I'm 18 years old and I was trying to buy a car from someone a few towns over and when making the deal with the guy I told him I could give him half the money now and in a few weeks time could pay him the rest of the money. And he assured me that I shouldn't worry about paying him back right away and to take my time and that it wouldn't be a problem, I was hesitant to put the deposit down but he told me that if anything went wrong with the car within a reasonable amount of time that he would either fix it himself or pay for the repairs. So I put down $1000 dollars out of $2000 and got a receipt for my payment towards the car that we both signed on each other's copys. Then 2 weeks past and I tried contacting him and he would not answer his phone and repeatedly called and texted him over the next 2 weeks. Once a month had passed since I gave him the deposit he said come pick up the car by Friday or the deal is off. So I went down there with the money and started filling out the title and then he wanted me to sign am "as is" agreement which I know is how alot of cars are sold in private sales but I thought it went against what he told me when I have him my first deposit so I wouldn't sign it and the guy blew up in my face and started yelling then he kicked me off his property and wouldn't give me my deposit back when I asked. What are my chances in small claims court? To me he changed the deal when I went to purchase the car but I don't know how it looks regarding the law
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Yes, he changed the deal. No, he shouldn't have agreed to a warranty of sorts, then changed it to "as is".
Yes, you APPEAR to have a good small claims case.
The fly in your legal soup is nothing is in writing, EXCEPT a receipt for $1,000.
You're saying one thing. I bet if you sue him, his story will be the opposite of yours.
He'll say, he never offered you a warranty.
He was being transparent by getting you to agree in writing to "as is".
It's a piece of junk, $2,000 car, that's probably not worth $1,000 anyway.
Sue if you must, you might get lucky and he'll back up your story.
Going forward, if anyone needs a deposit, one dollar is just as effective as $1,000. Except, if you change your mind with a dollar deposit, you'll do it easier. If you hand out $1,000, you'll not be so quick to change your mind. The $1,000 keeps you, the FISH, hanging on the line.
In the future, get EVERYTHNG in writing before you hand over the G. In fact, don't hand over a G. Do hand over one US DOLLAR, ONLY!!!
If the other party refuses to reduce it to writing, don't hand over the cash, just walk as fast as your feet can slide outta the door and off the lot.
Yes, you APPEAR to have a good small claims case.
The fly in your legal soup is nothing is in writing, EXCEPT a receipt for $1,000.
You're saying one thing. I bet if you sue him, his story will be the opposite of yours.
He'll say, he never offered you a warranty.
He was being transparent by getting you to agree in writing to "as is".
It's a piece of junk, $2,000 car, that's probably not worth $1,000 anyway.
Sue if you must, you might get lucky and he'll back up your story.
Going forward, if anyone needs a deposit, one dollar is just as effective as $1,000. Except, if you change your mind with a dollar deposit, you'll do it easier. If you hand out $1,000, you'll not be so quick to change your mind. The $1,000 keeps you, the FISH, hanging on the line.
In the future, get EVERYTHNG in writing before you hand over the G. In fact, don't hand over a G. Do hand over one US DOLLAR, ONLY!!!
If the other party refuses to reduce it to writing, don't hand over the cash, just walk as fast as your feet can slide outta the door and off the lot.
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