Sold a bus and then the buyer leaves it on the road. Now what?

**Indiana_Jones** · 20th September 2011, 21:37

Silly knob should of taken your reasonable offer in the first place. His money is long gone now.....

-Indy

**gatch** · 21st September 2011, 00:33

Have the mods delete this thread. Fill the bus with fertilizer and diesel, then roll it off a cliff. Kill the guy and eat his remains.

Now you have nearly $4k to spend on hookers and blow.

**Paul in NZ** · 21st September 2011, 07:49

Originally Posted by gatch

Have the mods delete this thread. Fill the bus with fertilizer and diesel, then roll it off a cliff. Kill the guy and eat his remains.

Now you have nearly $4k to spend on hookers and blow.

You seen the price of fertilizer and diesel mate?

You might have enough left for a big mac and a stick book. Hardly worth it

**Conquiztador** · 21st September 2011, 21:33

He has just threatened to go to the newspapers... Good plan, will show that I am not interested in be ripped off. He tells that he will tell them his story if he does not get $8K... Has he just added blackmail to the list??

**SS90** · 21st September 2011, 21:48

Originally Posted by Conquiztador

He has just threatened to go to the newspapers... Good plan, will show that I am not interested in be ripped off. He tells that he will tell them his story if he does not get $8K... Has he just added blackmail to the list??

Haha, comedy gold.

Just suggest that he should take you to the disoutes tribunal, it is seen as a reasonable thing to do by many people.

If he feels he has a case, then he should be OK with it.

Never give in to a bully!

**JMemonic** · 21st September 2011, 22:08

Screw it forget disputes, lay a charge of blackmail with the Police, and bill the prick for the tow and storage of his property.

**pzkpfw** · 22nd September 2011, 07:12

Originally Posted by JMemonic

Screw it forget disputes, lay a charge of blackmail with the Police, and bill the prick for the tow and storage of his property.

+1

Then send him the evidence. Even if the cops don't take it seriously, he'll be seeing that you are taking it seriously, and won't be bullied.

(Ask him if his lawyer suggested the blackmail, or if he made it up himself when his lawyer told him he had no case.)

**Bender** · 22nd September 2011, 08:00

I think the upper limit of the disputes tribunal is 7K, so if he's asking for 8, he just priced himself into the High Court.

The other thing is not to dispute any payment to him. Ignore it. If there is no dispute, as in a letter telling him to bugger off, the disputes tribunal can't hear the case.

I'd just totally ignore him other than to tell him his property is there for him to pick up. That makes it incredibly hard for him to do anything at all because what he is now trying to do is make it personal.

Then do the disposal thing - I think you have to send him a letter, and put a public notice in the paper saying the property, if not picked up by a certain date, will be sold to defray expenses.

**Edbear** · 22nd September 2011, 08:01

Originally Posted by ducatilover

Receipt of sale = it is legally his.
His problem.
He can refund you for towing it, it's fair, you towed HIS vehicle.
You should charge him for your time.
You should charge him for storage.
You should charge him for a possibly angry wife who won't put out.

That is all.

Millionnaires can't afford that!

Originally Posted by Dadpole

The way I see it is option 1 should be an offer to refund his money less the towing fee and the cost of any repairs to the engine and clutch if he stuffed them.

Yup!

Originally Posted by Conquiztador

He has just threatened to go to the newspapers... Good plan, will show that I am not interested in be ripped off. He tells that he will tell them his story if he does not get $8K... Has he just added blackmail to the list??

Originally Posted by JMemonic

Screw it forget disputes, lay a charge of blackmail with the Police, and bill the prick for the tow and storage of his property.

Yup!