A man went on a business trip and while he was away, his girlfriend gave away his car to clear a space for her own car in the garage. www.lehtoslaw.com
I believe there is an old saying, to the effect of borrowing someone money and having them never pay you back, is a cheap way to get rid of bad friends.
Women will often push your buttons to see what they can get away with. But selling a guys project car?? From his own house?? That woman is going to make men miserable her whole life.
Woman here. I think you are right. She is a horrible person. My experience is, both my husbands (I have been widowed twice) wasted our money on toys and tools. Both expected me to work and support them. Still, that woman had no right, she was terrible. Better for you to stay far away from women, just as I will stay far away from men.
Worked for an insurance company for many years. Had a claim where a tow company picked up a car on the freeway that had broken down. They hid it in their yard for 7 years. Then they tried to register it and it came up as stolen. They tried to charge 7 years of storage. Instead they were charged with grand theft.
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Lucky she didn't try to kick him out of his house, saying he abandoned it when he left.
That happened to my great grandmother while she was in the hospital with a broken hip and my grandmother, who lived with her, was in the hospital recovering from surgery to remove a cancerous lung. My uncle sold EVERYTHING.
Not the first junker I know of to get it in the shorts stealing vehicles. Saw a very profitable steal got TU when they stole a very pretty new deep truck - that just happend to have an experimental engine installed . Needless to say the OEM came down hard on finding their stuff which exposed the operation . FWIW, this guy was lucky to discover his GF's true nature before getting in too deep. Great tale !
One winter a few years ago, the manhole cover in front of my house disappeared. I almost drove into the hole, a neighbor down the street wasn't so lucky and suffered significant damage and quite a fright. The town replaced the cover and all was fine. Then a few weeks later the snow banks began to melt, revealing the original cover, 30 feet from the manhole, pushed aside by a snow plow. That summer the town work crew spent several days lowering the top of the manhole so it didn't protrude from the road surface.
Poor guy, thought he may have had a keeper. New business, 'Lease a Chick'. After 30 days you turn it in to get a new model and you have no maintenance, no upkeep and on and on.👍
I remember hearing a story a long time ago. A man answered an ad for a late model Porsche for $100. He asked the woman if there was a problem with it and, no, it was perfect. The woman said that her husband had run off with his secretary. He told his wife to sell the Porsche and send him the money. She mailed him a check for $100.
My dad said a woman was selling a new Mercedes for 5.00, he saw it in the paper. He assumed it was a misprint but it was the exact situation, he cheated and told her to sell it for what you can get...she asked for 5.00.
I know a motorcycle mechanic that worked out of his home. His live in girlfriend had a daughter hooked on drugs that went into the garage, removed valuable motorcycle parts to sell, so she could buy more drugs. He was out many thousands of dollars. He died shortly after that after a young lady texting while driving hit him head on.. The whole thing was a cluster.
In TX a scrapyard can apply for a title as an abandoned vehicle. It will be a salvage title, but often these can be 'washed' by selling the vehicle out of state, usually without ever moving the vehicle.
I worked for a railroad for a while. We had tons of stuff stolen from the tracks and from the trains themselves. Some of it is dangerous, like the wiring that runs the signals. While it thankfully causes the crossings to fail (turn on with no train there) or the track signal lights to go out so the trains slow down, repeated failures leads to people doing stupid things like going around the gates when a train is actually there and get hit. Most of the scrap yards around get rail service, so they were well aware of the theft problems and required a bill of sale from the railroad for anything from us. We caught some guys in a really nice Escalade one day trying to load stuff into the vehicle. Come to find out, they ran a construction company, but still felt they could just pick up the signal equipment that was in a marked rail yard with "No Tresspassing" signs and take it. Only thing that aggrivated me was that the bosses refused to press charges on the guys because they "put back" the stuff. We were pretty sure they'd taken other stuff prior to getting caught but we couldn't prove it, so they got off. Goes to show it can be anyone that decides stealing is okay.
As a woman raised with men who restored vehicles for both enterprise and escapism, I can appreciate how important the project car process is to a significant other. She did too and knowing this, next I''d check the mantle for my mother's urn to see that its contents weren't re-homed to the cat box.
We had some local crackheads stealing Bronze Urns from the Cemetery and selling them for scrap... they were eventually caught. Now you have to have a license to sell scrap metal to recyclers, including an ID. Killed the crackhead scrap business. They were stealing A/C compressors from homes and operating businesses at night. My divorce lawyer jokingly told me, "You can't trust anything that bleeds for 10 days and doesn't die..." very true in this case.
