Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Washington

do I have a chance to win a court?

Early December 2007, my 18yo son purchased a front bumper for his Lexus from local craigslist. He paid cash of $250, but I gave him that money as a gift for Christmas. No receipt from seller, but two more people, including me, were with my son. Seller told that sells that bumper for his friend, but I believe it is a lie.

On January 5, 2008 he finally started to fix his car, but a car body shop specialist informed him that front bumber is not right for his Lexus. However, seller told us that it IS - perfect for my son's Lexus model and that bumper is NOT backyard made.

Now seller refuses to pay money back. My son called him once, he said ''yes'', but after that he doesn't pick up the phone.

My son doesn't know his name/last name, but does know his address since he made a purchase from his house.

1. How can I find out about his name by address?

2. I would like to go court to return my money, but are any chances we can win?

Main point - the seller provided us a wrong information. The bumper is not properly made, so it cannot be installed as planned.

Please, give us some suggestions.

Thanks


Asked on 1/08/08, 10:56 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Anthony Colleluori The Law Offices of Anthony J. Colleluori & Associates PLLC

Re: do I have a chance to win a court?

Well, first you have a right to go to small claims court to recover your money. And yes you may have a good chance to win, especially if the seller led you to believe he knew something about your car.

Secondly while you do not need something in writing (we enter oral contracts everytime we order a pizza) you do need to get the guys name or description. YOu can serve him through a john doe and a description. I would call a local process server. They often know about these things.

You also could cut your losses and get on Craig's list and resell it yourself.

Good Luck

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Answered on 1/08/08, 11:24 pm


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