It's really lreally ong, and I'm not sure if anyone else besides Mark and I find the whole thing funny, but I wanted to share because I just got another funny to add to the saga and stupidity makes me laugh...
So, we finally sold our pathfinder because no matter how hard we tried, we just couldn't squeeze 3 carseats into it.
It's been listed for almost 2 months and we get a serious inqury, comes and test drives it, likes it will call back in a few days. His mom is with him though (the guy was 19) and pulls Mark aside and says, "I'm the money here so you better be straight with me. why is this listed so much above blue book?.." and a bunch of other questions. When she left Mark was like, "she gave me the third degree".
So the guy called back a few days later, wanted to see the car again and then buy it. We told him a cashiers check or a loan check or cash, and the checks needed ot be made out to my parents (they bought the car because we got it 1 week after we got married and I had just gotten a new job and Mark was in school so we couldn't get a loan-we just paid them for it).
So he's suppose to meet us on Saturday AM at about 9, and then head to the bank cause it closes early on Sat. She says she's going to write us a personal check. Mark says that's fine but she can't take the car until it clears the bank, that's why we told her son we needed a cashiers check, loan check or cash. She said, "you never told me that" and hung up on mark (seriously). Then she called back and wanted to know why it was about $1500 above blue book. So mark explained it all to her. The called again to ask why it had to be made out to someone other than us, why do my parents own the car and we drive it (is that really relevant??????) so the patient man that he is was explaining it (as he was turning bright red in the face and his eyeballs were starting to bulge out <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Then he told her my parents would meet all 4 of us at the bank, they would hand over their cashiers check (which they decided to go get from their bank) to the bank, get a title affadavit from the bank that my parents would sign, a bill of sale from my parents and the car was theirs.
So they show up at our house and I answer the door (immediately after our rottie puked all over the kitchen floor). Before I even told her I'd be out in a minute (so I could clean it up) she said, "So what's going on? I thought your parents were meeting us here!" and then I explained to here we had to have the cashiers check at the bank, get the title affadavit from the bank because we don't own the car outright and the bank owns the title... She said Mark never told her that. Mind you, I was standing in the kitchen with him when he was on the phone with her. Then as I'm trying to apologize to her for the mix up and keep my cool, she just walks away.
We all drive to the bank, and then she gets out and starts complaining to my mom (who she's never met) that she wishes we had told her she would need to drive to the bank because she's out of gas and doesn't know where a gas station is. And that nobody told her she needed a cashiers check so now she's going to be late for her other plans because they had to make an unexpected trip to their bank and then to our bank... So my mom kind of gets on our case and I pull her aside and tell her that this woman is loopy.
Then we go into the bank and she's given all the paperwork. my parents sign everything and we are off. I reported the car sold to her son (they were going to put it in his name) online to protect my parents from any liability and we think we are done with it. HAHA
She calls the next day, "Um... can you put the car as sold to me for insurance purposes" I called her back and told her I alreayd reported the car sold to her son. If I would have known sooner, I could have put it to her but I can't change it now. She gets all pissy on the phone with me. It was all I could do to keep my cool with her. Then I tell her that her son can put her on the title when they register it since they own it free and clear, and he can also put her on the registration (I am 22 telling this to a 50+ woman who can go to the DMV and ask if she really cares).
She calls the next day and said that the DMV gave her an affadavit of power of attorney for the DMV and my parents were suppose to sign and get it notarized. I was like... no dear, my parents released the interest in the car to you, signed the affadavit of title over to you so you can register the car, once you register the car, our bank will mail you the REAL title of the car at the address where you register it.
She starts lecturing me about how she went into the DMV and tried to register the car and get the title transfered but they needed a power of attorney to do that. I was like, OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The power of attorney is for your son to sign because the car is HIS!!! My parents don't sign a power of attorney for you. Do you know what a power of attorney is????? I was about nuts.
She didn't believe me so she asked for my parents phone number. I told her to leave my parents out of this, they signed everything they needed to and I would not giver her their phone number. I told my mom what was going on and she was like, wow-she is looney. and she also asked me to please not give out their number. I told her of course I would not.
My mom calls me 30 minutes later to tell me the lady called her. I couldn't believe it. My mom told her exactly what I did, and asked her to please not call again. I think my mom just made herself unlisted today <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">.
