Got a weird letter the other day stating my 1997 K2500 Chevy truck has a mechanics lien against it. Weird cause I do all my own wrenching. Weirder, cause I sold the truck this summer.
I call the number on the letter and ask, WTF? I sold this truck. Nice lady says dude you sold it to got himself arrested, truck was towed. Money owed is for towing/storage bill. He must have never went to the BMV with the signed title so when the VIN is run, you show up as the legal owner.
The letter says I have until 12/24 at which time the vehicle is considered abandoned. The lady I talked to said given the age of the truck, they probably wouldn't bother with auctioning it off. Just sell it for scrap.
Sure the truck is old, it was my wood hauler/farm truck, and I'm not attached to it or anything, but it's far too good a truck to just scrap. I didn't keep the contact info from the dude who bought it. I just had it in the front yard with a for sale sign. He showed up with $2500 cash and drove it away.
The lady I talked to said that as I am listed as the legal owner, I could pay fees, drive it away, and just apply for a duplicate title.
This seems, IDK, kinda shady to me. I sold this guy the truck for $2500. Sure he's a dumbarse for driving it around for months without registering it his name, and for getting arrested for who knows what. But if I walk in and pay the fees, around $750, I kinda feel like I'd be stealing it. I'd feel better if I had his number and could tell him, go pick up the truck or I will.
I don't need the truck. My wife says drop it. What says INGO?
I call the number on the letter and ask, WTF? I sold this truck. Nice lady says dude you sold it to got himself arrested, truck was towed. Money owed is for towing/storage bill. He must have never went to the BMV with the signed title so when the VIN is run, you show up as the legal owner.
The letter says I have until 12/24 at which time the vehicle is considered abandoned. The lady I talked to said given the age of the truck, they probably wouldn't bother with auctioning it off. Just sell it for scrap.
Sure the truck is old, it was my wood hauler/farm truck, and I'm not attached to it or anything, but it's far too good a truck to just scrap. I didn't keep the contact info from the dude who bought it. I just had it in the front yard with a for sale sign. He showed up with $2500 cash and drove it away.
The lady I talked to said that as I am listed as the legal owner, I could pay fees, drive it away, and just apply for a duplicate title.
This seems, IDK, kinda shady to me. I sold this guy the truck for $2500. Sure he's a dumbarse for driving it around for months without registering it his name, and for getting arrested for who knows what. But if I walk in and pay the fees, around $750, I kinda feel like I'd be stealing it. I'd feel better if I had his number and could tell him, go pick up the truck or I will.
I don't need the truck. My wife says drop it. What says INGO?