Opinions??
I guess this is more of a warning to all than anything else,but anyone and everyone is invited and encouraged to chime in with opinions.
Where to begin?
I traded cars with an RJ member,speedy121,around 6 weeks ago,give or take.He brought his car approximately 160 miles to me,to trade.Originally we were to meet halfway,but a situation came up,and I was unable to travel.I told him that I guessed we weren't going to be able to make the deal,and he offered to make the entire trip.
He shows up on a weekend,nothing open to transfer a title.He assures me that he knows a notary,and if I'll just sign the back,he'll get the rest done and the car outta my name first of the week.I've done this in the past with no problems.
We make the trade(his rolling drag Malibu for my driving street Malibu).I noticed a few things that weren't as he had described them on the drag car while he was at my house,but I decided to let it go,unmentioned.He had drove a long way,and it's not like he had the parts that were either missing or had been changed with him and could produce them if I questioned it.Besides,although the car was definately not as described,I still wanted it
The parts in question:There was a verbal agreement over the phone(we had several phone conversations during the course of this deal),that all electronics,with the exception of a 6AL box,would be left with the car(he said the 6AL was borrowed).All electronics were described to me and the car was supposed to have an MSD timing controller on it,but it wasn't there.
Also during the phone conversation,the rear tires were described to me as MT slicks,29x11.5.In the middle of this trade,he decides to change the wheels on the car he's trading me.I told him I was fine with that as long as the tires were the same ones.The rear wheels he took off were Rod Lites and he replaced them with Drag Lites,but when he showed up with the car,the rear tires were MT 28x9.0,and one of them had a cut.If you wanna check ad# 1228797,you'll see that the car listed there has the Rod Lites on it,and it also has the 29x11.5 tires.There's no proof,but it certainly looks like he left the tires I was supposed to get on the wheels he took off the car I got.At any rate,I did not get the tires I was suppose to.
Lastly,this one was a little more than a verbal agreement and bothers me the most.He told me the car had QA1 adjustable shocks all the way around,but when he shows up,the car has some crappy,no name,non-adjustable junk on the rear.He sent me a pic of the rear shocks before we traded showing the QA1s on it!The car he got was EXACTLY as I had represented it to him.I even gave him a 7.5 posi and 4.10 gear when he was leaving that wasn't part of the deal!
As I said earlier,I let every bit of this go unmentioned and made the trade with him.I'm sure you're wondering"why bring it up after the fact?"
I never questioned the missing and changed parts until Tuesday of this week.My curiosity got the best of me,and I called the DMV to be sure that the title to the car I traded him had been transferred.It had not,so I sent him a message saying that I had been more than fair,giving him plenty of time to get this done.I told him that I was going to go to the DMV this coming Friday and if the title still wasn't taken care of,I was gonna junk it.I'm responsible for the car until he does what he promised to do the day after he got it,6 or so weeks ago.
Seeing as how I had to confront him with this issue,I felt it was an opportune time to let him know that he hadn't pulled one over on me by changing the parts on his trade,and I explained that I just let it go,but I did notice.
He replies by saying that he didn't agree to leave the timing controller on the car and that the tires are,in fact,the ones that were supposed to be on the car.As I said,these were verbal agreements only,so I told him to forget them.
The shocks,on the other hand,when I confronted him with them,he says that the car never had QA1s on it,and that he must have sent me a pic of his father in laws Nova by mistake!I have the pic,and it CLEARLY shows QA1 shocks,clearly shows G body suspension,including the adjustable arms that were on the car when I got it,the rearend is unmistakable,even the hole cut in the trunk floor for the fuel cell sump is evident in the pic,and he says it is a pic of a different car!
When I told him I was gonna bring this issue here,to the forum,he says he'll send me a pair of Afco shocks,if it'll "make things right"!
I told him to send me the shocks that were coming to me,and forget the other items.I haven't heard a word from him since,so I took the matter here
The man screwed me from the get go,part of it I let happen,but he out and out lied about having the car transferred when he was supposed to.
I have all messages between him and I,as well as the pic he sent me of the shocks,and I invite him here to dispute what I have said.
Guys,I'm sorry I dragged this out so much,I just wanted to try and not leave any loose ends on my part.
Glen