iyke4dbi:
Next time do your research very well. I had similar experience with abetterbid (auction broker) in 0ctober 2021. But they refund me with almost 2000 dollars losses.

bimbodotun:
Do you know if he has purchased the car and do you have VIN?

kowalsky:


Frankly at this point in not even sure he actually made the purchase.

aieromon:


This record claims 23 October as sale date.

https://bid.cars/en/lot/1-40289603/2017-Lexus-RX-2T2BZMCA1HC129663?search=true

https://www.copart.com/lot/63154743/clean-title-2017-lexus-rx-350-base-tx-dallas

@lanreg95
@kakakibuy


You need to assuage the fears of your client and provide a true picture of the whole situation. If you don't have any evidence to prove vehicle purchase, plan to refund the OP, period!

iyke4dbi:
The said car has a pending title, so it can be allowed to ship out of America. Until the title is released.

kowalsky:


KakakiAutos gave this as an explanation for the delayed shipping, which like I said was understandable, at least for the first three months.

Five months in, it became plausible for me, made worse by his nonchalant attitude.

aieromon:


If you notice the screenshot, the vehicle was initially sold and returned back to the auction pool.

The pending title is the likely cause of delay.

https://www.nairaland.com/5923454/car-title-pending-copart

222Martins:


Status Update: A lot has happened since i last posted. Like i said in one of my replies to a thread; "you can have the money, find a good car dealer, find a good car at a fair price and shit will still go wrong." Now let's go over the timeline of this deal.

6th July 2019 - Made full payment to Kakaibuy for a GX460 after selecting one that meet my specification and the payment was confirmed by him.

9th July 2019 - Manheim confirmed payment for vehicle. So we wait for approx 2 weeks for document regularisation by Manheim.

9th August 2019 - We were yet to receive the title for the vehicle. Kakakibuy puts a call across to Manheim and was told their was an issue with the title, which was sent back to the seller to rectify. So we were left with 3 options:

1. Wait for the seller to correct and send the vehicle title
2. Open an arbitration and request a refund from Manheim
3. Choose another car from Manheim

After a little back and forth with Kakakibuy on the next step to take, I went with option 3 and the search for another car began.

kowalsky:


KakakiAutos gave this as an explanation for the delayed shipping, which like I said was understandable, at least for the first three months.

Five months in, it became plausible for me, made worse by his nonchalant attitude.

kowalsky:


KakakiAutos gave this as an explanation for the delayed shipping, which like I said was understandable, at least for the first three months.

Five months in, it became plausible for me, made worse by his nonchalant attitude.

mammanbawa:


Did he notify you of the pending title before or after purchasing the vehicle?

222Martins:

You have a point there aieromon. Above is a quote i made when we ran into similar issue.....@kowalsky, Can't the car be replaced? I don't know how Copart works but mine was replaced on Manheim.

kowalsky:


Insightful. Thanks once again.

222Martins:

You have a point there aieromon. Above is a quote i made when we ran into similar issue.....@kowalsky, Can't the car be replaced? I don't know how Copart works but mine was replaced on Manheim.

GAZZUZZ:


As long as title is pending

1. It will not leave the USA

2. You might have to pay for storage .

It is no fault of kakaki, I have paid 3 months storage before with same kakaki (white w221) but it finally came through.

Sorry for the disappointment.

chukel:
while not holding brief for kaakai, pending title could be the cause of the delay. However, these things no longer take that much time again. If its pending from seller, it appears within 2-3days of payment. If its DMV, at most 3 months depending on the state. However, there is another way out for cars without title. Container shipping. There are documents to get for around $30 to facilitate shipping it containerised. Moreover, it's cost effective shipping in container from California.
My advice is this. Unless he converted all the funds you gave him to dollars, bringing in this car now will cost you way more. Let him relist it on copart, sell and refund you your money be it in naira or dollar equivalent and have your peace.
I noticed it's not an FSport. So what was the stress for?

kowalsky:


It's an FSport.
I've asked for a refund countless times my dude.
With this guy's larger than life attitude I don't even know what's exactly up.

kowalsky:


Again understandable. However before this thread I didn't know Cars on Copart could be 'pending title' neither did I know that cars could be in storage.

The only thing this dude does is speak English.

GAZZUZZ:


Like say nah this one vex you pass.

He's a prim and proper gentleman.

You should look at the other options chukel talked about including reselling vehicle.

GAZZUZZ:
Have done over 30 different cardeals with kakaki over the years. If not for the current trend in FX by now we would have already done like 3 this year.

These are a few done in 2023.