Getting money that is owed.. (small claims?) - Page 2

stabn · #1 07-25-2005, 04:36 PM

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I'm confused here. You sold your car, but the guy wanted a discount because he is giving you a jack? How does this make sense?

As far as chasing the money outstanding, just let it slide bro. Your opportunity cost of chasing down the fifty bucks will greatly exceed the money itself.

Swede

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Car doesn't have jack. Guy wants jack. Guy thinks jack should come with car. Guy decides to take price for jack out of price for car w/o agreement from seller (OP). Guy is an idiot.

jakethebake · #2 07-25-2005, 04:35 PM

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A while back I posted about my car sale and receiving a check for $2,950 but with the wrong written amount ("Two thousand and fifty dollars").

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How did you not notice this?

handsome · #3 07-25-2005, 04:36 PM

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A while back I posted about my car sale and receiving a check for $2,950 but with the wrong written amount ("Two thousand and fifty dollars").

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How did you not notice this?

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My mom took the money because she thought I would get mugged.

chaas4747 · #4 07-25-2005, 04:41 PM

You will spend more than $50 to fight this. Setting fire to the car is a better idea.

DavidC · #5 07-27-2005, 07:12 AM

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You will spend more than $50 to fight this. Setting fire to the car is a better idea.

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No it's not.

I've got a pretty basic philosophy on crime:

You can't get away with murder, but you can get away with lesser stuff.

Arson isn't "lesser stuff": you'll have a team of experts trying to track you down. Not a good idea.

handsome · #6 07-25-2005, 05:36 PM

This sucks.

PLOlover · #7 07-25-2005, 05:47 PM

Small claims court is easy. And when you win he also owes you your filing fees and postage. Since you know where he banks you can just walk into the bank with the judgement and have them pay you right there.

If he bothers to respond, you will have to waste a few hours at court. If he doesn't respond, you win by default.

In any case, it's good practice for your first small court case to be a slam dunk. I'm assuming you have the sale price in writing somewhere, like on the title.

Also don't sweat court and stuff it's 51% proof, so it is just whoever the judge believes.

Really the guy won't even answer your certified mail and you will win by default.

swede123 · #8 07-25-2005, 05:52 PM

The one thing you are missing here is the time spent researching and filing this small claim. Obviously the OP doesn't have much expertize in this area, and unless he's a college bum with nothing better to do the opportunity cost of going through all this would exceed the $50. Or does small claims court also consider personal time spent when figuring out the damages?

Swede

PLOlover · #9 07-26-2005, 06:28 PM

He'll spend probably an hour at home filling out paperwork, an hour or two at court, and travel time.

He'll probably win 75 dollars or so at court, and next time he's near the guys bank he just goes in and gets the money.

But the main thing is is it's fun and he'll be learning how to assert his rights. Also I figure this will become more important in the future. Just look at New York and the subway search thing.

handsome · #10 07-26-2005, 06:47 PM

UPDATE:
I gave the guy a call today, and he's being a dick about the $50. He's now saying I purposely chose not to tell him about the car not including a jack, claiming that I'm changing my story, from "not owning a car jack" to "not knowing about a car jack," which doesn't quite make any sense. I'm having a hard time explaining that the jack was his responsibility, not mine. He doesn't quite understand that he was not allowed to spend MY money and I have a feeling I will do something drastic if he's gonna be a stubborn little donkey.