Missowombo:
Dear Family landers. I am here to seek your advice on how to rescue my car from my neighbour.
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I bought a car, direct from abroad, a very clean and sweet ride, and registered in September, 2023 (5months ago). However, due to the high fuel consumption( V6, 3.5l engine) and the ever unstable fuel price today, I decided to put it up for sale to get a smaller engine capacity. A neighbour expressed interest in buying the car and decided to pay in installment which I agreed. I was also searching for a replacement at this time hoping to use the money realized from the sales to get my preferred ride. My preferred ride prices were shockingly high such that even if I doubled the price I gave to my neighbour it will still not be enough to buy the new ride. Prices rise by the hour these days in Nigeria and I have no hand in this crisis. I returned to my neighbour to inform him that I will not be selling the car anymore due to the present crises in prices of goods in the country. I apologized profusely for every inconvenience and transferred his money back to him. He got angry and said that I must submit the car key and documents to him. He even threatened to send his community and area boys to beat me up and extract the above items.

I came back from work to see my car jacked up, surrounded by 2 other vehicles to prevent the car's exit. For the records, there is no written or signed agreement between him and I concerning this sale. I refunded all his money 1 day after he paid his last installment and kept back my car. I have no hand in Nigeria's current problems. I am pushed to use force here but I am thinking that some initial peaceful resolution could be an option.

CaptainFM1:


The instalmental payments are enough evidences.

DJInfluence:
I disagree. There's no way for op to claim it was loan because he received installment payment like he mentioned. Honestly if the justice system works, he won't win the case. There are lot of ways a good lawyer for the plaintiff will punch hole in any argument the OP comes up with.

Localemperor:




You can't tell me to take my money back when I have made payment in full. That is the position of the law.

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advanceDNA:


I did not say payment was not made...so becos he made payment....seller can change his mind??


Bros there is no law in the universe that can force a person to sell his goods if exchange has not been made.....

If the exchange has happened and he now wants to take it back...that's a different issue..

iLoveYouToo:


All forms of wrong. If the seller follows your advise she'll be in big trouble very soon. I for like know how this matter go end 😄

hakeemhakeem:


He eyes will see what those who traded in that ways, payment is exchange if you don't know on part of the buyer.both should try that law let see the outcome

meum:

What do you call the buyer’s actions? All forms of right I guess? I advise he follows him peacefully. Exhaust all avenues of peaceful resolution. However, if he wants to form more street than the owner of a car(note: he didn’t pay in full & the part payment has been returned) then the own should engage someone those street boys dread, an army officer.

I love peace but I hate it when the person I’m trying to live peacefully with acts unreasonably. I will define unreasonable for the person.

Let them find a peaceful way to resolve it. You can’t blame the owner completely. Prices of things change daily. Whatever you don’t take possession of right away changes in price the following day. The buyer is wrong for threatening the owner of the car, removing the tyres & sending his street boys to watch over what isn’t his own.

Sucre6:


Nah why e good to get street credibility be that, there is no how way him street cred go pass my own, anywhere I live, my street credibility nah top notch, e get why

advanceDNA:


Leave that guy...they like using technical terms to form brilliant....but their IQ is low as fvck

vivalavida:
Since he wants to ne funny, we go play the game. Na me go call police as car owner. What I told him I am selling my car is 6M. He paid 3M and wants to claim ownership of my car. Then the game will start since it is my word against his own and na me get car. That neighbour Was so much in a haste to lay claim to the car.

