Guy wants to sue me over $200...

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: DaWhim
how old are you? you can't enter a contract if you are a minor.

I thought it was 13 or older

 

[DaWhim]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: DaWhim
how old are you? you can't enter a contract if you are a minor.

I thought it was 13 or older

it is 18 according to the law, iirc.

 

[BarneyFife]

WTF did you bid on a car and then asked your parents to buy it? That is one of the most ridiculous things I've heard.

 

[smack Down]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: smack Down
Sorry but if even if you do sue and win, you are not going to get the court to force the transaction to take place. The court is just going to order that your damages get paid. Your damages will be zero because you still have the car and ebay allows you to relist the car.

Wrong as always. The damages are $200, the cost to re-list the item.

ZV

http://pages.motors.ebay.com/howto/selling/closeD.html Says you can relist it and then when it sales get credit for relisting the item. So I'm not seeing your damages.

 

[Thorny]

HERE is a link to the auction. Looks like he did bid an offer of 10k.

 

[TeamZero]

lol...Stupidity never ceases to amuse.

 

[Cattlegod]

you bid and win, you pay.

Pay up cheap ass.

 

[zixxer]

Originally posted by: Thorny
HERE is a link to the auction. Looks like he did bid an offer of 10k.

You rock.


OP is a moron. You DO owe the guy his relisting fees. Better hope he doesn't have friends in cali..

 

[novasatori]

Originally posted by: Thorny
HERE is a link to the auction. Looks like he did bid an offer of 10k.

sweet now someone needs to mirror this thread so the seller can come see it haha

man op is an idiot for sure
Hey guys I'm gonna bid $10,000 on a car and then tell my parents they have to pay for it!!!
I wonder how that will go over???

 

[imported_sicko]

Originally posted by: novasatori

Originally posted by: Thorny
HERE is a link to the auction. Looks like he did bid an offer of 10k.

sweet now someone needs to mirror this thread so the seller can come see it haha

man op is an idiot for sure
Hey guys I'm gonna bid $10,000 on a car and then tell my parents they have to pay for it!!!
I wonder how that will go over???

sent the seller a message, hope this get him piss off enough to really sue this kid.

 

[yuppiejr]

Wow, $10k for a 15 year old rice burner in burnt orange that's worth $3,200 blue book with a bunch of aftermarket garbage tacked on... Obviously I don't have the love some people do for cars like this, but seriously - $10,000 for that? Only a kid living at home with no job and expects his parents to buy him a car would want to be seen in that pile...

 

[iamwiz82]

The angled exhaust means it's fast, I have heard.

 

[I Saw OJ]

Whats he going to do? Sue you for the money or assets you dont have? Tell him to cram it.

 

[imported_sicko]

Originally posted by: I Saw OJ
Whats he going to do? Sue you for the money or assets you dont have? Tell him to cram it.

Once you get an judgement against the kid, you can technically start charging interest, collection cost and put a lien to his earning once he get a job.

 

[Abhi]

People like the OP make ebay the hellhole it is...

 

[novasatori]

Originally posted by: sicko

Originally posted by: I Saw OJ
Whats he going to do? Sue you for the money or assets you dont have? Tell him to cram it.

Once you get an judgement against the kid, you can technically start charging interest, collection cost and put a lien to his earning once he get a job.

yep I've heard horror stories of people who totalled another persons car through some sort of accident when they're only like 17 or something and wind up getting $17,000 against their future income

I can't imagine what kinda of effect that would have on someone's outlook of the future

 

[huberm]

how old are you?

 

[I Saw OJ]

Originally posted by: novasatori

Originally posted by: sicko

Originally posted by: I Saw OJ
Whats he going to do? Sue you for the money or assets you dont have? Tell him to cram it.

Once you get an judgement against the kid, you can technically start charging interest, collection cost and put a lien to his earning once he get a job.

yep I've heard horror stories of people who totalled another persons car through some sort of accident when they're only like 17 or something and wind up getting $17,000 against their future income

I can't imagine what kinda of effect that would have on someone's outlook of the future

How about the fact that since he is underage is technically isn?t allowed to use eBay in the first place? The costs to mount a case and actively sue the kid would probably go beyond the initial 200 dollars so it wouldn?t be worth the guys time. Unless of course the guy doesn?t really care about the money and just wants to make an example of the kid, then I say, sue away.

