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> Last Wednesday a young man agreed to sell me his '63 notchback for > $1250 because he had a desperate need for quick cash. We shook hands > and spit on the sidewalk (which makes a deal legally binding here) and > agreed to meet the next day (Thursday) to complete the transaction. > > Thursday...he never showed up. Friday, ditto. Then on Saturday he called > from Salt Lake City, where he had driven the notch and had sold it for > (he claims) $7500! What a liar! This reminds me of the time when I traded my 1967 Squareback for a 1956 Bug. The guy came over to my house because I didn't want to go to Richmond, CA at night (bad area at night) and we made the deal. He forgot the pink slip so we just signed a Bill of Sale. He drove my Squareback home and I agreed to go the next day to pick up the pink slip. The next day, he decided he had changed his mind - my primered Squareback wasn't worth the same as his second-owner, cherry ragtop '56 Bug... (No kidding!) He said he wanted to trade back - I said No, obviously. I left. That night, he called me and threatened to call the police if I didn't trade back plus I didn't have the pink slip so I didn't own the car. I literally laughed and told him to go ahead and call the police. And as for the pink slip, I didn't need it, I had a bill of sale with his signature. He got really frustrated and said he wanted to talk to my dad (I was 18 at the time). I went and got my dad to which he tried to use the same argument - police, etc. My dad found this very entertaining as well and guy gave up. Needless to say, I simply went to the Motor Vehicles department, told them I lost the pink slip and the car was mine! I sold it later for almost twice what my Square was worth. On a side note, the guy, who was approx. 40 years old, claimed he was a doctor in San Francisco but he was clearly a moron, could not spell simple words right on the bill of sale, plus he had a Notch in his garage that he had cut the roof off and made a roof out of wire mesh! I wish I had a picture of that roof - it was one of the most heinous acts of Notch destruction I have ever seen. (And I've seen a few...) Regards, Everett Barnes ebus@ebus.simplenet.com 1955 Kombi / 1965 Squareback S Bus site: http://ebus.simplenet.com/Volkswagen