What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Nevada
So I had a momentary lapse of judgement two years ago and bought a 2005 R6. The price was correct for the bike (not under priced or over priced) and the guy was nice. He told me his ex-wife in CA had the title and he'd get it to me when it came in the mail. I met him and had him sign a bill of sale on the bike and gave a down payment. When he delivered, he got the rest of the payment for the grand total of $4900.
After about a week, I shot him an email and got no response. I waited another week and shot him another email. I was extremely busy with school + full-time work that I didn't follow up for another month. Still no response. Time went by and I got no response and could not find the guy.
When I had the time, I had the plate ran via the CA DMV (where the plate was from) and it came back with his name on it as well as a bank from Illinois. So I'm guessing he never paid it off ... my phone/email/etc have never changed. I've had an investigator relative spend some time trying to track him down, but he may have moved when the Vegas economy took the dive. It's a crapshoot to find someone with a guestimated age and just a name.
What are my course of action? Obviously a small claims suit might be one - if I could find him. Is there a way to lien the bike? Any statutes that were violated? I assume fraud if I can prove he knowingly tried to deceive me. Right now, I have a bike which I haven't ridden for more than 2 miles because I can't insure or register it - and if you don't insure it out here, you're asking for trouble (my last one was stolen).
Thanks.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
So I had a momentary lapse of judgement two years ago and bought a 2005 R6. The price was correct for the bike (not under priced or over priced) and the guy was nice. He told me his ex-wife in CA had the title and he'd get it to me when it came in the mail. I met him and had him sign a bill of sale on the bike and gave a down payment. When he delivered, he got the rest of the payment for the grand total of $4900.
After about a week, I shot him an email and got no response. I waited another week and shot him another email. I was extremely busy with school + full-time work that I didn't follow up for another month. Still no response. Time went by and I got no response and could not find the guy.
When I had the time, I had the plate ran via the CA DMV (where the plate was from) and it came back with his name on it as well as a bank from Illinois. So I'm guessing he never paid it off ... my phone/email/etc have never changed. I've had an investigator relative spend some time trying to track him down, but he may have moved when the Vegas economy took the dive. It's a crapshoot to find someone with a guestimated age and just a name.
What are my course of action? Obviously a small claims suit might be one - if I could find him. Is there a way to lien the bike? Any statutes that were violated? I assume fraud if I can prove he knowingly tried to deceive me. Right now, I have a bike which I haven't ridden for more than 2 miles because I can't insure or register it - and if you don't insure it out here, you're asking for trouble (my last one was stolen).
Thanks.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?