Rahmota
10-02-2006, 11:00 PM
Arrgh What is it with people and social security numbers!
I'm putitng this here since it has nothign to do with work, customers or anything retail. Just me buying a used motorcycle off of another member of the general public.
I recently bought a used bike that I needed to ix up, I knew I needed to fix it up when i got it no problem there.
Unfortunately here is where the problem is. The title and bike came from out of Ohio and the guy I bought it from is the guy who bought it from the person in another state. He hadn't put the bike into his name in Ohio but the title was already assigned on the back to him (brief rundown cliff notes style for those who may not know This applies to Ohio, kentucky, indiana, and North Carolina titles: A vehicle title has a front which tells who owns it details about the vehicle and if there is leins or restrictions. The back has spaces for you to place the person you are selling the vehicle's name and info on.)
So since the title had his name on the back in the buyers position he would have had to take the bike down to the BMV get the out of state inspection and place the title in his name before sellign it to me. He said he didnt have the time or means to transport the bike to the BMV (Which is required for out of state title transfers) so I said no problem I'd mail him some Power of attorney forms to let me take control of the bike and do the paperwork (all on my dime and time, I even sent him a self addressed stamped envelope) so that I could title the bike.
Unfortuantely he is one of those people who guards his social better than the govt guards fort knox. He said that he didnt put it on there and they can get by without it. No they can't! I've worked in the car business enough and dealt with cars on my own enough to know that if the state says you need to put something on one of their forms you need to put it there or they WILL not process the form and throw it back at you. So I have now got a bike I cannot title. Fortunately I only paid $50 bucks for it (It came some assembly required, very used) and I havent started doing anything to it that required me to spend money on it so i can sell it for parts and get that back but still its rather annoying to have someone act like that when I dealt with them in good faith and even did all the work and was goign to deal with any of the paperwork costs (out of state inspection fee, two title transfer fees including douible on the taxes) to get this done.
Sorry to rant like this but I just don't understand people like that.
I'm putitng this here since it has nothign to do with work, customers or anything retail. Just me buying a used motorcycle off of another member of the general public.
I recently bought a used bike that I needed to ix up, I knew I needed to fix it up when i got it no problem there.
Unfortunately here is where the problem is. The title and bike came from out of Ohio and the guy I bought it from is the guy who bought it from the person in another state. He hadn't put the bike into his name in Ohio but the title was already assigned on the back to him (brief rundown cliff notes style for those who may not know This applies to Ohio, kentucky, indiana, and North Carolina titles: A vehicle title has a front which tells who owns it details about the vehicle and if there is leins or restrictions. The back has spaces for you to place the person you are selling the vehicle's name and info on.)
So since the title had his name on the back in the buyers position he would have had to take the bike down to the BMV get the out of state inspection and place the title in his name before sellign it to me. He said he didnt have the time or means to transport the bike to the BMV (Which is required for out of state title transfers) so I said no problem I'd mail him some Power of attorney forms to let me take control of the bike and do the paperwork (all on my dime and time, I even sent him a self addressed stamped envelope) so that I could title the bike.
Unfortuantely he is one of those people who guards his social better than the govt guards fort knox. He said that he didnt put it on there and they can get by without it. No they can't! I've worked in the car business enough and dealt with cars on my own enough to know that if the state says you need to put something on one of their forms you need to put it there or they WILL not process the form and throw it back at you. So I have now got a bike I cannot title. Fortunately I only paid $50 bucks for it (It came some assembly required, very used) and I havent started doing anything to it that required me to spend money on it so i can sell it for parts and get that back but still its rather annoying to have someone act like that when I dealt with them in good faith and even did all the work and was goign to deal with any of the paperwork costs (out of state inspection fee, two title transfer fees including douible on the taxes) to get this done.
Sorry to rant like this but I just don't understand people like that.