Have any of you bought cars from small car lots?

[StukaJU87]

A local small lot recently pulled a scam that many of the fly-by-night small lots in New Orleans used to pull.

A guy comes in and lays down $5000 cash for a used car, which is what the lot was selling it for, then as soon as the guy leaves the lot, the dealer calls the cops saying the guy dropped $4K on the table, said he was going to get the other $1000 out of his truck, then grabbed the title and keys and bolted. Grand Theft Auto.

The dealer calls the guy while the cop is there and says "look, we don't want trouble, just bring the car back", then tells the cop that the guy was threatening him over the phone.

When the cop gets the phone, the guy asks if the "dealer" was accusing him of stealing the car.

Well, here in good ol West TN, it's still White vs Black, so the white dealer's word that a young black man stole the car is Law.

Nevermind the fact that dealers at the big lots do not fill out a title until AFTER the money is in the safe, and ALL of it is in the safe. That's Business 101, but since the guy paid cash, the Law doesn't know how much money was put on the table, so they're going to side with the business owner.

A receipt marked "paid in full" would go a long way here. I drop cash like that, I am getting a receipt marked as such.