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Re: Private Sale [qbrozen]
by 2doorpost
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Sep 15, 2008 (8:21 am)
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Replying to: qbrozen (Sep 15, 2008 8:18 am)
With me it was a matter of having too many cars in the yard- plus the fact that knowing the car needed so many repairs (which was told to the buyer) that 800-1000 was a fair price (without getting sued in the end)
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- #183 of 236
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Re: Private Sale [2doorpost]
by qbrozen
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Sep 15, 2008 (8:31 am)
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Replying to: 2doorpost (Sep 15, 2008 8:21 am)
I completely understand. And I would have done the same thing. At least YOU can sleep soundly at night. The person who flipped it is the one that needs to deal with the consequences.
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- #184 of 236
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Re: Private Sale [2doorpost]
by jipster
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Sep 16, 2008 (10:54 am)
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Replying to: 2doorpost (Sep 15, 2008 8:21 am)
without getting sued in the end
You told the buyer the needed repairs. You wouldn't have gotten sued.
Even if you hadn't told of needed repairs, old cars are sold "as is".
I try to sell my cars at a price high enough to bring top dollar, and low enough to generate enough calls to have it sold within a week or two.
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Re: Private Sale [jipster]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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Sep 17, 2008 (9:06 am)
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Replying to: jipster (Sep 16, 2008 10:54 am)
Not always jip. Anyone can sue you for any reason they like. I was sued once on a used car that I had sold two years prior!! Sure, the case was thrown out but I had to hire an attorney nonetheless. Buyer claimed it was in a flood. FORTUNATELY, he had the car checked out by a 3rd party prior to purchase, and this weakened his case considerably.
If you "misrepresent" the car, even if you advertise it AS IS, there are circumstances where you could be sued. For instance, if there's a VIN # issue (even if you didn't know about it), or if you said the car only had two owners but later the records show 12 owners, (and believed it) or if there's provable fraud, blah blah.
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Re: Private Sale [Mr_Shiftright]
by isellhondas
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Sep 19, 2008 (12:59 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Sep 17, 2008 9:06 am)
Years ago in So. Calif, a friend of a friend sold a very nice Oldsmobile that was probably five years old. It had been well taken car of but it had something like 120,000 miles. The price wass very attractive because of the miles and it sold quickly. The seller gave him all of the maintenance records and told him that as far as he knew the car was sound. He also reminded the new buyer that it did have a lot of miles.
Three months later( I think) the transmission went bad and the seller ended up in Small Claims Court.
The miserable judge made him pay for half the cost of a rebuild!
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- #187 of 236
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Re: Private Sale [isellhondas]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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Sep 19, 2008 (1:42 pm)
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Replying to: isellhondas (Sep 19, 2008 12:59 pm)
We all think scribbling "AS IS" over everything exonerates us from all legal assaults, but here are two cases where it did not.
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Re: Private Sale [Mr_Shiftright]
by jipster
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Sep 19, 2008 (6:15 pm)
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Sep 19, 2008 1:42 pm)
You'll always have your freak lawsuits (ala McDonalds hot coffee) and bonehead judges, but 99% of the time a car sold "as is" is the responsibility of the buyer, should any future problems arise. Of course, as you noted, selling a car with bad brakes, with a repair estimate from "Brake World" in the glove compartment, is a lawsuit the seller will not win.
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Re: Private Sale [jipster]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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Sep 19, 2008 (6:26 pm)
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Replying to: jipster (Sep 19, 2008 6:15 pm)
yeah I guess but the McDonald's lawsuit was successful for the person who sued. Point is, don't think AS IS excuses you from being careful about what you say and what you do. It's much better to shut up and say as little as possible, or keep in vague----"she's a beauty. Runs like a top!" But if you say "rebuilt engine" when you just put on a cylinder head----watch out!
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Bad Title
by oldfarmer50
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Jan 13, 2009 (3:15 pm)
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Occasionally on Craigslist I see ads for cars with the heading "For Parts Only, Bad Title". I wonder how you get a "bad title". Does this mean the car is stolen?
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Re: Bad Title [oldfarmer50]
by Mr_Shiftright HOST
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Jan 13, 2009 (3:39 pm)
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Jan 13, 2009 3:15 pm)
Not sure what that means...probably means no title or just a Bill of Sale or maybe an old title with some strange signatures on it. (people nobody knows).
If the car is not worth too much, it's really best to throw the old title away if it's messed up or crossed out or some such, and just get a valid Bill of Sale from the person you bought it from.
But if the car has real value, DMV might ask you to post bond, which is a pain.
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