What is your definition of a deposit
10-06-2005, 11:49 AM
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Re: What is your definition of a deposit
Originally Posted by Dx 101
thats right time= money. keep it if anything he fucked you. yeah it would suck if i was the buyer and i couldnt get my money back. mistakes haapen but it sounds like some dick that was trying to hard to get something he knew he couldnt. i say take the money and invest in some hmt stickers and pass them out to all of us 
10-06-2005, 03:06 PM
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Re: What is your definition of a deposit
well what was the point of him sending you a deposit. The point of a deposit is to declare that an item is sold. If te deposit is considered refundalble then what does it do other than prevent the seller from selling to a buyer with cash in hand. So a deposit by nature should be non refundable. However people are ignorant whinning bitches, and this guy probably had no intention fo giving you the full amount. However you are out of luck becuase you didn't explicitly say that the deposit is non refundable. Give him the money back minus any paypal fees
10-06-2005, 03:19 PM
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Re: What is your definition of a deposit
what this done through ebay?
last i remember buying something through ebay was a contract. you should be filing a complaint against his *** through small claims court for the rest of the 1500 bux. you cant provide a tracking number obviously if he hasnt paid you.
last i remember buying something through ebay was a contract. you should be filing a complaint against his *** through small claims court for the rest of the 1500 bux. you cant provide a tracking number obviously if he hasnt paid you.
10-06-2005, 03:48 PM
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Re: What is your definition of a deposit
Originally Posted by RENR
what this done through ebay?
last i remember buying something through ebay was a contract. you should be filing a complaint against his *** through small claims court for the rest of the 1500 bux. you cant provide a tracking number obviously if he hasnt paid you.
last i remember buying something through ebay was a contract. you should be filing a complaint against his *** through small claims court for the rest of the 1500 bux. you cant provide a tracking number obviously if he hasnt paid you.
I guess I'm just too much of a nice guy. Even if it's not "------- him over", I would still feel like I was ------- him over.
If it was made 100% clear that the deposit wasn't refundable then I guess it's up to you what to do with the money. If you actually lost money(not counting however many days you held the car because you didn't technically lose any money) then I would keep the fees that you lost and refund the rest.Now, since this was done with Paypal you're fucked already. They'll just take the money from you and you won't be able to do a damn thing about it.
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10-06-2005, 04:03 PM
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Re: What is your definition of a deposit
im sure this has already been said.. but im too lazy to read the rest of the posts.. give the money back.. a deposit is basically securing rights.. now if you had said "non-refundable" then those rights have a definate price.. but since from what I read in your first post you didnt.. then give them the money back.. if not im willing to go out on a limb here and indorse any event that causes you harm to the genitals
10-06-2005, 05:09 PM
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Re: What is your definition of a deposit
I'm gonna say that you actually do feel bad about not refunding the deposit, otherwise, it wouldn't be a post on here, and you wouldn't question it.
The fact is, if you are letting $300 (which you really and truly didn't do ---- for) become an issue, you probably need money just as bad as the buyer. Put yourself in his shoes(you probably already are in the same boat.. whatever). He doesn't have a lot of money, he probably saved for what he has now, and you want to ---- him out of it because you think you did a huge favor by taking the car off the market?
If the car was worth $1500, it would be easy to go talk to those so-called offers you turned down, tell them that you have the car and that the seller backed out, and sell the damn thing to one of them. The car either isn't worth this amount, or you are trying to move it fast because you need money. Those are the only two explainations I can see...
The fact is, you are probably having trouble selling the car for one reason or another, and you need the money, so you feel like you should get this desposit. It doesn't belong to you unless you stated that it is non-refundable. If this were a court of law, or ------- judge judy, you would be coughing up HIS $300.
I know I made a lot of assumptions here, but I doubt I'm far from being right.
The fact is, if you are letting $300 (which you really and truly didn't do ---- for) become an issue, you probably need money just as bad as the buyer. Put yourself in his shoes(you probably already are in the same boat.. whatever). He doesn't have a lot of money, he probably saved for what he has now, and you want to ---- him out of it because you think you did a huge favor by taking the car off the market?
If the car was worth $1500, it would be easy to go talk to those so-called offers you turned down, tell them that you have the car and that the seller backed out, and sell the damn thing to one of them. The car either isn't worth this amount, or you are trying to move it fast because you need money. Those are the only two explainations I can see...
The fact is, you are probably having trouble selling the car for one reason or another, and you need the money, so you feel like you should get this desposit. It doesn't belong to you unless you stated that it is non-refundable. If this were a court of law, or ------- judge judy, you would be coughing up HIS $300.
I know I made a lot of assumptions here, but I doubt I'm far from being right.
10-06-2005, 05:50 PM
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Re: What is your definition of a deposit
i didnt read all of that ---- but the whole point of a deposit is to give someone money to hold a car...showing that you are committed to buying it. If you can just take it back, the whole process is pointless, you couldve just said "ok hold the car for me" with no money or incentive to do so. Keep the money, get a nice hooker.
10-06-2005, 08:15 PM
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Re: What is your definition of a deposit
as far as california, the answer is yes, deposits are refundable by nature.
what is not refundable are options, which is what commonly thought of deposits actually are.
a deposit is putting money down on a car, without the sale being completed you are entitled to your moneis paid.
however an option is an additional amount that you pay to have the seller hold the item for a set period of time.
options are not refundable because you are paying for a service, the service of holding an offer for a set period of time.
hope that makes sense.
you shoudl get your money back yes.
what is not refundable are options, which is what commonly thought of deposits actually are.
a deposit is putting money down on a car, without the sale being completed you are entitled to your moneis paid.
however an option is an additional amount that you pay to have the seller hold the item for a set period of time.
options are not refundable because you are paying for a service, the service of holding an offer for a set period of time.
hope that makes sense.
you shoudl get your money back yes.
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