gbhernandez1117
Junior Member
North Carolina
My boyfriend purchased a vehicle private party, in response to a craigslist ad where the ad read that the seller was selling her truck for the payoff on her truck which was approx 14,000 dollars. She wanted to get rid of her truck because she could no longer afford the payment. On the 5th of October our bank transferred the money in the amount of $12,600 (approx) to her bank and her bank then released the title to our bank on the 7th. She then told me afterwards (while she continued to have possession of the truck) that she expected us to pay the $1400 dollar difference as the truck was 14,000. Keep in mind all monies and legal documentation had been exchanged from her bank to ours. My boyfriend is the only one on our loan. She refused to give us the truck unless we signed a notarized hand written agreement and gave her a check to hold for the difference. My boyfriend is active duty military and was gone out of state on a training assignment while all of this was happening. So i met with her and signed a paper that was notarized by her coworker. This was the only way she agreed to give us the truck that my boyfriend legally owned. My question is do I have to pay her seeing as how I feel like I signed this contract under duress, and I am not an owner of the truck, and the owner of the truck (my boyfriend) didn't sign anything with her, and we had no contract agreeing to the $14,000, as we were under the impression that she was only looking for payoff.
My boyfriend purchased a vehicle private party, in response to a craigslist ad where the ad read that the seller was selling her truck for the payoff on her truck which was approx 14,000 dollars. She wanted to get rid of her truck because she could no longer afford the payment. On the 5th of October our bank transferred the money in the amount of $12,600 (approx) to her bank and her bank then released the title to our bank on the 7th. She then told me afterwards (while she continued to have possession of the truck) that she expected us to pay the $1400 dollar difference as the truck was 14,000. Keep in mind all monies and legal documentation had been exchanged from her bank to ours. My boyfriend is the only one on our loan. She refused to give us the truck unless we signed a notarized hand written agreement and gave her a check to hold for the difference. My boyfriend is active duty military and was gone out of state on a training assignment while all of this was happening. So i met with her and signed a paper that was notarized by her coworker. This was the only way she agreed to give us the truck that my boyfriend legally owned. My question is do I have to pay her seeing as how I feel like I signed this contract under duress, and I am not an owner of the truck, and the owner of the truck (my boyfriend) didn't sign anything with her, and we had no contract agreeing to the $14,000, as we were under the impression that she was only looking for payoff.