In the UK you have to be paid for scap into a bank account to make tracing a bit easier. It's pissed my plumber mate as the scrap copper was his tax free perk.
should have seen warning signs-----just sayin' Glad he gave her the boot though, now he can start off fresh. sorry about the car, that really sucks. did really good getting all the documentation and work for getting your car back
Mid '70s in SW Michigan was a junkyard with some cars of interest to me and some of my friends as we repaired our own beater cars. This place was in the middle of nowhere within a rural county. In addition to the old cars, there were many late model cars which were missing their front ends. Clean cuts at the A-pillar and across the floor just forward of where the front seats would have been. Occasionally we would catch a glimpse through an open door of their warehouse which had racks of doors, steering columns, fenders, hoods, engines, etc. Several years later we learned that this junkyard was busted as part of a major auto theft ring operating out of Chicago.
In NY if under a certain value like $1200 it can be considered abandon and no title needed. This resulted in a lot of older Ford vans being stolen. NY's goal was to make it easier to get abandoned vehicles off the streets. Made me nervous having a decent 84 Ford crown Victoria wagon. Easy to act as if it's not worth much. I painted 'title required for disposal' on the radiator support.
i love the narrators comments at the end of the video. this one was really good. "dont worry about failure,worry about the chances you miss when you dont even try!" wise words!
I know of two 1100 lb aluminum transformer vault hatch covers that vanished from along side a canal. Interesting part was the fence, gate and locks were all intact, and no sign they were dropped over the fence. I always figured it was an “inside” job.
Buddy of mine was out of town when he got a huge ticket for abandoning his crashed car in the parking lot even though he was paying monthly. Asked me to scrap it for him so he doesn't get his car impounded. So I put his registration on the passenger seat and called up the junkyard, they just came and picked up the car no questions asked neither in the parking lot nor the scrapyard when I was getting paid. Surprised more car thieves don't do that.
She will likely be charged with larceny. How much time she serves is likely to be very little though if she is convicted at all. My sister got her license full of points in high school and after she cried they just said go to driving school and they would take them all off. Generally woman receive a much lesser sentence and studies have even been on this.
Wow, just wow...did she really not think that he was going to kick her out over that?!? I wonder how many times she had done that, considering it went to a place where they knew they accepted an illegally obtained vehicle.
Some years ago, when the price of scrap was high, I decided to "retire" my 1986 F350 utility truck with 328k miles. I had a friend follow me to a scrap yard and I had the truck weighed. I then drove it into the yard and removed the plates and the relatively new battery. I walked back to the scale, where they weighed me and the battery. After signing over the title, I received just over $ 600 for the truck. Repairs to the truck and providing a fresh emissions test weren't worth the increase in value to sell a working truck with that kind of mileage.
My church had its copper downspouts stolen in the middle of the night so theft of metal is a real thing. We put painted tin (or thin steel) ones back up
Sure, why not‽ The parts and project seem to be well enough documented to prove that this car was definitely not a junker. Considering at least one of the employees has been charged, it will be extraordinarily difficult to defend the case, and a quick settlement may happen. The company may not have deep pockets, but it is likely that these are deeper than the ex-girlfriend's. The scrap yard should have enough assets to make a modest judgement worthwhile and collectable, if they are dumb enough or contractually obligated to fight it. It is a reasonably decent case to consult an atttorney on to see what might be problematic or hinder a favourable outcome. Depending on the costs and likely payout, it might only be worth it as a revenge suit just to tie the business up in litigation and bad press, but this can be just as satisfying for some people. An unpaid judgement can be lots of fun and expensive for the defendant. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Vn9BeN8NBaA.html
I've wondered about this before. Years ago, I sold my first car as scrap--it was completely shot and I didn't want to be bothered getting $50 more trying to sell it as a runner. The tow truck guy gave me $20 and didn't care that I couldn't find the title, because it was going straight into the crusher.
