I bought a car from a private seller - he took it back?

You breached the contract. Nothing you can do. It isn''t his fault the post office failed you and it is your responsibility to make sure he receives payment.

You could have done so much more to prevent this, including paying through paypal, sending the check early or paying the car off early.

Perhaps he was looking for an excuse to take the car back, anyways, but you could never prove that.

Now you may find a sympathetic judge to side with you in a civil suit, but it certainly is not an open and shut case. As it is presented on paper, I predict you lose. If you can get him to come across as a manipulative, hearless bastard who was looking to take advantage of you, you could win.

This is one example of why you need to deal with banks, when financing, and not people.

The ONLY way out of this is a lawsuit. File a lawsuit against the seller to get your car back or your money back.

But you made several mistakes here. You should have verified the payment checks clear within one week of sending them. You shouldn't deal with these types of issues over email. It should be face to face. You should have mailed the second check Registered, Return Receipt Requested. That way you'd have written proof (he has to sign for the letter) that he received the payment. Don't assume anything. If you can't verify it, it never happened. If you don't have proof, you don't have anything.

Call an attorney, File a lawsuit. This guy is ripping you off. He's going to sell the truck to someone else under the same payment scam and repossess it from them too. How much money do you think he can make by selling the same truck over and over again.

You need to speak with an attorney to clarify the contract you both signed, the state laws and if he complied with the repossession in a legal manner You may have a civil case to get the car or your money back and he may be in violation of the law if he did not comply with the repossession statute. Good luck

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What a Jackass!!

U still must have the key. Go to his house if its on a drive way get in and drive away. If its in his garage, break in and take what belongs to you.

Mofo can not be doing that, its Washington everyone has a gun, threaten him and take ur car.

You should have gotten an attorney by now. Do that today.