So much for family.
I've been hoodwinked by my own father. I'm not saying that to be funny, unfortunatley it's true.
My dad agreed to buy my car from me. He agreed to pay the value of the car minues money I owed him and the repairs it needed. He agreed that I could determine the value of the car the same way we do where I work when a car is rendered a total loss which is basically searching all the cars just like mine in the USA and finding the average. In this case the average was $4400+. I owe my dad $992.83 plus $120 for the repairs to the car. When I finally got the title to my car last Thursday I presented him with this information and said came up with his grand total owed to me of $3000+. Then he said to me "That car is only worth $800". Some back and forth, and then I said , how about $1500, which he agreed to but then wrote me a check for $300 and said "I can pay you $300 twice a month."
What the fuck. First off, when you buy a car, YOU BUY THE CAR, you don't make payments. And when you agree to terms of conditions of a transaction like this, and you're fully away of the terms, you can not renegotiate at the last minute ESPECIALLY IF IT'S YOUR DAUGHTER.
As I drove home I thought to myself "Fuck dad, karma will get his ass for this, I don't need him. Once I get my mom I'm through with him." Then I did my budget for November. The only reason I bought a new car is because I knew I would sell my old one and have a financial cushion. The cushion has been ripped out from underneath me and set on fire basically. I don't have money to pay for my GRE test. I don't have money to pay for my application package. I don't have money to pay the IRS (who I owe at the end of the month). I don't have money to go to NYC this Christmas. The shittiest part? It's not because of frivolus spending on my part, it's because my own father swindled me.
Please pray that I have the strength to stand up to him tonight when I go over there to take my sisters trick-o-treating. I can't believe this is happening to me. My mom and sister always tell me not to trust my dad, not to make deals with him and not to get caught up doing favors for him. I always thought they said those things to be mean, but now I see what they were trying to accomplish. They were trying to protect me. I really wish I'd listen sometimes.
My dad agreed to buy my car from me. He agreed to pay the value of the car minues money I owed him and the repairs it needed. He agreed that I could determine the value of the car the same way we do where I work when a car is rendered a total loss which is basically searching all the cars just like mine in the USA and finding the average. In this case the average was $4400+. I owe my dad $992.83 plus $120 for the repairs to the car. When I finally got the title to my car last Thursday I presented him with this information and said came up with his grand total owed to me of $3000+. Then he said to me "That car is only worth $800". Some back and forth, and then I said , how about $1500, which he agreed to but then wrote me a check for $300 and said "I can pay you $300 twice a month."
What the fuck. First off, when you buy a car, YOU BUY THE CAR, you don't make payments. And when you agree to terms of conditions of a transaction like this, and you're fully away of the terms, you can not renegotiate at the last minute ESPECIALLY IF IT'S YOUR DAUGHTER.
As I drove home I thought to myself "Fuck dad, karma will get his ass for this, I don't need him. Once I get my mom I'm through with him." Then I did my budget for November. The only reason I bought a new car is because I knew I would sell my old one and have a financial cushion. The cushion has been ripped out from underneath me and set on fire basically. I don't have money to pay for my GRE test. I don't have money to pay for my application package. I don't have money to pay the IRS (who I owe at the end of the month). I don't have money to go to NYC this Christmas. The shittiest part? It's not because of frivolus spending on my part, it's because my own father swindled me.
Please pray that I have the strength to stand up to him tonight when I go over there to take my sisters trick-o-treating. I can't believe this is happening to me. My mom and sister always tell me not to trust my dad, not to make deals with him and not to get caught up doing favors for him. I always thought they said those things to be mean, but now I see what they were trying to accomplish. They were trying to protect me. I really wish I'd listen sometimes.