Please say something calming......

[navasima]

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To use correct terminology - this is described as an electrically assisted bicycle. I can straight pedal if I like or use the battery energy. It goes all the way up to 15mph

, but that makes it perfect for me - work is 1/2 mile away. (I had a lovely Vespa a few years ago - but couldn't get it adjusted low enough for my feet to touch.) No piston engine & pedals makes it a bicycle so : no motorcycle license needed and no registration to pay.

BTW - I'm going to fix and keep my little scooter. Seeing it damaged was so upsetting that I realized just how much I like it.

Oh - and DH agrees wholeheartedly that we'll be moving in 12 -18 months.

 

[TinyChickenLady]

I think legally, you don't owe him a cent. If you didn't draw up a contract, then you don't owe him a refund.
I had a similar issue with a woman a few years ago. She bought my car AS IS.
She had it checked out by a professional mechanic and he gave it the OK.
About 4 months later, after she beat the crap out of it, she wanted her money back.
Unfortunately for her, there was no contract saying I had to refund her, so I didn't.
And you don't have to either. Consider it a rental and repair fee.

 

[suzettex5]

What a bummer to have to deal with someone so dishonest!!

Im having a bit of trouble with his story though....

If the bike wont charge, how was he able to ride it to wreck it? I mean- if it was charged enough for him to ride it that night and wreck it, obviously it takes and holds a charge. If it wasnt charged when you gave it to him, he MUST have been able to charge it to ride/wreck it. He's F.O.S in my opinion.

Im glad you are coming to terms with the situation and I hope you dont suffer any backlash from your neighbor.

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

He BOUGHT the bike when he gave you the down payment.

It was not a "deposit"

He still owes YOU the rest of the money, or forfiets any money paid and returns the bike.

I HOPE you were smart enough to get the terms written down.

If they give you problems, call the police and, if needed, get a restraining order.

 

[navasima]

Bear Foot Farm - No - I didn't put anything in writing. Please be advised that I have been a complete buckethead.

I didn't do any of the things that I should have done to protect myself from dishonesty. Didn't think I had to, but hey - chronologically I'm a grown up, so that's my failing. That's a lot of what's making today just - suck bad. I don't know if I'm more upset about the damage to the scooter or with myself for being an idiot.

 

[dewey]

We could never imagine doing something like that to another person, so it doesn't enter our minds that someone would ever do such a thing. We've all made live-and-learn errors by trusting the untrustworthy. As sad as what happened is, a good lesson learned is worth much more than a new bike.

Don't be too hard on yourself.

 

[Julie08]

Live and learn my friend live and learn.... don't look at it as a loss but a lesson and a huge gain in knowledge........ could have been worse right? Now you have your bike back and also maybe enough to make the repairs it needs from his down payment so really you have been made whole monetarily and wiser at the same time. I see it as a positive all the way around. Just keep the bike make sure when you ride it past your neighbours house you honk and give a huge howdy, neighbour how do you like my bike wave on the way.

I think you are fortunate as to how it all worked out in the end. Nice Job!

 

[navasima]

Thanks again y'all for your feedback.

 

[goobhen]

You learned a lesson that IMHO, most have learned! You will be wiser the next time, if there is a next time!
Take care

 

[maple]

...gentle running water in a little babbling brook out in the middle of a sunny prairie and tucked underneath a row of trees nearby you sit and gaze dreamily into the distance....


...There...I said something calming.