Nuisance lawsuits suck.

So what did the shiny happy person say was wrong with the car?  

In reply to 914Driver :

So about the $500 saab.....

camopaint0707 said:

In reply to 914Driver :

So about the $500 saab.....

Exactly.

In reply to camopaint0707 :

What about it?

In reply to spitfirebill :

Rust.  On the exhaust and front suspension.  It's a 35 or so year old car.

Final Update:

Both sides agreed to $3k and the shiny happy person keeps the car.  Sorry Camopaint.

In reply to 914Driver :

Berk that guy !

I can't believe this. It's disgusting. He'd have been better off giving the car to Goodwill and taking a $3000 tax write off. 

I would have rather spent the $3k on attorney fees and make them work for it.   

I hope that scumbag gets what's coming to him.

Wow.  That is some major horseE36 M3.

Thank you for reminding me why I keep some of my disreputable friends around.

This is a good reminder that it doesn't matter what a bill of sale says, what the law is, or what rights you have.  If you don't have the money to enforce it in court, none of it really matters.  The shady buyer and his friend knew how to play the game and get a free car, or potentially even a pay day.  There isn't a lot of down side for bad actors under the current system.  This won't be the last time they rip someone off.

Someone close to me was once threatened with legal action if they didn't return to a former (hourly) job and perform free labor after resigning.  We heard it was common practice for this employer and most young, poor employees did the unpaid labor.  In that case a determination was made that it was worth more to pay a lawyer to make it go away than submit to the degredation of forced labor.  This is the United States.

This resolution makes me angry.

It would have cost Ian $5k to enforce his correctness in court.  Shiny Happy Person paid $4200 for the car, Ian returns $3k.  Not a win-win, maybe a win-oh what the berkeley.  He's not out a lot of money, just aggravation.

It cost nothing to report the Lawyer to the Bar

So is there a way to prevent this?

Better BOS?  Strategies for a seller to not make this a risk?  

Or is this just such a low likelihood random chance that you get scummy scammy buyer?

Holy crap this is not helping me get motivated to sell my '75 Duster.

nocones said:

So is there a way to prevent this?

Better BOS?  Strategies for a seller to not make this a risk?  

Or is this just such a low likelihood random chance that you get scummy scammy buyer?

Put a horsehead in his bed?

I can't believe this. Were there no other lawyers you could consult with that would take this on for less? Seems open and shut to me, but I'm just some guy on the internet.

ShawnG said:

I hope that scumbag gets what's coming to him.

 

Someone should be watching for the Saab to be listed on FB marketplace....

In reply to No Time :

Oh, that's delicious! 

914Driver said:

It would have cost Ian $5k to enforce his correctness in court.  

See, this is what I don't get. It was a meritless case. Why couldn't he countersue for his legal expenses when it got thrown out of court?

In reply to iansane :

I like horses too much. (Although familiar with the reference). I'd lean towards maybe HIS head. 

I friend was telling me (I have no clue , but the guy is usually accurate) that the us is only place that each party pays their own court costs. In Ireland (he is from) whoever looses pays. I think lawyers fees as well. Way less nuisance filing.