When I purchase a vehicle I always try to get some money, any money,
into the hands of the seller as fast as possible in order to make it a
binding transaction.  Verbal agreements are supposed to be binding
under contract law here in Canada, but they still seem to be loosy
goosey.

Anyway...to tighten up a long distance purchase agreement as fast as
possible you could send a PayPal payment to the seller and a then do a
followup phone call to urge them to accept it.  This would take mere
minutes to do and you would have a paper (email) trail which would
prove there was an "offer" and an "acceptance" and therefore a binding
contract.  It would then be be uncomfortable for the seller to try to
break this contract.

Laurence Smith
Hamilton, ON
90 Westy (fanumbos)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Jon Joyce
> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 11:33 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Cheap Westy in OKC- I GOT HOSED
>
>
> Well, this was a new one for me. After a lengthy (and
> pleasant) conversation
> with the owner last night, we agreed on a price and a time
> today I could
> come pick the van up, and I was thanked for providing the
> van with a good
> home. I was excited about a new Westy in the household, and
> looking forward
> to getting it back on the road. However, this afternoon I was coolly
> informed that another gentleman had paid for and hauled
> away the van this
> morning. What a pisser. Was I so naiive to trust in a
> verbal agreement  with
> the owner? I suppose it's entirely his prerogative to sell
> to someone else,
> but in six used VW purchases over the years, I've never
> been snubbed like
> this. Oh well, I guess I wasn't supposed to have it. It was
> really a nice
> van... So now what should I do with all this cash I pulled
> out of the bank?
>
> JJ
>
>
>
>
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