Missowombo:
Dear Family landers. I am here to seek your advice on how to rescue my car from my neighbour.
​
I bought a car, direct from abroad, a very clean and sweet ride, and registered in September, 2023 (5months ago). However, due to the high fuel consumption( V6, 3.5l engine) and the ever unstable fuel price today, I decided to put it up for sale to get a smaller engine capacity. A neighbour expressed interest in buying the car and decided to pay in installment which I agreed. I was also searching for a replacement at this time hoping to use the money realized from the sales to get my preferred ride. My preferred ride prices were shockingly high such that even if I doubled the price I gave to my neighbour it will still not be enough to buy the new ride. Prices rise by the hour these days in Nigeria and I have no hand in this crisis. I returned to my neighbour to inform him that I will not be selling the car anymore due to the present crises in prices of goods in the country. I apologized profusely for every inconvenience and transferred his money back to him. He got angry and said that I must submit the car key and documents to him. He even threatened to send his community and area boys to beat me up and extract the above items.

I came back from work to see my car jacked up, surrounded by 2 other vehicles to prevent the car's exit. For the records, there is no written or signed agreement between him and I concerning this sale. I refunded all his money 1 day after he paid his last installment and kept back my car. I have no hand in Nigeria's current problems. I am pushed to use force here but I am thinking that some initial peaceful resolution could be an option.

Brandiebird:


But it won’t be his word against his word because there will be witnesses who can testify to what agreement was made! Do you think they did the deal in a closet with the door locked? I’m sure there are many people who know the full story the same way the internet knows the full story! Op spoke to half the community probably thinking he is in the right.

Brandiebird:


I think op has lost his car. According to op’s subsequent replies, the buyer is a big man who has connections within the police force and the community. He also has money to blow since he got the car so cheap he probably has an extra million to frustrate op. He also has op’s money to further frustrate op!

I’m also sure they didn’t make the agreement in private, there were witnesses who would testify against op. Also, op knows what he did was wrong and he’s looking for loopholes. Between witness, bank statements and probably ops own words to other people it will be proven that he wanted to sell his car and then he changed his mind.

vivalavida:


Which witness? They will have to provide where they signed as witness and or a voice recording of where I agreed on 3m for my 7m car.

vivalavida:


So if I tell u guy I wan sell my car, u ask me how much and I tell u. How does witness come in?
Anybody masquerading as witness is in cohorts with the man to under pay the true value of my car which I told u. If u say na 3M I tell u and na wetin u tell ur so called witness, no wahala. As for me, na 6M I tell u and I returned the money because the valid period I gave you for payment has elapsed.

advanceDNA:



U see how daft u are.....the person has paid ..but ownership has not been transferred...so what exactly are u on about??


there is nothing in this attachment that shows that a seller cannot refuse sale before ownership is transfered.... There is no law in the universe that says seller cannot change his mind before before receipt is signed..... If u have such law post it here....

u have reading problem and comprehension problem...u can't even comprehend what u posted urself

matify83:
Going by your gentleman agreement, there shouldn't have been an issue since it was an informal deal all along.

However, keeping his money even for 2 weeks before returning it back is a loss for him going by our galloping inflation.

You denied him good use of his funds and now returning it without interest.

By reneging on the deal, he comes off the greatest loser.

Always82:
Go back and read the last paragraph of the writte up again.(l return his money a day after his last payment) Get the police involved now, now ,now....
...otherwise he will disfigure the car or cause irreparable damage u won't be able to prove he did....u would lose from two angles

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Brandiebird:


I think op has lost his car. According to op’s subsequent replies, the buyer is a big man who has connections within the police force and the community. He also has money to blow since he got the car so cheap he probably has an extra million to frustrate op. He also has op’s money to further frustrate op!

I’m also sure they didn’t make the agreement in private, there were witnesses who would testify against op. Also, op knows what he did was wrong and he’s looking for loopholes. Between witness, bank statements and probably ops own words to other people it will be proven that he wanted to sell his car and then he changed his mind.

Katcall:
how many gals you dey fúck for your street

Atk1nson:


The good thing is he paid by instalment.

In the normal course of business, title is not transferred until full payment is made.

So even if you made a commitment to sell to him upon (full) payment, the fact that you rescinded the decision before he made full payment puts you in the green.

However, if he can prove he did borrow to make that purchase, you may owe him the interest on the loan as he took the loan because you gave him a legitimate expectation that the car could be his.

