How do I speak with someone in the military's Chief Officer? Sold a car, problems

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I sold a 2002 Mercedes Benz CLK430 to a gentleman who was overseas at the time. I believe he is in his late teens. He had his mother gain power of attorney to issue us the check, however his mother was conveniently not there during the agreed upon drop-off and I left the paperwork with his sister in law.

It has been over 5 months and we still haven’t received the paperwork. He has been back safely for over a month, updates his facebook regularly. I have spoken with his mother many, many times over the course of time, who still maintains she doesn’t know his phone number?

I spoke with his brother last friday who gave me his cell, I’ve left two vm’s and a text, in addition to a fb message.

I have heard it is possible to contact someones CO if they’re still active (chief officer)? How do I go about doing that?

It’s an mv50 form, if I don’t have my current book complete I am unable to file for a new book…

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what a dick

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CO - Commanding Officer

Good luck, not sure how’d you’d go about this. Maybe call the base he’s stationed with.

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Andre, if you want me to do this for you I can. Just to make sure he calls you.

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messaged him again today saying my next action would be to involve a lawyer, police, or repossess the car. He responded for the first time ever, and said he will send it tomorrow. I’ll see how that goes first, thanks bud

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pm me his name.

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did you really just drop off a car you were selling with nothing signed and hope for the best?

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I’m not sure but that’s what it sounds like.

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Wow… this exact same thing happened to me except I was dealing with a Nigerian Prince…

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Let me guess, it was trading for a ruckus?

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Did they give you $50,000 to show they were good for the transaction then say they would remove $30,000 when transaction was complete? Not sure why my account is looking negative right now, but I had to deal with the same guys.

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WHY WON’T YOU TRADE FOR A RUCKUS??

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Damn that sounds sketchy as fuck Im amazed you did this dre you know better than this man lol!

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Guys, relax. He has the money and it’s cleared the bank. However, he hasn’t recieved the MV50 back from the customer (retail cert. of sale). It just means he can’t title it to the customer/claim it as a sale. The MV50 is just the paperwork that trails the wholesale/sale of vehicles without having to apply for new titles every single time. The problem is that the DMV is so rigid/tight about MV50 paperwork, that if he can’t account for one, he can’t get a new book…meaning he essentially can’t wholesale/sell cars until he does so.

This has nothing to do with money. It has to do with the guy being a dipshit and not returning the paperwork needed to complete the transaction.

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^thanks for clearing that up Adam

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thats why most small dealers have 2 50 books.

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did this get resolved or are you going to PM me his name?

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why would you get his CO involved?

Really, are you going to call he store manager of a person who works at the Apple store?

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I do have two, first one is full and the second one is half way, would like to send in first book soon.

He finally contacted me back, returned my text, on 10-29. He said he would send it out the next day, figure I’ll give it a few days to show up before pursuing further

Not sure I understand the metaphor. I’m not complaining of a bad transaction, I’m trying to obtain necessary legal paperwork that the guy is withholding