We posted E’s Jeep on craigslist, and immediately got a few emails. I brought the Jeep to work last week to show it to someone, as I don’t want people coming to the house.
The first guy liked the Jeep, argued with E that the Yakima bike rack (retail $700) comes with said Jeep, and E told him it wasn’t for sale. He gave me a deposit of $3400, I gave him a signed piece of paper saying I had received a deposit and that the sale would be completed with an additional X amount of dollars.
When E told him the deal was for no bike rack, he flipped. We met to give his deposit back. He told me he doesn’t want his money, he’s talking to a lawyer. Apparently to him, the receipt of deposit is now a sale contract, and in his mind he’s 90% owner of the vehicle. We told him to get fucked, his lawyer told him to get fucked, and I returned his $3400 to the lawyer in exchange for a receipt relieving me of any obligation.
Our final email to him ended with “You have no contract, no title, no part ownership, no completed sale, and after your legal threats and the annoyance you have caused me and my husband, you certainly no longer have an opportunity to do business with us.”
The second guy didn’t like the Jeep, threw $50 gas money at us since we had driven to Plano to meet him, and texted E “trash” at 6am the next morning, followed by “Sorry that was meant for my ex”.
Needless to say, we sold the Jeep yesterday to someone level-headed and well-adjusted, and it was a struggle free sale. I still, however, hate craigslist.