Not to be litigous, but the consumer fraud protection
statutes in many states provide for enhanced damages
(double or treble).
Ebay also has some consumer protection element, I
think.
Oh would I like to take on one of these. Bastards!
Adam
--- Phil Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ah, the joys of buying motorcycles. One of my
> regular riding buddies just
> bought an almost-new Suzuki RF900R, last year
> produced, sold new by Suzuki
> to the first owner as a long-leftover new bike, and
> sold to my friend as
> one with 700 original miles on it. Sounds like too
> good a deal to pass
> by.
>
> Bike was on eBay, and Dave had to pay off the lien,
> held by GE Capital who
> does the Suzuki corporate financing. Has original
> bill of sale from first
> owner, sold as new. By legit (?) dealer in
> Missouri.
>
> He got the title from the GE/Suzuki folks, went to
> title it this morning.
> The state of New Mexico denied the title,
> as........the bike was
> originally sold in Ontario Canada, where it had been
> stolen before it was
> sold to the previous owner as a
> zero-mile-on-the-clock brand-new warranted
> bike financed through Suzuki corporate.
>
> The status of the bike is uncertain.........
>
> The status of Dave's CASH for the transaction is
> uncertain.......
>
> Yow.
>
> Phil
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