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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by SlowGTO:
...the trans was bad and I had to replace it for $2K. Not a fortune, but I was angry he had misrepresented it.

I spoke to two attorneys in PA and they both picked me apart as the buyer for not taking due care to protect myself by having a mechanic look at it. They explained it was a "buyer beware" situation and it was my fault and I had no case....-Doug </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

doug,

i wonder if your attorneys would have "found a case" had the damages been $20k or larger ?

i'm a CPA and deal with clients wanting to go after people for various reasons from time-to-time. what i usually see is if the legal fees & the clients "time" value are more then the actual damages they usually tell the client it doesn't make business sense to pursue it, and they are usually right. they don't tell them they don't have a case though.

tim