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tierneypham
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What is the name of your state? Florida
What is the name of your state? Florida
Recently I sold my 1989 Chevy Blazer to a neighbor "as is". There was no paperwork; he was a neighbor and therefor we trusted one another. I even accepted a check from him for the payment of the car. Two days later, he contacted me informing me that the car stalled twice, and after a mechanic's inspection, he discovered that it had trouble under the hood. I had no prior knowledge of this trouble. I had already deposited his check, and it had cleared. I had informed him of all of the prior work made to the car, and told him what needed to be fixed.
He was upset, sent me letter with the keys, title and left the car in my driveway. He demanded his money back. I sent a letter back to him, refusing the attempted return of the car, and told him that it was a complete sale, and that the car was his now, and to please remove it from my driveway.
Today, I looked in my bank account and saw that he had revoked the check from my account, and the money that had once been cleared now isn't. On top of that, it placed my balance into the negative numbers, and two of my checks were bounced as a result! Now I am way in debt with my bank, and I have bounced check fees, and late fees for my bills! AND the man still has the car keys!
I know that Florida doesn't have a lemon law concerning private car sales. I feel like the buyer breached his contract. On top of all of this, I discovered that he had already started the process of changing the car titles.
Is this a breach of contract on his part? Do I have a ground to stand on?
I would appreciate any assistance!
Distraught college student,
What is the name of your state? Florida
Recently I sold my 1989 Chevy Blazer to a neighbor "as is". There was no paperwork; he was a neighbor and therefor we trusted one another. I even accepted a check from him for the payment of the car. Two days later, he contacted me informing me that the car stalled twice, and after a mechanic's inspection, he discovered that it had trouble under the hood. I had no prior knowledge of this trouble. I had already deposited his check, and it had cleared. I had informed him of all of the prior work made to the car, and told him what needed to be fixed.
He was upset, sent me letter with the keys, title and left the car in my driveway. He demanded his money back. I sent a letter back to him, refusing the attempted return of the car, and told him that it was a complete sale, and that the car was his now, and to please remove it from my driveway.
Today, I looked in my bank account and saw that he had revoked the check from my account, and the money that had once been cleared now isn't. On top of that, it placed my balance into the negative numbers, and two of my checks were bounced as a result! Now I am way in debt with my bank, and I have bounced check fees, and late fees for my bills! AND the man still has the car keys!
I know that Florida doesn't have a lemon law concerning private car sales. I feel like the buyer breached his contract. On top of all of this, I discovered that he had already started the process of changing the car titles.
Is this a breach of contract on his part? Do I have a ground to stand on?
I would appreciate any assistance!
Distraught college student,