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megami
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What is the name of your state? - California
I had a yard sale this morning and was selling a Scooter Store scooter power wheelchair -- it's worth thousands and only one year old. I offered it to an elderly lady for $300. She said she didn't have cash -- I would only take cash -- and she said to me she couldn't write a check anyway, it might bounce and she would need to go to the bank? (That didn't make sense!) Anyway, I said, well, if you give me $20.00 I will hold it for you until Monday. She did.
Later on, another group of old ladies came and offered $400 for the chair, saying their mother can't leave the house and this chair would give her mobility. I thought about the other woman, and how it was for her husband who can walk and was with her at the yard sale, and said okay, I will sell it. They took it -- didn't catch their names, they paid in cash. I called the woman before her, talked to her daughter, and said I was sorry, I sold the chair to someone else, and I would be returning her $20.
The old woman then game gunning down my street and flew out of her car screaming at me telling me she wants the chair or $300 and that I "wrote her a receipt" and that this would hold up in small claims court. The "receipt" I wrote her was a piece of paper with my name and phone number on it and $20.00 dep. I said, "Mam, I gave you your deposit back, I'm sorry, the chair is sold." She said, "I don't want the deposit! You owe me $300!! I am taking you to court!"
So needless to say -- I'm a little stressed and confused. Anyone have any advice? Will this indeed hold up in court? Do I owe this woman $300 for nothing??
Thank you for your help.
I had a yard sale this morning and was selling a Scooter Store scooter power wheelchair -- it's worth thousands and only one year old. I offered it to an elderly lady for $300. She said she didn't have cash -- I would only take cash -- and she said to me she couldn't write a check anyway, it might bounce and she would need to go to the bank? (That didn't make sense!) Anyway, I said, well, if you give me $20.00 I will hold it for you until Monday. She did.
Later on, another group of old ladies came and offered $400 for the chair, saying their mother can't leave the house and this chair would give her mobility. I thought about the other woman, and how it was for her husband who can walk and was with her at the yard sale, and said okay, I will sell it. They took it -- didn't catch their names, they paid in cash. I called the woman before her, talked to her daughter, and said I was sorry, I sold the chair to someone else, and I would be returning her $20.
The old woman then game gunning down my street and flew out of her car screaming at me telling me she wants the chair or $300 and that I "wrote her a receipt" and that this would hold up in small claims court. The "receipt" I wrote her was a piece of paper with my name and phone number on it and $20.00 dep. I said, "Mam, I gave you your deposit back, I'm sorry, the chair is sold." She said, "I don't want the deposit! You owe me $300!! I am taking you to court!"
So needless to say -- I'm a little stressed and confused. Anyone have any advice? Will this indeed hold up in court? Do I owe this woman $300 for nothing??
Thank you for your help.
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