How do I go about getting my money back.

[Dianabol Skull Duster]

Went on offer up found a dude selling cars. He had a whole list of things he was selling looked like nice cars so I thought he was legit or a mechanic etc. fast forward we schedule a meet up test drive the car everything looks good I give him the cash $1800.00 he gives me the title and the keys, I drive off, 30 minutes later the car starts doing some weird shit, the coolant overheats smoke comes out of the hood, it has a hard time picking up speed, transmission issue most likely, the mounts are broken because every time I turn the ac on in drive the car shakes, and it turned off on me as I was turning into a shopping center.

I contact the dude and he is playing dumb, I ask him if he can buy the car back he tells me it is odd and did not see anything wrong with the car. He tells me to repost it and that it will sell quickly because he claims he had a lot of people asking him about it(he did not). Also he sent me messages pretending as if he accidentally meant to send them to someone else about the car to try and make me urgent about buying it. So I tell him that I am not pawning that piece of junk off on someone else and that I want my money back from him and if he does not believe me we can meet up and he can see what he has sold me for himself. He asked me to take it to a mechanic and see what they say LOL. Man I cant stand this sleeze ball.

Here is my plan, create an offer up page reselling the vehicle as a junk vehicle and listing everything that is wrong with it after I receive word from the mechanic. I will also give readers a details about the seller his offer up username and his page as well as screen shots of the messages he sent me. Because I am not the only one he scammed and he does this regularly, it will crush his business. If he wants the page down he can buy this POS back at the price he sold it.

 

[Ultimatepip]

Give up his info bro, fuck em!!

 

[MisterSuperGod]

If it was advertised "as is" i do believe it's buyer beware and now it's your lemon.

 

[Oldschool]

Went on offer up found a dude selling cars. He had a whole list of things he was selling looked like nice cars so I thought he was legit or a mechanic etc. fast forward we schedule a meet up test drive the car everything looks good I give him the cash $1800.00 he gives me the title and the keys, I drive off, 30 minutes later the car starts doing some weird shit, the coolant overheats smoke comes out of the hood, it has a hard time picking up speed, transmission issue most likely, the mounts are broken because every time I turn the ac on in drive the car shakes, and it turned off on me as I was turning into a shopping center.

I contact the dude and he is playing dumb, I ask him if he can buy the car back he tells me it is odd and did not see anything wrong with the car. He tells me to repost it and that it will sell quickly because he claims he had a lot of people asking him about it(he did not). Also he sent me messages pretending as if he accidentally meant to send them to someone else about the car to try and make me urgent about buying it. So I tell him that I am not pawning that piece of junk off on someone else and that I want my money back from him and if he does not believe me we can meet up and he can see what he has sold me for himself. He asked me to take it to a mechanic and see what they say LOL. Man I cant stand this sleeze ball.

Here is my plan, create an offer up page reselling the vehicle as a junk vehicle and listing everything that is wrong with it after I receive word from the mechanic. I will also give readers a details about the seller his offer up username and his page as well as screen shots of the messages he sent me. Because I am not the only one he scammed and he does this regularly, it will crush his business. If he wants the page down he can buy this POS back at the price he sold it.

What did you expect for 1800 dollars?

 

[Akuj]

If it was advertised "as is" i do believe it's buyer beware and now it's your lemon.

Correct.

 

[Jjay]

As someone who's bought and sold a few cars, there's not much you can do if they aren't a licensed seller. If its bought privately its usually implied, said or unsaid, that its as is. The most you can do is hound and threat but realiztically there isn't anything you can do but try small claims courts where you run the risk of losing the case and that just adds more lawyer and court fees

 

[Gbro]

You bought a cheap car, you didn't take it to a mechanic, and you (obviously) have no idea how to test drive and/or inspect a car. This is on you, ya big dummy!

 

[FR0Z3N_B0MB3RRR]

I would contact Kiwami Japan and ask him to make a kitchen knife from it.. srsly.. that japan guy made a knife using only seawater.. ahaha did with magnesium and calcium after boiling and filtering.. and out of a lot of things like flour.. rice.. chocolate..

 

[ickyrica]

Purchasing a USED car? Here’s what the Lemon Law means for you. | Mass Consumer Affairs Blog

My state has consumer protection rights, the attached link shows how it works. Find what your state has for consumer protection and make a plan.

Advice?

Get him to admit via email or text that he knew about the issues. You will have a leg to stand on if he does. If he doesn't you will most likely end up with nothing. Another option is to prop it up so it'll run for a mile or two and simply crash it. It's a cheap car so it'll be totaled. What's the kbb vs your 1800$ payment?

 

[flenser]

If it had turned out to be a good deal, you might walk into your next large purchase like, say, a house, just as unaware. I would count it as an important lesson learned, and call it money well spent.

 

[bigpoppachump2]

You bought a cheap car, you didn't take it to a mechanic, and you (obviously) have no idea how to test drive and/or inspect a car. This is on you, ya big dummy!