As someone who has been trained in valuation a disassembled classic car is possibly more available than it would be assembled, please understand that disassembled it has a value of the sum of the individual parts, where as an assembled restored car it is a used car. Colectors trying to restore a classic pay a lot for the needed parts, and even more if they are original. Seek compensation for the sum of the value of each of the parts, not just the value of a used Chevy. The scrap yard would seem to have both civil as well as criminal liability. Disclaimer, while I have significant knowledge in appraisal's I'm not trained as an attorney,
Scrapyards are some of the most unscrupulous businesses around. Years ago in my area someone actually stole historic wrought iron gates from a cemetery. An investigator went around to scrapyards where they were eventually located. The owner at first denied ever having seen them, but as they were in plain sight his memory suddenly improved. These scrapyard operators knowingly buy stolen metal and are worse than the people who steal it. Just as bad are dishonest dealers in antiques.
your reference to man hole covers or things like it is nothing new. when i went to memphis state university in the 70's, people would steal the brass plaques for the buildings on campus, cut them up and sell them for scrap. this was really bad in places like the dorms, that were not as closely monitored. the old saying goes "anything that isn't nailed down", well sometimes even if it is.
We had a triple-decker house in Central MA years ago. We had a fire and had to board up the property. A day later, a bunch of scrappers broke in and took all the copper pipes in the house! They further trashed a trashed house. Beyond sad.
Wow, tried to sell my 1990 GMC 3/4 ton with stripped ring gear in Chilliwack BC Canada last week. Scrapper only offered $50.00cdn. Scrap metal has dropped seriously here supposedly due to COVID-19 and scrap shipping bottlenecks.
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Had this done to me with my 67 notchback Barracuda in Texas. The police never made an effort to find it because they used the junkyard as an impound lot.
In Indiana you can sell a scrap car without a title as long as there is no engine in it. Wait a week and sell the engine as scrap as well. I know this because there was something like 20 cars/trucks from several decades abandoned on a farm my father bought. No titles though. None of these vehicles would ever run again since they were left out in the weather for decades and were all missing window/windshields, tires, paint, and such. The local scrap yard told us to rip the engines out and wait a while after selling the bodies to bring the engines in.
The best part, in the original reddit post, her move in was temporary from the beginning. He was using this as a trial to see if they were ready to move in together long term.
@ - Or as the wise words from David Allen Coe, "Chained her to the basement wall, where she went insane... I was into whips and things, and she was into pain." Amen
Happen in the military. Young member fall in love with a stripper. Give her power of attorney before deployment. Only to return home and finds he broke
Just plain stupid. There are a lot of women willing to have sex with you just to take you for every cent you have. If she will strip for you, she will continue stripping for any guy. Woman here.
There was a major problem a number of years ago in the UK with old church roofs (usually lead) getting stripped overnight and also signal boxes getting stripped of copper wire on the rail tracks. Both coursing huge issues in addition to the replacement cost. They brought in super strict rules for scrap yards with hefty penalties if they didn't check the materials came from a legitimate source.
Actually, man hole covers DO wear out! If they do not sit properly the rim can wear, if they have been in service on a very busy street for a good amount of time the wear thin, the top surface going smooth from traffic.
I think I would be suing the junkyard for treble damages! And the ex as well. Also, that woman is lucky. I think there are some judges and prosecutors out there that would accept "justifiable homicide" as a valid defense for this sort of thing.
Where I am in NY Lower NY (NYC and Long Island) A junk yard does not need a title to take a car in. All they need is a copy of your license and fill out a form. I Disposed one car in NYC and 3 in Suffolk county personally
I once met a guy who was an over-the-road truck driver. He met a girl who he married or lived with. I don’t remember. While he was out of town, she sold his mobile home and was in a homeless shelter. I don’t know the legal ramification of reclaiming his property but it was probably going to take some time anyway.
I myself was storing my older boat and trailer at my ex wife's house, one day my daughter had told me her mom gave my boat away for free, it was some guy who hauls away old boats for free, I was upset and it was gone several months before, so when I was down at the DMV, I explained that to the auditor, they said I should have called the police
I would have had to find a way to hide what would be left of her body if I came home a found my car scraped. For legal reasons this is only hypothetical
A number of years ago, thieves in Oregon were stealing guard rails off remote bridges. They are also stealing, or attempting to steal, "live" electrical conductor. I worked for a power company, we were sued because a guy illegally entered our property, climbed a chainlink fence, and was killed or severely injured trying to steal conductor. As we lost the case.
I remember this story, and commented that this is something that happens fairly often. Ppl having access to equipment have been known to look for old cars in ppls fields or unused lots and scrapping them for quick cash. We had two ppl do that while working for us and they were arrested pretty quickly. Another thing that is illegal is moving a car without the owners permission. It doesn't matter if it is a parking dispute andnthey blocked you in, or parked on your prooerty. In my state if you do not get the owners permission then you need the police involved. Otherwise moving it an inch is considered theft even if there was no intent to steal.
