fucking ghetto ass bullshit

[MoaningLisa]

a few months ago, a friend from high school invited me to join a facebook page that was pretty much an open market for anything the minorities in my city could sell. mostly caddies on rims, rims, stereo equipment, stolen caddies on rims, stolen rims, stolen...you get the idea.

I've done well for myself buying and selling small shit, and doing mobile mechanic work for people on the page, only got into 2 sketchy situations and I've never been shot at or robbed.

every once in a while a real deal would come up, and I've been trying to flip a car for a while now...today a 2000 Mercury panther chassis came up, 149k miles, d'elegance brougham whatever luxury interior package, clean paint, strong engine/trans...$1200 asking price. I comment and ask if he has a clear title, the dude says he does, and if I come get it today, I can have it for $1000.



I grab my interpreter and drive into the depths of Rundburg (hardcore ghetto) to go look at this turd.

the car was legit, I half expected it to be sideswiped, or burn oil or something, but the car was A1. pics:

Spoiler

VW in the background lol



already had a stereo, blue controller on the tranny tunnel is for the neon

paint was 7/10, interior was 7/10, engine and trans (4.6 modular) drove fine. fair market value on Craigslist would be $2500 to $3000 if I fixed the AC.

I tell the dude I only have $570 on me, and I can get him the full $1000 as soon as the banks open tomorrow, he says he needs it tonight, and I ask if +$200 (max ATM withdrawl) would be okay. at this point I'm getting a $2500-$3000 car for $770.

we go get the money, and go to sign the title over...

and it isn't in his fucking name.

so he calls the previous owner

and its not in his fucking name either.

apparently, Juniata Lopez out of Plano TX sold the car in 2011, and its passed through countless people since, none of which cared to sign the title into their name, they just drove it around with a fake inspection and reg sticker, with Mrs. Juniata's plates on it.

I didn't buy the car. I wanted to make some money, but fucking ghetto ass bullshit had to get in the way

[Arnox]

Yeah, I heard about crap like that. Moral of the story: Always check the title.

[Idiosyncrasy]

In the spirit of sketchiness, couldn't they just forge the signature and a bill of sale? Unless the car was reported as stolen, it seems like that would pass. With the vehicles I bought from a private party, I did check their ID, but the DMV doesn't. Also, I sold my mother-in-law's car for her and just got her signature ahead of time with no issues.

A title in hand is almost just as good as ownership. That's why you never keep the title in the car, because then you're screwed if the car goes missing or doesn't come back to you.

[MoaningLisa]

Hahaha he dude texted me today asking if I would do $500

In Texas you have 10 days to sign the title over, or you get a penalty per day...the last date on the title was in 2011, so applying for a lost title would probably be cheaper.

Also I don't have the hand for forgery, so I'd have to find someone that did...if I forge it and it turns out it was stolen from Mrs. Juniata, and she left the title in it, I get fucked.

I'll wait for a clean car to come up rather than chancing it with this one.

[Proots]

That's a bummer and it's unfortunate that you ended up with wasted time. However, the important thing is that you kept your money, the deal was no good and you can at least walk away clean and whole. That's all that's important when it comes to any sort of business transaction.

[Soso0]

Damn he went from 1200 down to 500? Sounds sketchy as fuck. I'd like to find a group in my area where I can sell/buy