[chopperchique]

My friend just bought a car two days ago and I am totally shocked at how she and the seller handled this sale. She purchased the car for $900.00 and this car is a pile. There is no bill of sale to start things off. He gave her the title which doesn't even have his name on it. He called his so called wife to bring the title and the non-op on the car. If her name is even on either one of those who knows. All she knows is his first name Ed if that's even his name. Don't ask! I can't believe it myself but when I found out about this mess it just pissed me off. This guy won't return her calls so I left a message hopefully he will respond to. Purposly selling a vehicle that you know is a pile and stating that the motor is great it just needs an oxygen sensor along with brakes makes me believe she should be able to get her money back from this snake. Who really is to say she paid $900.00 maybe she paid $3,000.00 but since there is no receipt... I am open to suggestions please be kind thank you.

[joypulv]

Yes, it was stupid, but what's it to you? You don't even know how much she actually paid? How close a friend is she if you don't know?

She has the title. She can make up a bill of sale, just any scrap of paper saying 'I Jill (name on title) sell my car to Jane for $900.' But personally I wouldn't pay the fees at the DMV, and who knows if she allowed the sale or not, and she could get in trouble for forgery (probably not because the guy had the title).

Who believes a $900 car runs great? Who believes any seller of any car that it runs great? What do you want us to say? You know this and I assume that you have told your friend. Some states have lemon laws that allow return of a car within X days depending on the price paid, but I don't know of any that start that low.

[odinn7]

In most states that I know of, private sales of cars are "AS-IS" unless otherwise stated. There is usually no implied warranty... and I can't see any court or anyone else for that matter, expecting implied warranties on a $900 car.

Your friend blew it when she took the sellers word for it without it being checked out... she also dropped the ball in accepting a title that she couldn't or didn't even bother to verify the owner of. Most states require a signing of the title from seller to buyer either through a DMV, a title and tag place, or at least a notary... doing this the right way may have helped her out at this point but from the way I see it, she's out of $900 simply from being careless.