sold car to his Stepdad.
By moonbeam94
@moonbeam94 (387)
Australia
January 12, 2009 9:21pm CST
My husband bought my son's car which he knew has an electral fault as the car will not start he tried fixing it but no luck there .They had agreed on a price ,money to be given to me to hold so my son could buy another car ,he gets his licence back in march .Now my son asked us both while we were together about the money as he saw a car he liked ,for the price they had agreed on.My husband said he had given me none yet ,I agreed that was correct,son took of in a huff.Then my husband said if he could not get the car going he was not going to pay my son any money and he could have the car back.To my way of thinking my husband bought the car knowing there was a problem with it and should pay up.I told my son I would talk to his stepdad and need some good arguments to give to my husband.Perhaps some of you agree with my husband and I would welcome your input. My son told me later when we were alone he and his mates could have worked on the car ,sold it etc so he has a point as well.
3 responses
@oldboy46 (2129)
• Australia
13 Jan 09
Well your husband did agree to pay a certain amount for the car and at the time he KNEW it was not working properly and needed some work on it. Your husband entered into a "contract" with his stepson and he is obliged to fulfil the contract, i.e. pay the amount that was agreed upon. By not paying the money or not fulfilling a contarct that he willingly entered into, your husband is not showing a good example to your son. If fact he is being totally irresponsible and surely realises that if he made a contract with anyone else or a financial institution or whatever he would have to pay the money in full. Why should it be any different because it happend to be his stepson he made a contact with?
In this instance I fully support your son because he had been led to believe that his stepfather had bought the car. On that basis your son also had an expectation that he would have a certain amount of money available to get another one wen he gets his licence back. If in fact your son and his mates could have repaired the car and sold it elsewhere to a third party, then your husband is double wrong.
Whilst I am not sure how long ago you husband agreed to buy your son's car, the fact is that he has not yet paid for it. I doubt that your husband was going to pay more than the going/market rate for the car and maybe he thought he was getting a bargain. Now he has found that he cannot fix the problem himself, he wants to "welsh" on the deal. When did you husband realise that he could not fix the car himself? Why didn't he tell his stepson as soon as he realised he did nt have the experience of knowledge to repair the car? Does you husband actually have the money to buy the car or not?
As far as I am concerned, your husband is in the wrong here. If he cannot fix the car himself, that is his problem but he still owes his stepson the money they agreed on. Your husband pays for the car and then either pays someone to repair it or does what he wants with it. The car is no longer your son's problem.
@moonbeam94 (387)
• Australia
15 Jan 09
He was to give me money each week until payed out ,he has had the car for two months ,so more then enough time to pay it off .Well I am standing in my son corner on this as my husband would have had to pay else-where upfront and if the car was not to his standard could not have taken the car back and recieved back his money.
@oldboy46 (2129)
• Australia
15 Jan 09
Good on you for standing by your son because I really do think he is in the right here and deserves the money. If for some reason your husband continues to refuse to pay then I only hope your son and his mates can fix the car themselves. Then I hope you son gets more money for it than he would have received from you husband.
@oldboy46 (2129)
• Australia
13 Jan 09
Well your husband did agree to pay a certain amount for the car and at the time he KNEW it was not working properly and needed some work on it. Your husband entered into a "contract" with his stepson and he is obliged to fulfil the contract, i.e. pay the amount that was agreed upon. By not paying the money or not fulfilling a contarct that he willingly entered into, your husband is not showing a good example to your son.
If fact he is being totally irresponsible and surely realises that if he made a contract with anyone else or a financial institution or whatever he would have to pay the money in full. Why should it be any different because it happend to be his stepson he made a contact with?
In this instance I fully support your son because he had been led to believe that his stepfather had bought the car. On that basis your son also had an expectation that he would have a certain amount of money available to get another one wen he gets his licence back. If in fact your son and his mates could have repaired the car and sold it elsewhere to a third party, then your husband is double wrong.
Whilst I am not sure how long ago you husband agreed to buy your son's car, the fact is that he has not yet paid for it. I doubt that your husband was going to pay more than the going/market rate for the car and maybe he thought he was getting a bargain. Now he has found that he cannot fix the problem himself, he wants to "welsh" on the deal. When did you husband realise that he could not fix the car himself? Why didn't he tell his stepson as soon as he realised he did not have the experience of knowledge to repair the car? Does you husband actually have the money to buy the car or not?
As far as I am concerned, your husband is in the wrong here. If he cannot fix the car himself, that is his problem but he still owes his stepson the money they agreed on. Your husband pays for the car and then either pays someone to repair it or does what he wants with it. The car is no longer your son's problem.
@tamarafireheart (15384)
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13 Jan 09
Hi moonbeam94,
I agree with you and you husband as he sold the car that didn't work and it was the right thing to do to hold the money, what I don't get is why didn't your son get his mate to repair for your husband in the first place then he would have had the money, he can't have it both way.
Tamara
@moonbeam94 (387)
• Australia
13 Jan 09
My husband is the car expert that is older style cars not the modern ones and he would not want the boys touching his car .I do not have the money yet as my husband has not paid a cent.
