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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Wakaw, Sask, Canada
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Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
I sold my 70 GMC that I have been using faithfully for 2 years. Once I got the brakes and front end fixed up it never gave me any trouble at all. The new owner loads his HD Roadking in the back and sets out on the 88 mile journey back home, and apparently it has broken down. Just got home and saw a note. I feel really bad about this, as I was honest when I said it had given me no trouble. Now the thing is crapped out somewhere. I can't believe the bad luck, for both of us.
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huh ???
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Fredericksburg,Va.
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
You must of pi&&ed the truck off by selling it...
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SUNNY WARM BIKE RIDING COTTONWOOD ARIZONA
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
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Location: Sacramento, CA
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
Murphy's Law #3.....Anything that can go wrong will.
I've been down that road. All you can think is that the guy thinks you're lying through your teeth when you try to assure him that it has never givin you any problems. |
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Happy Camper
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Northern California
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
Was it a serious break down or something quick? Not that it matters... just curious.
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Still drivin' a Rat Rod
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Monett Missouri
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
There is no way to tell the future,these things have a mind of thier own.
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Saving 1 truck at a time!
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kent, WA
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
That is such a bummer for both of you! I just sold a truck that I have had since new in 1989 to a kid how has been begging me to sell it to him for 4 years. I would feel terrible if it broke down on him.
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Location: Wakaw, Sask, Canada
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
I haven't talked to him yet, so I don't know what the problem is. Hopefully nothing too bad.
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Williston, ND
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
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Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ,Canada
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
I know how you feel Heavy D, but if you sold it in good faith you shouldn't feel bad. You sold a 36 year old truck and the new owner should realize that is what it is, a 36 year old truck.. Did he pay your asking price or chisel you down some? I've bought and sold lots of vehicles over the years sleep well at night knowing I sold in good faith. Was that an extra truck or are you getting another?
By the way legally in Saskatchewan the buyer has no recourse to you,, but if lets say the engine blew up and the buyer was pi**ed enough he could take you to small claims court..
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Carl Junction, Missouri
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
the guy i bought my truck from said there shouldn't be a problem driving it 300 miles to my house, but that night he spun a rod so we had to tow it home.
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Portland Oregon
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
I dont know about you but when I get a new toy I tend to beat on it a bit because its new to me. He may have just broke it having some fun. You have to remember that when you buy a 40 year old truck that you have to understand that anything could go wrong. A guy that bought a 63 3/4 ton longbed from me wanted me to guarentee that the truck would make it from Portland to Seattle Wa. I didn't, He never called me so he must have made it. But I personally wouldn't ever ask someone to guarentee a 40 year old truck. Sorry to hear about the bad luck though.
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Outlandish Trends - FL
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Orlando
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
Sounds like when I sold my '83 Ski Nautique a few years ago. I brought it out to the guys lakehouse so he could water-test it. Everything worked great, and the boat never gave me a problem. Well, 2 weeks later I get a call from him saying he blew the engine. I was like "I'm really sorry to hear that man, but the darn thing is 20 years old, you can't really be pissed at me". Luckily he wasn't, just wanted to let me know what happened. I felt bad for about 5 minutes though. Good thing he wasn't mad at me, he was one of my customers I dealt with all the time!
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
everything i sell gets a 20 year! million mile warrenty!...not really! more like 30 feet or 30 seconds.what ever comes first! ....never know how the next owner will treat it? good luck..
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Just outside Durham, NC
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
I have bought two vehicles recently that were over 300 miles away from my house. The first was my truck, and the second was my 80 malibu.....neither have perfect engines.....and I wouldn't have held it against the previous owners had something gone wrong, I would have just been kinda screwed with the remaining miles to home.......but those are the chances you take when you buy old vehicles and don't show up with a flatbed trailer in tow. (maybe he blew out the springs......but that is a brilliant way to pick up a truck!)
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: mount airy n.c.
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
i bought a 66 chevy truck 13 days ago at a yard sale about 9am i went back at 3pm to get it and blew a rod out the front corner on the way home but i was a little upset but i feel he is not responsible i bought it. ive since put a motor /brakes/master cylinder just drove it around yesterday seems like its gonna be good truck
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Bel Aire, KS
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
Don't know how the laws are at your place. Around here, they can only hold a dealer liable. For safety's sake, write either as is where is or caveat emptor (buyer beware) on the bill of sale.
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On the college boy budget...
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Athens, Georgia
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Re: Sold truck :) Broke down on new owner :(
I know that road, 30 minutes after I got my truck the thing spun the balancer and pulley off, needed a new crankshaft. I was 16 at the time so my dad handled the situation and I know he wasn't happy with the guy we bought it from but he offered to pay our tow bill so that was a little consolation. It was about that time that I realized my parents weren't car people as they really didn't understand that those kinda things happen with 40 year old vehicles, just some bad luck for us.
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