So the back story is that I had my engine go bad on my van, it was taken to someone other than the person I usually dealt with when I had car trouble. The guy sabotaged it, He drained the transmission fluid and then when it was checked by a relative I went out and bought transmission fluid but he didn't put it in there, letting me think he had, in short the transmission went out AGAIN! I had recently had it replaced. So now I need an engine and a transmission. Needless to say I was pissed, so I took it to the guy who I usually use. The whole time we'd been doing business he'd tell me how many people wanted to buy the van, so when I took it to him this last time and didn't have the money to get it fixed, I asked him if people had still been asking about buying it and told him that he could sell it provided he found me a car. That was well over a year ago.
In this time I got accapted to the school of my choice and the whole time I had been calling him checking to see if he'd found me a car yet. This went into overdrive once I found out I would be leaving in January. I called him so often I got tired of the sound of my own voice. In the end he never found anything which meant I didn't have any transportation back here from school, so I signed the title over to him in case he did find a buyer and I wasn't able to make it the 200 plus miles home to sign it over.
I made several trips home and on each trip I'd call him and he'd give me some bs about how he had a car and he was just waiting for a part to come in. Always call me back Monday(Tues. etc) And when I'd call it still hadn't come in.
So naturally when I came home on summer break and had a job it became more important for me to have transportation. Finally, he offers to give me - the van back=provided I pay him the cost of repairs. It's been over a year and in that time someone ELSE has been driving the damned thing. He would've had his money had he stuck to the plan and now I'm supposed to pay him because he didn't? So I got angry, decided to take his sorry ass to small claims court but a piece of advice led me to call him and make him an offer.
My proposal was simple pay me $500 and he could do a rain dance around it after setting it on fire for all I cared. I had found a car that didn't cost much more than that. He agreed, said he'd get the money to me this week- I was supposed to go get the car TODAY! I called him Tuesday he said to call him the next day so I did and he gives me some bs about waiting for some ARMY guy to pay him for a job who should've been coming in that afternoon- call him in the morning. I work 9-5 so I told him that my mother would be picking up the money to make sure it got in the bank before 5:30 when they closed. I wasn't able to get on the phone until after lunch so I called my Mom and gave her his number for her to call him. He told her he was waiting on some lady to bring him the money and he'd call her when she did. And he promptly stopped answering the phone. I left several messages and he doesn't call back, I even tried calling early this morning- no dice.
All this has done is piss me off to no end and I'm really out of ideas. I've sent emails to two of the news stations and I'm considering sending a few to the paper. At this point I'm ready to make a sign and stand out at his place of business, talking to everyone who comes in about how he ripped me off. I wish it was legal to torture him until he gave me what I'm owed. Anyone out there who has any ideas I'm all ears(er eyes... you know what I mean.)
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