***Fraud Alert***

I didn’t know about any of these cases until after all of this went down and I went to seek legal advice and had consultations with a couple lawyers. They looked this info up for me and told me where to find it.

 

I’m going to have back out of this thread. I can’t add anything else to it.

I couldn’t afford to lose $76k and damn sure couldn’t afford a lawyer to get it back. So any advice I’d give you, would be bad advice, that would likely have you submitting for a change of address to the state penitentiary.

Good luck man. Hopefully you get your money back with enough to buy another truck. Yours is gone.

 

Good luck brother, I hope it eventually works in your favor.

 

Thank you for that. I just want to save others from getting ripped off from this guy.

 

lol.

 

Do you have anything in writing, like a contract or sales invoice or even a general build plan written down to show an agreement? If not, it will be hard to work this in a court setting. He could claim to be a VERY expensive welder and his job is complete. Especially after you took the truck back. What a crummy situation....

 

this is a Friday thread that's a day early , good job OP

 

A handshake deal holds absolutely no value in any possible future litigation.
Any attorney that even entertains your case is taking you for a ride just like the shop did. Cut your losses.
Expensive lesson learned for sure.

 

I’m so sorry for what happened to you OP. Not your fault. Guys be careful with who you give your money to. But yeah, never mess with people’s time or money.

@lit_taco4x4 dude check this shit out.

 

sounds exactly like what Rock solid toys did. Sorry but if your fronting that kind of money i would need legal papers signed and the deed to his shop as collateral.

 

Thanks man. I appreciate it

 

Yes I have invoices showing the build plan costs and proof of payments for everything

 

Jesus Christ, what a whirlwind. If I were a betting man, I'd say there's more to both sides of this story. $76k isn't a small job, and no one shells out that kinda cash up front without a real contract on agreed work. Sounds like you need to take that contract to someone who can do something about it and get the ball rolling as soon as you can, because we all know you won't get that money back overnight. And if you did front the money over a handshake deal, this is a damn expensive lesson unfortunately.. This is a lose-lose situation; my advice, salvage what you can and lawyer up.

 

Yes there’s always two sides to the story but if he didn’t want to finish the build and didn’t buy any parts or materials for my truck, then he should’ve been able to give me all the money back that I gave to him no matter what his situation is. It wasn’t his money to use for personal use, if that was the case.

 

Any decent moral human would see it exactly that way. Con men? Not so much. Good luck with the legal recourse but I wouldn't count on seeing that money again.

 

Uh con man, yes. A person who tells you what you want to hear to get what they want, absolutely a con man

 

Yes, thank you for reiterating just how much money goes into building custom high end machines.

 

This guy!! No. I paid for a service that didn’t get finished. What kinda question is that?