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My ex sued me for $2,000 when she paid $1,185 towards the car and after she drove it for a year, its Blue Book dropped from $2,500 to $1,900. Today we went to small claims court and she could not explain to the judge how she felt that she deserved $2,000. She wanted me to pay for the repairs that she made, although I told the judge that cars are sold as-is, and she told me that she was driving the car, she would pay for the repairs. I could have countered that I spent $650 to insure her, it would be expensive to repair the dent that she put in the car, and I had a list of mechanical repairs the car needed, so she owed me money, but I told the judge that I did not know how she came up with that number, and I would have offered to refund her payments, minus the insurance back in November.
I would have negotiated up to the full payments, ignoring the insurance, but we never had that discussion, she called the police and decided to take me to court. The judge ruled that I owed her her payments back and said that I would receive a letter in ten days. I should have X number of days to make the payment, so I should have a few weeks to come up with the money. Hopefully, by then our bakery will be selling to Whole Foods and I will be delivering bread with my car.
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