Moral Dilemma

im having trouble seeing how she doesnt let them babysit her kids..... when she isnt on said toy...... all it takes is one quick pull on the throttle and hes on his back with a 600+ lb machine on top of his ass

 

Zac,
Good call telling her to go elsewhere. She obviously is not interested in hearing from anyone what she should get for her son. I would imagine that he is telling her what he "needs" to be cool with his friends.

Unfortunately in todays world, if you had sold it to him, as soon as he wrecks the thing she is pointing the finger at you. Your name would be on the lawsuit with the manufacturer and anyone else that she could try to get some cash out of. She would have no case, but you would still have to pay for a lawyer to defend yourself which could be well into the thousands of $. I sold a 95 mustang 5.0 convertible to a kid who I knew was a total idiot, and sure enough he totaled the car within a couple of months. He was OK, but it was a hot car and it could have been much worse. He called me after the wreck with the whole, "Why didn't you tell me that the back end gets loose if you power through a corner?" thing. I smelled a lawsuit but it never came.

As far as I am concerned, you did the right thing.

 

i was thinking the same thing. people are so sue crazy these days there is no doubt she would go after you because of her (an sons) stupidity

 

Exactly. Especially since I knew it was for an 11 year old. My buddy told me to have her sign a waiver of liability. But I did't even want to deal with it.