I think I've been ripped off... what can I do about it?

I didn't know I could do that but I'll give it a try. I really wasn't sure how I was going to get to work (I'm pretty sure the bus doesn't go to Lakeway). I'm certainly not going to drive the car with the fake tag. It's been confirmed that it's fake by Jonathan & Pettit.

 

I'm trying to consult with an attorney to figure out what the best way to go about this would be. I could bring all hell down on this place but all I really want is the title or my money back. What I don't want is to get the car impounded by the police. The price of storage during all the legal stuff would probably meet or exceed the actual value of the car.

It's a good car and I would like to keep it. I fell in love with it over the last 3 weeks that I've been driving it. Already had it all check out and had already started fixing little things wrong with it. If I can't keep it I'll try to find another of the same model.

 

Prelude didn't work out.... this is something different.

 

I bought it knowing that it had a salvaged title but he told me it was due to hail damage. I'll shoot you a PM.

 

So far I've reached nothing but dead ends. Today I tried to file for a lost title but they wouldn't let me do that since it's never been in my name. The ladies at the title company suggested that I contact USAA (the current "recorded" owner of the car & my insurance company) and nicely ask if they would be willing to file for a lost title and sign it over to me.

I also asked to get a temp tag and they couldn't do that either because it has a salvaged title.

USAA was very nice so far & I'm currently waiting for a call back from them. They are putting in a call to the auction house here in Austin. Hopefully they will have good news. Quite honestly I expected them to tell me to get lost when I asked them to help.

It sounds like my only other option is to file for a bonded title which I will do if USAA isn't able to help me secure the title.

 

USAA wasn't willing to file for a lost title since they sold the car and signed a bill of sale. However, they did tell me the name of the dealer they sold it to, along with the address and the phone number. It appears to be a person working out of their home rather than an actual dealership.

 

I don't know what the connection is between the person I bought the car from & the person that USAA sold the car to. I guess I'm worried that they will try to say that they didn't sell the car to me and try to take it back. The people at the title company told me that the bill of sale isn't legally binding by its self. A bonded title would cost me more money but it is legally binding. From my understanding, they would have to take me to court to get the car back & I don't think the car is worth that much to them. At the moment I'm trying to investigate the person who bought the car from USAA to see if they are a legit dealer or not.

 

Yes, I have the address and phone number. The address is a house, not a dealership.

I spent the whole day today trying to deal with this. The only birthday gift I wanted was to get this resolved.

 

Yes sir. 31 & stuck at home with no car. I realize things can always be worse but I sure didn't plan on things working out like this. I swear if I didn't have bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.

 

Never said it's "worth this much trouble". It's just that I have no other options. I have no money to buy another car and the guy won't give my money back for this car. The type of car really doesn't matter, but I'm sure you could relate.

BTW, I was going to shoot you a PM but you don't have that feature enabled.

 

Thanks John.

 

Thanks Michael.

 

That's weird. I was able to send you a PM by clicking on your username and then clicking on the link in the pop-up menu. But most people have three tabs in their profile with one of those listed as "contact info". You only have the statistics tab.
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