vivasmyangel
Junior Member
What is the name of your state?PA This is pretty long but I'm going to give it a try here. In late 2003 I approached an aquintance of mine whom I've known for atleast 15-20 yrs. I always bought my personal automobiles from him he had been in business for atleast 25 yrs & had a good reputation. In late 2003 I had approached him if I could sell cars..he agreed. Our agreement was this..For every car I bought with my OWN money thru his dealership at the auction I would give him $200. plus ALL the title/transfer work will go thru him once I sold the car. (So remember I gave him $ plus all the proper paper work was done legal & thru his dealership.) The titles went straight to him from the auction so they went into his dealerships name not mine...I thought everything was ligit..I had an auction card that you can ONLY get when the dealer calls it in for you & by the way from what I understand you can't even get this auction card unless you have a salesperson's license, who knew the dealer DIDN"T spend the $24. to get me a Sales persons license???? I did'nt know I needed a sales persons license since I "thought" the dealer was handling all the paper work & that dang auction card was handed to me by the auction place??? I assumed everything was legal. The problem is this now, last March 2004 I got busted by the police, they raided my home & place of business where I was renovating to open my own lot...you would have thought I was a mass murderer..they tore both places apart as if it was a scene on one of those tv shows looking for drugs or something...which for the record I don't do...made my family & I feel as if we were criminals & invaded our privacy...they are charging me with curbstoning...I sold 120 autos UNDER this dealer whom by the way made $24K totally from me...each car was $200 bucks in his pocket ..they are holding 4 cars of mine still that I bought under the dealer. I swear they are treating me as if I'm a piece of garbage & are fining me 400,000. & still awaiting for my hearing...MY attorney seems to be sitting on it but I feel this dealer was & IS at fault here...My attorney claims that if the dealer would have spent the little $24. on a salesperson's license that NONE of this would have happend? I feel the dealer is the Professional, he has been in business for 25 yrs. not me, he knew better. I gave $200. per car now why didn't he just advice me to give him the 24 bucks to get a salesperson license?? RIGHT? Okay I now find out anyone can file a claim against a dealers bond? I feel Professional Liability & Neglience on the dealers part? Posed by error & omission. *His error for not sending in 24 bucks for a license for me* Does anyone out there know of any advice for me? Compensatory Damages are financial loses that you have suffered as a direct result of this (defendent)dealers actions. I am financially straped. It has been a yr. almost since this whole mess has started & I still havent been able to open my business. My attorney says just pay the fine & be done with it, but I feel this dealer is at fault for my hardship now. Remember now the police is still holding 4 autos of mine thats 40k I NEED for working capital...I am struggling everyday, my wife as well as myself have slowly been going into depression from all of this...I take sole responsiblity for being ignorant to the law, but I swear I didn't know I was doing anything wrong? Should I file a claim against his bond as well as go to court & ask for compensatory damages or punitive damages? AND If so how do I go about doing this? Thanks so much?