in 2002 i made a deal with a guy that lived behind me to help me with a motor/tranny swap on my 79 bronco. we came to an agreement and i paid him every two weeks. he got into financial trouble and came to me with a demand for full payment. after telling him it wasnt part of the deal and it was only gonna be every payday as agreed i thought it was over. until one day at teletech the guards came and told me someone was there to tow my truck. this guy filed a false writing with the court saying he had a mechanics lein. the only way a lein is enforceable according to his own paperwork was if he retained possession of the vehicle and no payments were made. well since he was loading my vehicle on a trailer and stealing it, i called the cops. they showed up and saw the lein and said it was a civil matter. i asked them to read the lein and see where he stated he had possesion of the vehicle since work was completed and explain why he was stealing my truck from my work parking lot. all they would say was its a civil matter. and i watched my truck roll away. with in a week he had falsified documents and switched title to his name and listed it for sale and sold all of my tools, my seats, stereo and possesions in a yard sale. he then listed the truck for sale. i hired a lawyer, i sent a buddy over with $1000 cash and he bought my truck from the guy. no way i was going to let him sell my vehicle. we went to court. i won. the lawyer promised we would seek damages and id get my $1000 back. i did still owen the guy $300 so i got $700 back. i wasnt trying to not pay him, just stick to our every two week agreement. so the lawyer didnt get me anything for my seats, stereo, tools and time without transportation.
fast forward to today... 9 years after the fact. my truck has been with me since then. tagged and insured every year since. i drive it daily. its legal. so today i go to get my new tag cause i just forgot and with it as hot i didnt take the dogs to run. i get to the tags office and wait 35 minutes and get to a rep. she needs some customer service training. trust me ive worked in cust serv all my life, if she werent working for the state, she wouldnt have a job. well she informs me that my truck isnt in my name. excuse me? nope. its in his name. so for 9 years i have been tagging my vehicle every year. same office. last time i got tags is right on the papers i took in. 10-6-2010. it had sat for 4 months while i chased an electrical short. they sold me tags back then, just 8 months ago. so i ask what i should do? she says she dont know. welll who does? she says the state wont allow me to tag it, talk to the state. well she wouldnt tell me who she was talking to over in titles so i could speak with them and have some continuity. like she would know what that is even. so i walk out. too many sherriffs outside the door to do anything else. and i come home and i start seething. i called titles and they will get back to me after some research. that was at 12:30 today. no call yet, still waiting by the phone... pissed? yup, you betcha. and that, was my day. i had planned on lunch at the blind tiger brew pub with a friend. didnt happen. so how was your day??
fast forward to today... 9 years after the fact. my truck has been with me since then. tagged and insured every year since. i drive it daily. its legal. so today i go to get my new tag cause i just forgot and with it as hot i didnt take the dogs to run. i get to the tags office and wait 35 minutes and get to a rep. she needs some customer service training. trust me ive worked in cust serv all my life, if she werent working for the state, she wouldnt have a job. well she informs me that my truck isnt in my name. excuse me? nope. its in his name. so for 9 years i have been tagging my vehicle every year. same office. last time i got tags is right on the papers i took in. 10-6-2010. it had sat for 4 months while i chased an electrical short. they sold me tags back then, just 8 months ago. so i ask what i should do? she says she dont know. welll who does? she says the state wont allow me to tag it, talk to the state. well she wouldnt tell me who she was talking to over in titles so i could speak with them and have some continuity. like she would know what that is even. so i walk out. too many sherriffs outside the door to do anything else. and i come home and i start seething. i called titles and they will get back to me after some research. that was at 12:30 today. no call yet, still waiting by the phone... pissed? yup, you betcha. and that, was my day. i had planned on lunch at the blind tiger brew pub with a friend. didnt happen. so how was your day??
