Anyone know Florida Contract Law regarding Selling a Vehicle

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Hey guys. I have a guy in Florida trying to legally threaten me into selling him my VW kit car.

Facts:

Me and the car are in AZ

He's a FL attorney and he's a real person.

I signed a Florida bill of sale

I asked for a deposit, however there's been NO money transferred or timeline/info to do so.

I told him I wanted to back out of deal because I found a buyer who will meet my terms.

Now he's upset and threating me saying I'm locked into the deal and I have to sell it to him and he will take me to court for damages if I don't follow through.

Very weird deal, if anyone has some USEFULL INSIGHT please help.
Thank You
Chris
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[babysnakes]

Wow, a bill of sale is like a receipt. You got no funds from him but he has paper that said you sold it to him. Is that correct. I live in Fl. BTW. No real legal expertise. But you need a title in your name in order to legally claim possession. Years ago a friend gifted me a Karman Ghia and gave me a bill of sale. The car got stolen a few days later. The car was found 1.5 years later in a body shop. Turned out I knew the thief but they new a Fl. loop hole and got a title. The cops did not care about my bill of sale. You still have the title I assume.

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Yes I still have car and title
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[TDCTDI]

Contact the attorney general in his jurisdiction, I bet they would love to crawl up his ass.
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[cbeck]

Tell him to bring the cash and pick it up and be done with it. Or you can piss off an attorney who doesn’t have to pay for an attorney. Might be time to consult a real attorney instead of the peanut gallery.
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You don’t need an attorney until someone shows up and served you papers.

Ignore him
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[gt1953]

He is welcome to come and get the vehicle when funds for the car are received.

It is that simpleas funds have not been exchanged.
What did the bill of sale say and did you keep a copy???
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[EverettB]

First of all, this:

[vwinnovator]

Yes.. What is spelled out on the bill of sale...?

What were/are the terms?

Does it state you acknowledge receipt of payment?

Does it say something like "I hereby sell for the amount of.." "on this date" or "seller agrees to sell, and buyer agrees to purchase.."

Ask the buyer to provide proof of payment.

The deal isn't complete until all parties do what they are suppose to.

Tell the buyer if he doesn't produce the payment and proof of payment(receipt) that you may have "damages" in the way of lost opportunity to sell to another ready/willing buyer.

[Air Cooleds Only]

This is what was filled out, incomplete I might add.

It had no seller signature or ODO information on the draft I signed.

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[blue72beetle]

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[TDCTDI]

For the benefit of the rest of the community, was this a Samba member? If not, have you searched the feedback thread for said person? If there isn’t any feedback on them, you might want to start one.
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GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!


An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.


Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it.

[AirHead1966]

Parties have a contract in that Bill of Sale; there may be additional communications between parties that show intent to enter into a contract. You can back out if you want but that is not in accordance with law of contract. You both agreed to this sale and you both enjoy the benefit of your bargain.

Unless the buyer breaches the contract by not fulfilling his obligation of paying the agreed amount or by not paying within an agreed upon time, you are obligated to sell it to him. A party breaching the contract or the parties agreeing to terminate the contract are typically the only legal ways to terminate such contracts. Even a breach may require specific performance by the breaching party.

You can back out and the buyer may or may not want to pursue a remedy; that would depend on the buyer's resolve. Based upon what I have read here, he may have a remedy.

I am an attorney, but this is not legal advice; I am merely stating a legal principle. Every case turns on details and without a looking at the details, without going over all communications parties have had, without examining the verbiage, no one should offer legal advice. For that matter, no lawyer should publicly offer a legal advice at all.

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[blue72beetle]

Make sure you rub your balls all over the steering wheel before you ship it.
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