 

[novasatori]

Originally posted by: I Saw OJ

Originally posted by: novasatori

Originally posted by: sicko

Originally posted by: I Saw OJ
Whats he going to do? Sue you for the money or assets you dont have? Tell him to cram it.

Once you get an judgement against the kid, you can technically start charging interest, collection cost and put a lien to his earning once he get a job.

yep I've heard horror stories of people who totalled another persons car through some sort of accident when they're only like 17 or something and wind up getting $17,000 against their future income

I can't imagine what kinda of effect that would have on someone's outlook of the future

How about the fact that since he is underage is technically isn?t allowed to use eBay in the first place? The costs to mount a case and actively sue the kid would probably go beyond the initial 200 dollars so it wouldn?t be worth the guys time. Unless of course the guy doesn?t really care about the money and just wants to make an example of the kid, then I say, sue away.

someone earlier in thread said he is 20 years old

sounds like he's old enough for ebay to me
its his own e-bay account and i think he has his own hosting service so...

also i haven't studied internet contract law, but if the seller could file this in his state OP would be SOL since he lives on the other side of the USA I think, and could probably get a default judgment without much $ spent on his part...

depends on where it has to be filed though.

 

[bobsmith1492]

Ya, he just wanted the girl.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: John

Originally posted by: UberNeuman
Bust a deal, face the wheel....

Gulag?

Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome

unless it was used in Gulag also?

 

[edro]

I still think it is hilarious that this kid bid on an auction and THEN asked his parents if they would buy the car for him.

I would have loved to see that! You know his parents were like...
"Umm, sorry Billy, but we will not buy you a 15 year old car for $10k. Please pick out a newer one. Here, how about this nice newer Mercedes E320?"
"But MOM!? That is a grandma car! I want the Fast and Furious China Drift Car, in puke orange!"

Dude... you should know what consequences your actions have. Think about it from the seller's point of view. Even if he gets his $200 listing fee back, he still has to take the time to re-list it and your fake bid has already set him back about a week.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: edro
I still think it is hilarious that this kid bid on an auction and THEN asked his parents if they would buy the car for him.

I would have loved to see that! You know his parents were like...
"Umm, sorry Billy, but we will not buy you a 15 year old car for $10k. Please pick out a newer one. Here, how about this nice newer Mercedes E320?"
"But MOM!? That is a grandma car! I want the Fast and Furious China Drift Car, in puke orange!"

Dude... you should know what consequences your actions have. Think about it from the seller's point of view. Even if he gets his $200 listing fee back, he still has to take the time to re-list it and your fake bid has already set him back about a week.

"And why is there a prostitute laying on the car?"

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: BlameCanada

Originally posted by: Blazin Trav

Originally posted by: BlameCanada
Sue for $200? Either he's rich and wants to be an @$$ or he's very stupid.

I "offered" $10k for a showcar in Atlanta thinking my parents would pay... they didn't and now he's sending me rude ebay messages. Am I liable?

Ahh pretty much, I mean you agreed to it.

Bingo

 

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Realistically, it's not worth his time to sue you for $200. He's just trying to scare you into paying up.

Its a morale thing for the guy I would guess, to teach the OP a lesson in following through. If he goes to court the op will be liable for the $200 and court costs if the op loses, so he will come out with the money and wont cost him a dime in doing so.

If the OP bid on the product and backed out, ignoring him will not make him go away, just more fuel for his fire to follow through. If you bid and won, or BIN and won, doesnt matter, ebay states if you win, or BIN, you are liable for it, and it is a contract between the two parties, which can be help up in a court of law if need be.

OP you fvcked up, just face the facts, suck it up to lesson learned, explain to the parents what happened, what is going on, and either borrow the money from them, find a job, or start selling some possessions to make good on your mistake. This was not the other persons mistake to have to eat it, re-list, and pay for it, its yours, just own up to it like a man.