Here is my situation.

so i had one of my two cars up for sale last month.. and a guy seemed interested in purchasing it. He claims to be in canada somewhere working on a project.. So i emailed him back and fourth for a while and once again, it seemed like he was going to have the money sent to me asap!

SO, i considered the car sold, took it off the market and what do you know.. i dont get any emails back from the guy. I told him to call me, but he REFUSES to call. It drove me insane and so i decided NOT to sell the car and keep it as a daily driver. About two weeks ago, I told him of my decision in multiple emails because i dont have his phone number (he never called) and once again, no email back. Naturally, I thought that he took the hint and went to look for another car. NOW, more than a month later, the guy emails me back and says "the money will be in your mailbox tomorrow."

Obviously, i dont want his money and have no intention of selling my car. What do I do if the certified bank check shows up in my mailbox? I do NOT want to get into any sort of legal battle about me being some sort of scammer. I feel like he is the scammer who is PUSHING me make a bad decision (sell him the car). I feel that if he sends me the check and i simply mail it back to him, he can claim that he never recieved anything back and i took his money. That would put me in a horrible situation. However, if it is infact a certified bank check and I just hold on to it, it leaves him out of luck because the money is held by his bank. I dont know what to do.

PLEASE any help would be awesome. I bet there are a WHOLE bunch of lawyers and bank workers on this forum who are ALOT more knowledgable about this sort of thing than I.

Please let me know. I already sent him an email saying NOT to send the money to me and that i DO NOT want to sell my car.

 

he can't.

even a certified cheque goes through the banking system....they will know if it's been cashed, where, when and by whom. they can also tell if it NEVER gets cashed. i wouldn't worry about it.

in court, he would have to prove that YOU cashed his certified cheque.

i would send it back though - if it ever shows up.

 

If he is sending you money for a car he has never seen, it will be a phony cashiers check. He is running a scam. Tell him to drop dead. You don't even have to return it. Tear it up and throw it away.

 

Thanks Morris. I thought that i could just tear it up.. but if i'd feel terrible if it was actually a normal guy.. i'd really be making his life harder.

I guess what it comes down to, is me being too nice of a guy. I tried to tell him nicely that i didn't want to sell it. Now i'm going to just have to tell him off.

 

Offering for sale is not a contract. You're allowed to keep the car. But don't cash his check! Send it back by registered or insured mail so he can cash it himself and recover his $$.

 

He sounds like an idiot. Cash his check and then vacation in the Bahamas.




J/k