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happycrappy

happycrappy

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Looking for advice. Long story short, I sold an older truck to a leasing company, with a bill of sale that indicated safety, e- test, no warranty written or implied. A month later, the leasing company calls to say the engine is toast, and unless I buy it back, they have " many ways of resolving it". I told him to pound salt; even the quote he gave me for the repair is outrageous, but it's irrelevant anyway. To my knowledge, a buyer beware clause has legs here. I have a call into OMVIC as we speak, and I will also notify the police about his ambiguous method of resolution ( it was very clear by his tone that it was a threat). Anything else I can do to deal with this guy? I'm anticipating a lawsuit to be filed by him very soon
 
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No. At the beginning of the converstation, he approached it like I was ( no idea why) but it was a company owned and operated truck ( which he knew). I have several trucks, and was simply selling one I no longer needed
 
I don't think you have anything to worry about.
If you knowingly sold the truck with a bad motor, the problem would appear a lot sooner.
There are a lot of reasons why an engine can go, low/no oil, driven while overheating, etc...
Even if it goes to small claims court, you should be fine.

Find out how many KM's they put on the truck between the time of purchase and the time of engine failure.
If it's a commercial truck, chances are they put a decent amount of KM's on it.
And if the truck was sold with a pre-existing issue, there is no way they could have driven 1000,2000,3000 KM's etc.
 
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Whatever happens next keep all records of conversations with dates and times, consider recording the calls too.
 
Mina said:
I don't think you have anything to worry about.
If you knowingly sold the truck with a bad motor, the problem would appear a lot sooner.
There are a lot of reasons why an engine can go, low/no oil, driven while overheating, etc...
Even if it goes to small claims court, you should be fine.

Find out how many KM's they put on the truck between the time of purchase and the time of engine failure.
If it's a commercial truck, chances are they put a decent amount of KM's on it.
And if the truck was sold with a pre-existing issue, there is no way they could have driven 1000,2000,3000 KM's etc.
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all irrelevant. buyer is sol.
 
Yeah, it's sad because I am not aware of any pre- existing issues at all. I was working the truck right up to the sale, have maintenance records since new, and I NEVER pull burns on people. He says they hardly put any miles on it ( easy to disable on these trucks ) but it has still been a month. Ether way, all a driver would have to do is run it overspeed, overheat, low oil, whatever. You could kill a new motor through abuse. The really annoying part is I sold the truck for 19 grand, and he has come up with a 35000$ repair bill. You can rebuild it for 10.
 
maybe trying to pull a fast one on you and make some $$?

people are scum.
 
how do you sleep at night Op???...lol....JOKE.... buyer is sol and you have zero worries..
 
Its the buyers responsibility to mitigate damages, by having the vehicle properly inspected before purchase by a qualified technician. Especially if its a comercial vehicle...

Having done this they could have avoided this scenario as the vehicle had no warranty. I'm no expert but thats what stance I would take on this.
 
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Yeah, it's sad because I am not aware of any pre- existing issues at all. I was working the truck right up to the sale, have maintenance records since new, and I NEVER pull burns on people. He says they hardly put any miles on it ( easy to disable on these trucks ) but it has still been a month. Ether way, all a driver would have to do is run it overspeed, overheat, low oil, whatever. You could kill a new motor through abuse. The really annoying part is I sold the truck for 19 grand, and he has come up with a 35000$ repair bill. You can rebuild it for 10.
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I would not worry about it you dont have any responsiblity. It could have been somthing that was going to blow on a simple failure that was just waiting or somthing they did. But I realy dont think you have to worry.
 
Since when was the seller responsible for anything that happens after the sale is made? The buyer is FULLY responsible once the sale is made and papers are signed. Some people can be so stupid! Good luck! You'll be fine.. worst case scenario he will just waste some of your time.
 
To my knowledge you can only report a dealer/used car dealer as a curb sider.
Yes he can make your life difficult taking you to small claims court and personally suing you. But that's about it, OMVIC deals more with dealers and has nothing to do with private sales.
Salesman pay into OMVIC for there licenses and they make sure that they abide by the salesman code of conduct.
I would say besides a personal law suit you can tell him to go knit a sweater.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
Keep in mind that he could try to make life difficult for you, by reporting you as a 'curbsider.'

http://buywithconfidence.omvic.on.ca/consumer-protection/curbsiders
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I'd be curious how that could be inferred; I have absolutely no connection to multiple sales, dealership type business, frequent inventory changes, or anything else. I owned this particular truck for 2 years, and worked it as a commercial vehicle. Anyway, I spoke with OMVIC and gave them all the relevant information. Needless to say, they were none too impressed with his tactics.
 
happycrappy said:
I'd be curious how that could be inferred; I have absolutely no connection to multiple sales, dealership type business, frequent inventory changes, or anything else. I owned this particular truck for 2 years, and worked it as a commercial vehicle. Anyway, I spoke with OMVIC and gave them all the relevant information. Needless to say, they were none too impressed with his tactics.
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I didn't say that you did, but someone who wanted to make your life difficult could try to raise some doubt about it. The fact that you went to OMVIC first should help mitigate against that possibility.
 
happycrappy said:
Looking for advice. Long story short, I sold an older truck to a leasing company, with a bill of sale that indicated safety, e- test, no warranty written or implied. A month later, the leasing company calls to say the engine is toast, and unless I buy it back, they have " many ways of resolving it". I told him to pound salt; even the quote he gave me for the repair is outrageous, but it's irrelevant anyway. To my knowledge, a buyer beware clause has legs here. I have a call into OMVIC as we speak, and I will also notify the police about his ambiguous method of resolution ( it was very clear by his tone that it was a threat). Anything else I can do to deal with this guy? I'm anticipating a lawsuit to be filed by him very soon
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you have nothing to worry about and you handled this perfectly
 
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