Protocol on deposit for car purchase?

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by Crowbob

Give him the money back. Sell the gd car and move on.

Or just sell the car and move on.

Or send him $500 and a dildo with a letter stating if you want the rest you can go ... yourself.

[javadog]

Originally Posted by dad911

JR, I disagree. All he as to do is dispute with Paypal, and they will reverse charge. If you send it in another manner, Paypal will not know it was returned.

I believe you can include comment with paypal transaction.

You entirely missed my point. What I suggested is the only way to prevent him from doing what you suggest. He can't dispute a transaction that has been refunded to him.

You log on. Select his payment, then hit the refund button.

JR

[dad911]

Originally Posted by javadog

You entirely missed my point. What I suggested is the only way to prevent him from doing what you suggest. He can't dispute a transaction that has been refunded to him.

You log on. Select his payment, then hit the refund button.

JR

I took your post as not to send it through paypal. "Do not send him a Paypal payment..........."

We agree.......

[javadog]

Yeah, maybe my statement was not entirely clear.

PayPal, yes. New transaction, no.

JR

[vash]

is hanging on to it until you finally do sell the car for your asking a possibility?

i would probably give it back, but i do understand you probably fended off some real buyers while holding onto the deposit..

[Robert Adams]

Been buying and selling cars, for many years not as a profession, more as a result of having a hobby cars selling them and then replacing them. Over 40 years it's become a very long list. I decided way back taking a deposit was a waste of my time. Either one person buys it or another. I subscribe to "stomachmonkey's" earlier post & stated the position well, so I won't repeat it.
I say give the deposit back. The sooner you get this guy behind you the better! Put your energy into selling the car, not the idiot buyer. Don't lose sight of your goal....this idiot is just more noise at the end of the day. Learn to just shut it down before it drives you nuts.
Good luck with the sale; there's another buyer waiting, go find them.

[Dan J]

I'd refund him the money after I sold the car. Make him squirm a bit

[Crowbob]

Originally Posted by Dan J

I'd refund him the money after I sold the car. Make him squirm a bit

I don't know you, but you are a bad man.

I like it.

[87maniac]

OK, I am colorblind. Seriously colorblind.
I put a deposit on what looked like a 'grey' Carrera on CL,
then after traveling a fair distance to view the car, I put a $500 deposit
down on the 'grey' Pcar until my mechanic could do a PPI.

- next day my mechanic told me it was Granite Green w/ greygreen interior.

The seller told me he was offered more than our agreed price by several callers,
but he would honor our deal. Truly a gentleman. Turns out it was an exceptional Pcar.

I fully expected to lose the $500 deposit if I backed out of our deal. That's what a deposit IS.
Being an colorblind Art Director, I realize that computer display colors vary ALOT.
Good news, I LOVE the color even though I only see 5% of the green.

Keep the $1000, or $500 if you feel sorry for the scmuck.
(I like the idea of asking him to drive to you to pick up the deposit.)

Bottom line, it was described as GREY in the description, it is grey, and
everyone KNOWS that colors on internet photos are not accurate.
Everyone knows that 'grey' covers a wide range of shades in auto paint.


You lost alot of time and potential sales to others due to this wavering Puzzy,
you could have sold at a higher price, but potential buyers have moved on...
It's his mistake, not yours.

Loser will learn, but only if you don't give him a 'participation trophy' aka refund deposit.

EDIT: ha ha, your last line in the CL ad nails it: No excuses.

[Gogar]

Make him squirm but give most of it back after you've found another buyer.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Jesus Christ just give the guy back his deposit and put your energy into positive endeavors. You travel light, don't take on his baggage. Don't give it another thought.

[pwd72s]

C'mon, is a measly grand all that important to you?

[Don Plumley]

Nice car for 16.9K. Sorry this guy is a dick. Send him back the money via PayPal and move on. The less you deal with jerks, the better 2017 will be.

[MAS956]

Originally Posted by shaun @ tru6

jesus christ just give the guy back his deposit and put your energy into positive endeavors. You travel light, don't take on his baggage. Don't give it another thought.

werd!

[speeder]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

C'mon, is a measly grand all that important to you?

You could say the same thing to the ass hole who just wasted all his time and prevented him from selling his car to someone else for a week. "Forget about the grand, ass hole."

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by speeder

You could say the same thing to the ass hole who just wasted all his time and prevented him from selling his car to someone else for a week. "Forget about the grand, ass hole."

Yes, yes I could...I'd give the grand back and move on. But then, I may not place as much importance on money as some here seem to.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

....I may not place as much importance on money as some here seem to.

It's not about the money.

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

It's not about the money.

What he said.
It gets unbelievably old getting hit of the head time and again by the realization that giving your word means nothing but add to that the fact that putting down a deposit to hold something so someone else doesn't buy it means nothing at all and it just becomes too much.

[pwd72s]

I get the feeling that the color thing is just an excuse...the unheard from wife is probably the major factor in this. So, I feel for the deposit guy...but he has to live with her, right?

Nothing really lost but time...move on, give the money back, sell the car...why suffer any more hassles?

[greglepore]

Originally Posted by Gogar

Make him squirm but give most of it back after you've found another buyer.

Best answer in the thread.

So what did you do?