nikkicute
Aug 22, 2010, 01:21 PM
Someone I know purchased a car, it was $3000, she gave the guy $2000 and told him "I will give you the rest when you give me the title".
Bad move...
He first told her that it will take 7 to 10 business days to get the title as where he lives (in another city but they are in the same state) the DMV there will only mail out duplicate titles, they don't give them over the counter anymore.
Two weeks later after so many phone calls asking did the title come in she suspects something is wrong and he swears he is not a thief etc tells her to call the DMV in his area to ask them herself, she calls only to find out what everybody else was telling her, you can just go to the DMV pay $25 fee and they will give you the duplicate title over the counter! He said an DMV employee told him they don't do that anymore, either he was lying, didn't go to the DMV at all or had bad luck to get the one DMV employee who did not know what she was talking but I find it odd these guys did not know this!
She needs the title, every time she calls him he always says "well it's not my car it's my brothers". She told him " I did not buy the car from your brother I bought it from you" He represented his brother and was involved every step of the way, she always dealt with him not his brother. The minute he received the money, he pretty much washed his hands of the situation.
He passes everything to his brother, a brother who he claims has no phone:rolleyes:, a brother who he acts like he doesn't know where he is, or where he hangs out, or where his brothers friends are, or where he can get in contact with and he is making no effort to even look for his brother!! He says" when he shows up I'll tell him"
She calls and calls now the guy won't even answer his phone! :eek:
She called the DMV to check the VIN and there is no report of the call being stolen but a guy friend of mine said said sometimes if a car is stolen the DMV may not know so call the police to make sure, she has a Bill of Sales with the guys name, date, the amount the car was sold etc..
I don't know... what she can do:confused: My other friend says maybe the guy bought the car from someone else and turned it around sold it to her and never even got the title!
Will the DMV give her his address or name of the last owner of the car if she shows him the Bill of Sales and tells him he never gave her the title?
She's going to the police as well, any Idea what they will do? Call him?
The guy had the car detailed before he gave it to her so she called the car washing company and they told her that guy comes in all the time to have cars cleaned that he sells and that he's known the guy for a while, he's surprised he pulled something like this. He says he's not going to say anything but when he comes in the next time to get a car cleaned, he's going to call her!
He told her last Wednesday he was on his way to bring her the title but he never showed up, come to find out he was at the car cleaning place! The car cleaning guy said "he was just here having a truck cleaned I wish you would have called me I would have told you he was here!"
Bad move...
He first told her that it will take 7 to 10 business days to get the title as where he lives (in another city but they are in the same state) the DMV there will only mail out duplicate titles, they don't give them over the counter anymore.
Two weeks later after so many phone calls asking did the title come in she suspects something is wrong and he swears he is not a thief etc tells her to call the DMV in his area to ask them herself, she calls only to find out what everybody else was telling her, you can just go to the DMV pay $25 fee and they will give you the duplicate title over the counter! He said an DMV employee told him they don't do that anymore, either he was lying, didn't go to the DMV at all or had bad luck to get the one DMV employee who did not know what she was talking but I find it odd these guys did not know this!
She needs the title, every time she calls him he always says "well it's not my car it's my brothers". She told him " I did not buy the car from your brother I bought it from you" He represented his brother and was involved every step of the way, she always dealt with him not his brother. The minute he received the money, he pretty much washed his hands of the situation.
He passes everything to his brother, a brother who he claims has no phone:rolleyes:, a brother who he acts like he doesn't know where he is, or where he hangs out, or where his brothers friends are, or where he can get in contact with and he is making no effort to even look for his brother!! He says" when he shows up I'll tell him"
She calls and calls now the guy won't even answer his phone! :eek:
She called the DMV to check the VIN and there is no report of the call being stolen but a guy friend of mine said said sometimes if a car is stolen the DMV may not know so call the police to make sure, she has a Bill of Sales with the guys name, date, the amount the car was sold etc..
I don't know... what she can do:confused: My other friend says maybe the guy bought the car from someone else and turned it around sold it to her and never even got the title!
Will the DMV give her his address or name of the last owner of the car if she shows him the Bill of Sales and tells him he never gave her the title?
She's going to the police as well, any Idea what they will do? Call him?
The guy had the car detailed before he gave it to her so she called the car washing company and they told her that guy comes in all the time to have cars cleaned that he sells and that he's known the guy for a while, he's surprised he pulled something like this. He says he's not going to say anything but when he comes in the next time to get a car cleaned, he's going to call her!
He told her last Wednesday he was on his way to bring her the title but he never showed up, come to find out he was at the car cleaning place! The car cleaning guy said "he was just here having a truck cleaned I wish you would have called me I would have told you he was here!"