russo and steel chop job camaro copo

[427king]

If someone stops payment on a check and doesnt return the merchandise they can be prosecuted for that . Im not sure where the person holding the car that he hasnt paid for has any negotiation power except to return the car . Sounds to me like that would mean the buyer doesnt want to return the car he just wants it cheaper, and that choice[to lower price] would be up to Russo Steele not the buyer....

[NovaMob03]

Well, if the car & title are back with the seller, what's the issue? Did you just want to tell us that R&S was still trying to strong-arm you to consumate the deal?
Time to move on

[Charley Lillard]

When a car is mis-represented at Barrett-Jackson, they let the buyer out of the deal and charge the seller both the buyer and seller comissions. Russo hopefully has something similar.

[olredalert]

-----Well,,,Now the picture becomes clear. Not blaming you, but the facts about possesion, title etc. were not clear to me. Charlie (the voice of reason) has spoken and Drew apparently needs to (once again) do the right thing!!!!!!!!......Bill S

[quick-bowtie]

Usually that is the case that the seller pays both commissions and I agree with that to a point.. but what if like in this case where the seller (assuming so at the price he paid last year) didnt know the car was re-bodied and bought thinking it was a legit car? The car was restored sometime ago and has changed hands 4 times that I know of in the past couple of years.. I think the auction companys need re-write there contracts to agree to let both sides out of the deal/commisions if it can be proven that the seller wasnt the one building a suspect car that can be proven a fraud.

[Charley Lillard]

From Russo and Steel's point of view.... They sold what they thought was a COPO. The buyer writes a check for the car and leaves with the car. A couple days later the buyer calls and says it is a rebody. Russo has no car or way to verify what the buyer is saying and the buyer has stopped payment on the check. If I were the auction house I would want to keep all the money until the car was back to me and it's condition could be verified be a expert. You come here and bash Russo when in fact you took the car for several days and had stopped payment. I'm told they came and got the car still partially apart. For all they know you might just be some kind of nut. Your issue should be more with the seller that did not disclose the rebody to Russo.
What if I was a seller of a real car that was not rebodied and someone took it home and a couple days later cooked up a rebody story because he had buyers remorse ? Maybe just pop the cowl panel off and mess things up with a welder etc. There is no way for the auction houses to verify every car. It's the people that are bringing the cars that are the problem.

[quick-bowtie]

Very well said..

[Belair62]

Maybe it would have been a good idea to ask some questions here before you went to the auction.