However, if he has made full payment, that becomes tricky as you are reneging on a verbal contract and should compensate him well for the inconvenience

Missowombo:
Dear Family landers. I am here to seek your advice on how to rescue my car from my neighbour.
​
I bought a car, direct from abroad, a very clean and sweet ride, and registered in September, 2023 (5months ago). However, due to the high fuel consumption( V6, 3.5l engine) and the ever unstable fuel price today, I decided to put it up for sale to get a smaller engine capacity. A neighbour expressed interest in buying the car and decided to pay in installment which I agreed. I was also searching for a replacement at this time hoping to use the money realized from the sales to get my preferred ride. My preferred ride prices were shockingly high such that even if I doubled the price I gave to my neighbour it will still not be enough to buy the new ride. Prices rise by the hour these days in Nigeria and I have no hand in this crisis. I returned to my neighbour to inform him that I will not be selling the car anymore due to the present crises in prices of goods in the country. I apologized profusely for every inconvenience and transferred his money back to him. He got angry and said that I must submit the car key and documents to him. He even threatened to send his community and area boys to beat me up and extract the above items.

I came back from work to see my car jacked up, surrounded by 2 other vehicles to prevent the car's exit. For the records, there is no written or signed agreement between him and I concerning this sale. I refunded all his money 1 day after he paid his last installment and kept back my car. I have no hand in Nigeria's current problems. I am pushed to use force here but I am thinking that some initial peaceful resolution could be an option.

Bobochicago:



Dapotemi


lol it’ is still verbal agreement and it is not enforceable. You cannot enforce “dem say him say” . What if OP said the agreed price for the car was 20 million and he returned the money when the other guy tried to change it to 3 million? Who can dispute it ? No evidence, No case😃. What if op said he gave him the cash to keep so they can start a business together ? Like the installment can be for anything at all. It can even be for OPs TV or a bag of Agbado 😃. There are a thousand and one thing a rookie lawyer can come up with as long as there are no paper trail that says other wise. The other guy might end up paying heavily for damages especially for “going street “ if OP countersue with a bogus claim. Verbal agreement is all words of mouth and the court would rather maintain status quo.

Bobochicago:



Dapotemi


lol it’ is still verbal agreement and it is not enforceable. You cannot enforce “dem say him say” . What if OP said the agreed price for the car was 20 million and he returned the money when the other guy tried to change it to 3 million? Who can dispute it ? No evidence, No case😃. What if op said he gave him the cash to keep so they can start a business together ? Like the installment can be for anything at all. It can even be for OPs TV or a bag of Agbado 😃. There are a thousand and one thing a rookie lawyer can come up with as long as there are no paper trail that says other wise. The other guy might end up paying heavily for damages especially for “going street “ if OP countersue with a bogus claim. Verbal agreement is all words of mouth and the court would rather maintain status quo.

sultaan:
It is very unfortunate that the kind of comments here supporting the seller is why we are looked at as scammers.

We are trying to justify a wise transaction while sacrificing the integrity of our words.

When the man made a verbal commitment to sell his car at a price, and agreed to a condition of installmental payment.

The buyer met/honored the condition of the agreement(written or not), it is for the seller to honor his end of the deal.

That a bad deal was made in hindsight is not the buyers fault. All businessmen are dealing with adjusting price daily due to soaring prices.

If the seller bought the car when dollar was 475, sold it when dollar was 750, final payment made when dollar is 1500.

Owner could not afford to fuel the car then, he cannot afford to fuel it now.

I want to believe he does not know the value of the car then and now, all he wants is to the the value of the dollar he got the car for then not to be able to afford a smaller car.

With the way the naira is now , he definitely will not be able to afford a Corolla, he might get lucky with a Cruze or Focus.

If we all put ourselves in the sellers shoes, hes sold the car at a cheap price then because he could not afford to run it.

The seller bought a car that costs a lot of money to run at a reasonable price(deal) at a risk,

The seller should hold up to his end of the bargain