What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Indiana
I owned the classic car for 14 years, several years ago, I parked it in the garage and tore it down almost totally ( parts were in tubs) intending to rebuild/restore it.
I was overwhelmed and over my head and no time to do it, so I placed an ad in a national advertisement stating that it was a project with major rust issues that came with some major replacement parts to fix. it was a numbers matching engine also.
buyer contacted me and we negotiate a price and I send him 100+ photos including engine pad to show numbers matching.
Buyer flys out from 4 states away, rents truck and trailer to tow car home. looks it over for 15 minutes and we conclude transaction and away home he went.
Bill of sale states 'as is with no warrantees' signed in indiana by both of us.
Buyer contacts me days later threatening to sue for fraudulent misrepresentation in his home state as there is evidence of tampering with original engine stamping pad that shows the numbers. the numbers are fine, but the engine pad under the numbers is not the condition that experts in this hobby would pass as 'authentic'
the numbers are correct with the fonts and sizes, but the pad surface is questionable.
I never knew this intracacie (sp?) and I am far from a expert in these things, I just saw that the numbers match. I stated to him that he should have inspected the car in greater detail and that his inspection was cursory.
I immediately offered to take the car back and refund his money. he wanted several thousand from me from the perceived devaluation that a non original engine was to the car.
I could write several pages here, but I had an appraser from several years ago for insurance purposes declare the car an excellent numbers matching car. I have the documents.
the buyer contracted an appraiser to declare that the car was not a numbers matching car.
he states that I enticed him from states away to buy the car and will not expend the money to return the car. He said he relied on the photo of the engine pad to confirm the numbers match, but after gettting the car home, after reviewing the photo again, it was in bad light and he could not see the perceived imperfectoin in the photo
eventually after much haggling I offed to send him a subset of the money he was asking, or I would come get the car at my expense and refund his money. he continues to insist I send him the devalued amount totally.
I purchased the car as numbers matching and I did nothing to the car in my ownership years that would make me think otherwise.
by the way, he is a lawyer and seems well trained to bully and threaten.
what can I do? can he sue me from out of state for a contract made and signed in indiana?
I owned the classic car for 14 years, several years ago, I parked it in the garage and tore it down almost totally ( parts were in tubs) intending to rebuild/restore it.
I was overwhelmed and over my head and no time to do it, so I placed an ad in a national advertisement stating that it was a project with major rust issues that came with some major replacement parts to fix. it was a numbers matching engine also.
buyer contacted me and we negotiate a price and I send him 100+ photos including engine pad to show numbers matching.
Buyer flys out from 4 states away, rents truck and trailer to tow car home. looks it over for 15 minutes and we conclude transaction and away home he went.
Bill of sale states 'as is with no warrantees' signed in indiana by both of us.
Buyer contacts me days later threatening to sue for fraudulent misrepresentation in his home state as there is evidence of tampering with original engine stamping pad that shows the numbers. the numbers are fine, but the engine pad under the numbers is not the condition that experts in this hobby would pass as 'authentic'
the numbers are correct with the fonts and sizes, but the pad surface is questionable.
I never knew this intracacie (sp?) and I am far from a expert in these things, I just saw that the numbers match. I stated to him that he should have inspected the car in greater detail and that his inspection was cursory.
I immediately offered to take the car back and refund his money. he wanted several thousand from me from the perceived devaluation that a non original engine was to the car.
I could write several pages here, but I had an appraser from several years ago for insurance purposes declare the car an excellent numbers matching car. I have the documents.
the buyer contracted an appraiser to declare that the car was not a numbers matching car.
he states that I enticed him from states away to buy the car and will not expend the money to return the car. He said he relied on the photo of the engine pad to confirm the numbers match, but after gettting the car home, after reviewing the photo again, it was in bad light and he could not see the perceived imperfectoin in the photo
eventually after much haggling I offed to send him a subset of the money he was asking, or I would come get the car at my expense and refund his money. he continues to insist I send him the devalued amount totally.
I purchased the car as numbers matching and I did nothing to the car in my ownership years that would make me think otherwise.
by the way, he is a lawyer and seems well trained to bully and threaten.
what can I do? can he sue me from out of state for a contract made and signed in indiana?