My ex-boyfriends cousin wanted to by my car he told me he would give me half now and half later . .?

Question

I took half the money. He told me he can not buy the car cuz his dad got him a new car. He asked if I would give him the money, at first i agreed. Then he changed his mind again and said he wants the car BUT will give me the other half in a month. The month passed and he kept delaying. I finally changed my number so he could not contact me! Was I wrong for not giving him a refund? But I think he was wrong for backing out a deal when I could have sold it to sum1 else!

Answer 1

I think this should really be your call, if you feel bad for taking the money, then go ahead and give it back to him and tell him you don't want to talk to him anymore and all that... But if you think you deserve the money for the hassle you went through, then it's yours. Of course he could take you to court over it, but it is your decision to make.

Answer 2

He could take you to court and win..i don't think you want that. It is called breach of contract.You renigged on a oral contract that you already admitted to in writing on yahoo answers with your question. That could be used in court also. Do the right thing and give him the money back..that is called "stealing".
You just can't take money from someone with the promise of selling your car and then changing your phone number..I hope you are not in business because if you are..please don't move to Denver.
1st of all it is not a refund...like you stated..it is a downpayment on a vehicle that you never sold him that you still own.
Obiviously deep down inside you know it is wrong ,otherwise you wouldn't have asked the question. You probably spent the money,so contact him and tell that you will pay him back little by little ,I am sure he will be satisfied with that and you will be able to sleep at night.

Answer 3

I feel that you were wrong for taking the money and not giving it back. Would have like if someone had done to you? I pretty sure you wouldn't. Things happens for a reason, maybe it was right for him not to get the car just cuz maybe he wouldn't have paid you the rest of the money if you did give him the car. Remember Karma is a b**ch

Answer 4

Granted, he gave you the run around, but you should give him back the money. You can still sell the car. And you've learned a valuable lesson about getting your money up front or having a legally binding contract laying out when he has to pay you and what, if any, refund can be expected if he chooses to not purchase it. Live and learn ...

Answer 5

You are wrong. You have the car and can still sell it. He is out the money and has no car (from you).
Yes, he was wrong, but unless there was some sort of written agreement regarding the transaction that allows you to keep the payment, you shouldn't.
I expect that if he took you to small claims court he would win.

Answer 6

oh!!
You should give him his money back.
it's your fault for taking that half-#ss deal in the first place. You would lose in court and you are coming badly. Don't deal with people like that anymore BUT you still need to return the money to end the conflict.

Answer 7

If he took possession of the car and registered it in his name he loses. If you have a written agreement that he would pay you half now and half later He will be responsible for the remaining monies owed to you.

Answer 8

if he doesn't have possesion of the car then you should give him the money back and sell it to someone else. if not he could take you to small claims and get you in trouble then you'll have to pay him back.

Answer 9

I hope that he doesn't take you to small claims court.....I think you were wrong for not giving him his money back.......Remember, whatever we do comes back on us at one time or another.....Take care

Answer 10

Your honesty and integrity is at state; don't blow it and have others mocking you. It's too much of a small world.