gonna cut it I'd say 200 and he can have $ back
the deposit was 400 the total of car was 3900 plus 50 more to deliver, it cost 100 bucks in gas, so i was eating 50 already. he is coming down tomorrow, i also had to throw my buddy 100 bucks to borrow a truck and car trailer and fill his tank, so theres 200. gone and this kids step dad expects me to eat that loss, i figure i give him 50 bucks of his deposit back for he wasted a full day of my time where i coulda been making money. sound fair to anyone else?
how old is this kid? seems like he is young if daddy is still telling him what to do. If he is under 18 ( or lied to you about his age) you can't legally enter a contract with a minor so you will lose if they take you to small claims over the money or get the cops involved, hopefully this isn't the case. The best thing might be to do what you can to get him out of your hair if you suspect he might be a little young and a problem could come out of this by the parents. keep some cash for time & fuel and hate to say it but take a loss.
If he isn't a kid and is just wipped or you what to take the chance then I would do what he said keep a hundred for your time and take out for your fuel/expenses so atleast you don't have a loss. Tell him this is the price of jerking people around and too take this has a lesson. I would make sure in the future the buyer figures out his own pick up unless they are paid in full and agree on a delivery and pay for it, or atleast 1/2 up front. also make sure to tell buyers up front the deposit is non-refundable and it's in writing so there is no ?. I have done this before myself because people will try to screw you every chance they get. best of luck.
for a 3900 dollar car why bother taking a deposit and offering to deliver ? maybe if it was a big sale like over 7k then maybe offer delivery but for such a small amount not worth it
how much time was there between you getting the deposit and the delivery??? with dealers its 48 hours and you loose your deposit........if it wasted an 8 hour day and cost me 150 i would atleast keep 300......give hime back 100 dollars.
i gave the kid 200 dollars back half of the deposit, im out 50 dollars and a full day, kids girl started getting loud at me and my dad and then his mommy had to get out the car and get loud i told them to get off my property. now his step dad is calling me and saying he is gonna sue me. what a shit show. over nothing
kid is on here oseano47
dont try to sell =him anything, he has to have his daddy make sure is gold for cheap
and he just sold a rotted mustang on here with a bad motor
i gave the kid 200 dollars back half of the deposit, im out 50 dollars and a full day, kids girl started getting loud at me and my dad and then his mommy had to get out the car and get loud i told them to get off my property. now his step dad is calling me and saying he is gonna sue me. what a shit show. over nothing
kid is on here oseano47
dont try to sell =him anything, he has to have his daddy make sure is gold for cheap
and he just sold a rotted mustang on here with a bad motor
i think you did the right thing...another 50 would have been better for you but it is what it is.....craigslist deals aren't always profit and sometimes can be giant headaches......but think of all the money you made in the past so lesson learned right?
I wouldn't give him anything. If he is over 18 then tell him to screw. You owe him nothing as he looked at the car and agreed to buy it. Whether the car is a POS or not doesn't matter. If the guy's stepdad doesn't like his stepson buying it then maybe he should educate on cars before letting him look at them and buy one.
I wouldn't give him anything. If he is over 18 then tell him to screw. You owe him nothing as he looked at the car and agreed to buy it. Whether the car is a POS or not doesn't matter. If the guy's stepdad doesn't like his stepson buying it then maybe he should educate on cars before letting him look at them and buy one.
The problem with this is he could summins Tim to small claims court and possibly get his deposit back.......So i think he did the right thing.........A day in court where this buyer is from is another wasted day .......far away.
i gave the kid 200 dollars back half of the deposit, im out 50 dollars and a full day, kids girl started getting loud at me and my dad and then his mommy had to get out the car and get loud i told them to get off my property. now his step dad is calling me and saying he is gonna sue me. what a shit show. over nothing
kid is on here oseano47
dont try to sell =him anything, he has to have his daddy make sure is gold for cheap
and he just sold a rotted mustang on here with a bad motor
sorry man that sucks. what a bunch of shit drama, glad you kept your cool though. selling stuff can suck balls, I know I went through a crappy dragged out deal myself. best of luck on future sales but I find for every one asshat there are 10 decent people who follow through a deal.
tim u should ofc whipped out ur 9 and laid down the law, get off my property or leaave with wholes in ya , then u would of had 400 lol, kidding u did right thing
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this wasn't even a craigslist deal this was made thru this site, geuss this site has there strokers too. thought since he was on the site he would be half decent and i tried to help him out
-- Edited by sled on Saturday 1st of May 2010 09:16:10 PM
this wasn't even a craigslist deal this was made thru this site, cuz this site has there strokers too. thought seen he was on the site he would be half decent and i tried to help him out
Craigslist , ebay or forums deals.......all can be a pain in the ass some times...
Word of advice is to buy a "trac phone" at wallmart an deal off of that....i had something like this happend to me at my house but i pulled out a bb gun an they bounced REAL fast lol
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i gave the kid 200 dollars back half of the deposit, im out 50 dollars and a full day, kids girl started getting loud at me and my dad and then his mommy had to get out the car and get loud i told them to get off my property. now his step dad is calling me and saying he is gonna sue me. what a shit show. over nothing
kid is on here oseano47
dont try to sell =him anything, he has to have his daddy make sure is gold for cheap
and he just sold a rotted mustang on here with a bad motor
yep i been to that kids house it was about a hour and a half from where i live but come on tim you have been in this game a wile a deposit is a deposit i would tell them im keeping it.. personally i would start laughing if somebody hit me cause the next car they would be looking to buy is a handicap van
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i gave the kid 200 dollars back half of the deposit, im out 50 dollars and a full day, kids girl started getting loud at me and my dad and then his mommy had to get out the car and get loud i told them to get off my property. now his step dad is calling me and saying he is gonna sue me. what a shit show. over nothing
kid is on here oseano47
dont try to sell =him anything, he has to have his daddy make sure is gold for cheap
and he just sold a rotted mustang on here with a bad motor
yep i been to that kids house it was about a hour and a half from where i live but come on tim you have been in this game a wile a deposit is a deposit i would tell them im keeping it.. personally i would start laughing if somebody hit me cause the next car they would be looking to buy is a handicap van