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Bitterness/Rant (kinda long)



"If you agreed to buy it for the price he asked and agreed to whatever terms there were (if any), then legally he has to sell it to you. It's a verbal contract. If you reaaaally want the car, talk to a lawyer."

Yeah right...good luck. He doesnt owe you anything unless its in writing. Its not cool what he did, but theres not much you can do. 

-Rich
1988 Scirocco 1.8t



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Dan Smith <sad_rocc@yahoo.com>
Date:  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:31:28 -0800 (PST)

>If you agreed to buy it for the price he asked and agreed to whatever terms there were (if any), then legally he has to sell it to you. It's a verbal contract. If you reaaaally want the car, talk to a lawyer.
> 
>Dan
>
>Jeff Toomasson <jtoomasson@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I know some of you saw that ad on the Vortex for the $1k '81 S that had all the goodies.
>
>I was the first one to respond and basically said I'd buy it. Even offered the guy a deposit.
>
>Just so happened that Mark Hausler was flying down to LA where the owner lived. Get pix from the guy and OMG it looked good. Grey in almost the shade I was looking for, engine combo I was going to do (for now anyway), non-A/C, no sunroof, euro bumps.
>
>I was even able to convince the wife it was a smart buy!
>
>Mark checked it out on Sunday and all was good. Emailed him Monday morning and he replys back: "well, give me a day to make sure this is what I really want to do...blah, blah, blah"
>
>Then I saw the guy post on the Vortex looking for an uncracked mk1 dash. I emailed him saying WTF (in much nicer words tho...)
>
>Now he says "oh I'm going to sell it to my brother..." whatever...b*tch
>
>I guess the guy's got the right to retract the sale, but I'm just pissed. Got all psyched up for nothing...b*tch...
>
>Now I just have to make my mk1 1000 times better than his POS (too bad it'll cost me $4k more), but at least it'll be done MY WAY (cue Sinatra)...b*tch...
>
>I've been debating flaming him on Vortex, but he said there's still a small possibility that his brother is not 100% in...b*tch...
>
>Grrr...........
>
>Thanks for listening - Jeff
>Note: forwarded message attached.
>
>
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