I'd hate to agree with a post like this but its true. Private sale guarantees you a taillight warranty. When buying a used car especially a cheap used car sizing up the seller is as important as the test drive. I buy used cheap cars all the time and have had great success with them because the seller is more important to me than the car itself. I prefer to purchase off of older people and those who are willing to sell the car from their house. I avoid people with multiple listings of multiple cars, and I prefer to deal with someone who has working hours and only responds from a certain time on to a certain time in the evening when they dont want to be bothered. If the persons only game is selling cars on the side I avoid him like the plague since there are too many hustlers out there flipping bad cars.

 

[Dianabol Skull Duster]

What did you expect for 1800 dollars?

I was at least expecting the dude to be honest about it because had I known all the things that was wrong with it I would not have paid for it. It is not a super nice car it was a Pontiac Montana mini van 140,000 miles 2003. I was at least expecting it to run. When I was a kid I got a dodge stratus for $1700 that had a few things that needed to be fixed but it ran great there were no transmission issues, no problems with the car overheating no engine issues and only had 80,000 miles.

The car this dude sold me was a junk car and I see those on offer up all the time but people are usually selling them for $900 and below and usually say things like “great project truck” etc. Not saying the dude had to drop his price I am just upset that he was dishonest and took damn near 2 grand knowing he sold me a toaster.

 

[Dianabol Skull Duster]

If it was advertised "as is" i do believe it's buyer beware and now it's your lemon.

Nah Got it off offer up unfortunately there are some legit deal up here but this dude ruined it for me I am just going to a dealership next time and see if I can get a used car with a warranty, never using offer up again.

 

[Dianabol Skull Duster]

As someone who's bought and sold a few cars, there's not much you can do if they aren't a licensed seller. If its bought privately its usually implied, said or unsaid, that its as is. The most you can do is hound and threat but realiztically there isn't anything you can do but try small claims courts where you run the risk of losing the case and that just adds more lawyer and court fees

Nah I am not going to threaten the dude I was still pretty respectful despite his dis honesty after messaging him trying to get a refund. I am probably going to put an add up about this dude or something, warning people in my area that he is not honest about everything he sells and that if he wont allow people to get his cars inspected that they should not buy it from him. This dude would only let me go about half a mile down the road, and tried to get me to go back told him I wanted to get a feel for the car, he probably did that because he knew them temperature gauge would go up and the coolant heat light would come on.

 

[Dianabol Skull Duster]

You bought a cheap car, you didn't take it to a mechanic, and you (obviously) have no idea how to test drive and/or inspect a car. This is on you, ya big dummy!

Nah I wanted to make the test drive longer we met at a gas station and he tried to make it as quick as possible, I went longer anyway but that was not enough time for the problems to start.

 

[Dianabol Skull Duster]

I would contact Kiwami Japan and ask him to make a kitchen knife from it.. srsly.. that japan guy made a knife using only seawater.. ahaha did with magnesium and calcium after boiling and filtering.. and out of a lot of things like flour.. rice.. chocolate..

Lol man at first I was fantasizing doing something like this not that I ever would but I just figured I will ruin his scam business. And make him have to take his list of vehicles down. I wish I had a picture of him because the picture he has on his account is not even him.

 

[Dianabol Skull Duster]

Purchasing a USED car? Here’s what the Lemon Law means for you. | Mass Consumer Affairs Blog

My state has consumer protection rights, the attached link shows how it works. Find what your state has for consumer protection and make a plan.

Advice?

Get him to admit via email or text that he knew about the issues. You will have a leg to stand on if he does. If he doesn't you will most likely end up with nothing. Another option is to prop it up so it'll run for a mile or two and simply crash it. It's a cheap car so it'll be totaled. What's the kbb vs your 1800$ payment?

Lol Man, I tried to get this dude to tell me the truth he is pretending he did not know anything was wrong I am going to post the screen shots so you can see but this dude told me to take the car to a mechanic and tell him what he says. So I did just to get an official list of things wrong with the car but I am never messaging this douche back again. I brought the car on Saturday could not take it to a mechanic Sunday and had to wait until after Labor Day to hand it over to a mechanic and he should have it looked at by tomarrow. So he wont be able to say the problems are new if my state laws gives me any leeway. Thanks.

 

[Dianabol Skull Duster]

If it had turned out to be a good deal, you might walk into your next large purchase like, say, a house, just as unaware. I would count it as an important lesson learned, and call it money well spent.

That is honestly how I am trying to look at it man, but I still want to warn people about this dude, he has successfully sold a lot of cars, he claims that they are repossessed vehicles that he buys but I think they are flooded and junk vehicles he gets from auctins then sells double or triple what he paid for them.

 

[Dresden]

find out what the lemon laws for your state are....and report him to the DA's office to at least put him on their radar...nothing may come of either, but that's all you can do outside of suing..