Bitterness/Rant (kinda long)

[sad_rocc at yahoo.com (Dan Smith)]

It is in writing, through vortex and emails.
 
Dan

Rich Deede <richdeede@scirocco20v.com> wrote:
"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 
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 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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