Oregon:
We purchased a car from a local seller on Craigslist.
We met them in person and made the exchange.
Two nights later the car was towed out of our driveway by a group of men who'd been admittedly hired by the seller and had documentation in hand claiming that the full amount hadn't been paid, and therefore the car was being repossessed.
We have documentation proving all of the agreed terms, times, dates, photographs, bank statements, etc.. It's water-tight.
The seller has not responded to our dozens of attempts to contact them and reconcile without legal action. They have not responded.
We are worried that they will skip town if we don't get this resolved immediately, although upon meeting they seemed like a very normal, professional couple with a young family.
We have filed a civil suit in our county against them and have all of their information, address, etc..
My question here is: what is the optimal course of action in the opinion of the experts out there as to how we should go about this situation?
All we want is to be done with it and retain either our money, or the vehicle. We're not interested in anything else. Currently, we've been flat-out robbed of nearly 10,000 dollars... So 'moving on' is not exactly an option...
Thanks in advance for any insight.
We purchased a car from a local seller on Craigslist.
We met them in person and made the exchange.
Two nights later the car was towed out of our driveway by a group of men who'd been admittedly hired by the seller and had documentation in hand claiming that the full amount hadn't been paid, and therefore the car was being repossessed.
We have documentation proving all of the agreed terms, times, dates, photographs, bank statements, etc.. It's water-tight.
The seller has not responded to our dozens of attempts to contact them and reconcile without legal action. They have not responded.
We are worried that they will skip town if we don't get this resolved immediately, although upon meeting they seemed like a very normal, professional couple with a young family.
We have filed a civil suit in our county against them and have all of their information, address, etc..
My question here is: what is the optimal course of action in the opinion of the experts out there as to how we should go about this situation?
All we want is to be done with it and retain either our money, or the vehicle. We're not interested in anything else. Currently, we've been flat-out robbed of nearly 10,000 dollars... So 'moving on' is not exactly an option...
Thanks in advance for any insight.