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I once bought a large antique early 1800's flatback cupboard.
I had to go back and get my truck to haul it home.
When I returned to the shop, I could not locate the piece. I thought it was on their loading dock.
I found the owners. When I asked where the cupboard was, their response was "what can I say. Someone came in and offered more money"
To make a long story short, through small claims court I was able to not only recover the piece from the person who bought it out from under me, the sellers were ordered to pay back the other person's money (he had offered a big whopping $100 more than I paid and I knew the jerk), surrender the piece to me, refund the money to that other buyer, and fined the total amount I had originally paid as a fine for their breech of contract and that fine was restitution to be awarded to me. The cupboard went home with me along with my money. The asswipes that did this to me lost several thousand dollars in fines, restitution, court costs as well as the merchandise. All of this was done at the local jurisdiction small claims court. Plus, the dealers were asked to leave the antiques co-op they were part of after numerous people had heard about what they had done. The owners of the coop did not want to be represented by people who would do this to their clientele.
Was that anything different from this domain sale? No. Regardless of where the person is located, you can file an action in your locale with small claims court (most take amounts in dispute up to $5000.00). A court ruling is a court ruling is a court ruling and the findings and awards may be in your favor. Yes, even if the sale goes through, if you have all the documentation representing what you are claiming, the sale may be reversed.
Sometimes you just have to pick your battles.
I had to go back and get my truck to haul it home.
When I returned to the shop, I could not locate the piece. I thought it was on their loading dock.
I found the owners. When I asked where the cupboard was, their response was "what can I say. Someone came in and offered more money"
To make a long story short, through small claims court I was able to not only recover the piece from the person who bought it out from under me, the sellers were ordered to pay back the other person's money (he had offered a big whopping $100 more than I paid and I knew the jerk), surrender the piece to me, refund the money to that other buyer, and fined the total amount I had originally paid as a fine for their breech of contract and that fine was restitution to be awarded to me. The cupboard went home with me along with my money. The asswipes that did this to me lost several thousand dollars in fines, restitution, court costs as well as the merchandise. All of this was done at the local jurisdiction small claims court. Plus, the dealers were asked to leave the antiques co-op they were part of after numerous people had heard about what they had done. The owners of the coop did not want to be represented by people who would do this to their clientele.
Was that anything different from this domain sale? No. Regardless of where the person is located, you can file an action in your locale with small claims court (most take amounts in dispute up to $5000.00). A court ruling is a court ruling is a court ruling and the findings and awards may be in your favor. Yes, even if the sale goes through, if you have all the documentation representing what you are claiming, the sale may be reversed.
Sometimes you just have to pick your battles.
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