Legal advice wanted on recent car purchase

[turbotalon1g]

If the shell is clean thats not a bad price for the trans stuff and a clean shell.

I understand its less than what u thought you were getting, sorry man.
Have you had that car in the air? Is it straight?

[C3L1CA]

As they say on peoples court "As-is" sale is "as is" at the time of sale. Its the buyers responsibility as stated by others here to make sure everything is as delivered. Did you specifically ask if the dsmlink was included at the time of purchase? An ad from craigslist is not a delivery sheet, seller's "knowingly or not" will put stuff in ads that is and is not true, it all part of the advertising game. What I cannot believe is the sellar would even agree to to take a partial payment on a car then let the buyer take it. Huge risk on the sellers part, crazy stupid.. IMHO. Take the refund and move on, you learned an important lesson in private party sales.
I did specifically ask if the car had dsmlink at the time of purchase. He said yes, then I even asked him which version of DSMLink it was 2 or 3 and he told me it was version 2. Yea I thought it was pretty crazy to do what he did as well and let me have the car without giving him all the money. I don't have the title though and I'm not that shady of a person to ever rip anybody off.

If the shell is clean thats not a bad price for the trans stuff and a clean shell.

I understand its less than what u thought you were getting, sorry man.
Have you had that car in the air? Is it straight?
Yea it's in pretty good condition and seems to be a pretty solid car. Besides some random bolts (like all the flex plate and tranny to block) bolts being loose it seems to be ok. I'm just pissed this guy straight up lied to my face and then claims I don't know what I'm looking at and that I am lying to him.

[Goat Blower]

Sorry, but you don't have any recourse, it's a used car and even if you did bring it to court, you'd be looking at more time and money than what you're looking for. The court would simply say that you should've double checked to see that the part was on there. I'd even take $350 from him and call it a day. You can buy a used link for about that much and you're good to go. It looks like a nice car overall, you shouldn't have any problem getting your money out of it.

[simulatedwood]

I did specifically ask if the car had dsmlink at the time of purchase. He said yes, then I even asked him which version of DSMLink it was 2 or 3 and he told me it was version 2. Yea I thought it was pretty crazy to do what he did as well and let me have the car without giving him all the money. I don't have the title though and I'm not that shady of a person to ever rip anybody off.


Well since this guy is on the not so smart side and lied about the dsmlink at the time of delivery, it seems it would be in his best interest to deliver on the stated item. Just be careful what you do. I know you are not the shady one here, and trying to get what you thought you were getting. :)

[goodhart]

It's still a clean car for the most part right Brad? Why get rid of it then? I would take the $300-$350 or whatever and use that to buy link with. Do that and you are right where you started before you realized it didn't have it to start with. These things aren't getting any easier to find in good condition, so if you have a nice one, it would be a shame to see you ditch it just cause the seller is a pos. If you do decide to sell, there are a few nice Evo's out there :)