Brandilla
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2016
We had a similar instance with a car several years ago so I get it. It's a really crappy feeling when you find out you've been lied to. I learned my lesson the hard way and no longer trust anyone when I sell/give things away.
We had a car for sale in our yard for $1,200 which was slightly under KBB value, and fair. We had a man stop the first day and kept trying to barter with us. He'd give us $500 plus a nice grill, or whatever other things he could think of. I kept saying no, but he was persistent and kept coming back, "finding" a little more money at home. He had given us this sob story about his sister who was a single mom to 3 kids and needed a vehicle to get to work, and he was trying to buy the car for her. Finally we gave in and sold it to him for $1,000.
2 days later we found it parked by the road of a local grocery store, a mile away, he had spray painted a couple of blemishes and listed it for sale for $2300! Which was way over fair price anyway. But my hubby was so angry, he took the guys number off the window of the car and signed him up for ALL kinds of robo call stuff... It may have been petty, but it made him feel better about it!
Also, I disagree with people who are saying she probably needed the money anyway, like it's a way to justify it. Imo, It's no better than stealing when you are lying to get things for free and then turning around and selling them.
We had a car for sale in our yard for $1,200 which was slightly under KBB value, and fair. We had a man stop the first day and kept trying to barter with us. He'd give us $500 plus a nice grill, or whatever other things he could think of. I kept saying no, but he was persistent and kept coming back, "finding" a little more money at home. He had given us this sob story about his sister who was a single mom to 3 kids and needed a vehicle to get to work, and he was trying to buy the car for her. Finally we gave in and sold it to him for $1,000.
2 days later we found it parked by the road of a local grocery store, a mile away, he had spray painted a couple of blemishes and listed it for sale for $2300! Which was way over fair price anyway. But my hubby was so angry, he took the guys number off the window of the car and signed him up for ALL kinds of robo call stuff... It may have been petty, but it made him feel better about it!
Also, I disagree with people who are saying she probably needed the money anyway, like it's a way to justify it. Imo, It's no better than stealing when you are lying to get things for free and then turning around and selling them.