So then I just got another phone call right now from the son. I answered it because we did tell them, "call us if there's anything else" as we were leaving the bank (famous last words, foot in mouth <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">).
he asked for Mark but I told him he was gone today, not home until midnight. He then asked me, "uuuuuhh, where is the spare tire". Keep in mind I NEVER drove this car but you can see it if you stand back from the car about 5-10 feet. I told him it was underneath the body of the car. Then he asked where the other stuff was. I was like, what other stuff? He said, you know those tools and things. And I said, oh a jack... It's probably under the trunk of the car or in the side pockets in the back. But to be honest, I don't know because we never changed a flat in that car.
Then he asked me if he could use the jack from his truck for the pathfinder. I wanted to scream at this kid. He's 19. I remember being 19 and I know I sure wasn't that helpless. OMG, I've got nothing better to do than field calls from this kid and his crazy mother. I told him I had no idea.
He told me he didn't have a flat but was just getting ready to take a few hour road trip this week so he wanted to be prepared. Good lord. I've decided to just laugh over the whole think, kind of reminds me of Jen's post where everyon talked about the stupidest nurse they've ever had. How about the stupidest person you've ever encountered.
So that's that. It's been going on since Saturday. I get more calls from the mom and the son than I do from my husband, mother, father and grandparents combined (and they call alot, especially with the baby news.
If you made it to the end, I hope you are laughing at the stupidity. If not, I understand as it is incredibly long!!!
So, we finally sold our pathfinder because no matter how hard we tried, we just couldn't squeeze 3 carseats into it.
It's been listed for almost 2 months and we get a serious inqury, comes and test drives it, likes it will call back in a few days. His mom is with him though (the guy was 19) and pulls Mark aside and says, "I'm the money here so you better be straight with me. why is this listed so much above blue book?.." and a bunch of other questions. When she left Mark was like, "she gave me the third degree".
So the guy called back a few days later, wanted to see the car again and then buy it. We told him a cashiers check or a loan check or cash, and the checks needed ot be made out to my parents (they bought the car because we got it 1 week after we got married and I had just gotten a new job and Mark was in school so we couldn't get a loan-we just paid them for it).
So he's suppose to meet us on Saturday AM at about 9, and then head to the bank cause it closes early on Sat. She says she's going to write us a personal check. Mark says that's fine but she can't take the car until it clears the bank, that's why we told her son we needed a cashiers check, loan check or cash. She said, "you never told me that" and hung up on mark (seriously). Then she called back and wanted to know why it was about $1500 above blue book. So mark explained it all to her. The called again to ask why it had to be made out to someone other than us, why do my parents own the car and we drive it (is that really relevant??????) so the patient man that he is was explaining it (as he was turning bright red in the face and his eyeballs were starting to bulge out <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
Then he told her my parents would meet all 4 of us at the bank, they would hand over their cashiers check (which they decided to go get from their bank) to the bank, get a title affadavit from the bank that my parents would sign, a bill of sale from my parents and the car was theirs.
So they show up at our house and I answer the door (immediately after our rottie puked all over the kitchen floor). Before I even told her I'd be out in a minute (so I could clean it up) she said, "So what's going on? I thought your parents were meeting us here!" and then I explained to here we had to have the cashiers check at the bank, get the title affadavit from the bank because we don't own the car outright and the bank owns the title... She said Mark never told her that. Mind you, I was standing in the kitchen with him when he was on the phone with her. Then as I'm trying to apologize to her for the mix up and keep my cool, she just walks away.
We all drive to the bank, and then she gets out and starts complaining to my mom (who she's never met) that she wishes we had told her she would need to drive to the bank because she's out of gas and doesn't know where a gas station is. And that nobody told her she needed a cashiers check so now she's going to be late for her other plans because they had to make an unexpected trip to their bank and then to our bank... So my mom kind of gets on our case and I pull her aside and tell her that this woman is loopy.
Then we go into the bank and she's given all the paperwork. my parents sign everything and we are off. I reported the car sold to her son (they were going to put it in his name) online to protect my parents from any liability and we think we are done with it. HAHA
She calls the next day, "Um... can you put the car as sold to me for insurance purposes" I called her back and told her I alreayd reported the car sold to her son. If I would have known sooner, I could have put it to her but I can't change it now. She gets all pissy on the phone with me. It was all I could do to keep my cool with her. Then I tell her that her son can put her on the title when they register it since they own it free and clear, and he can also put her on the registration (I am 22 telling this to a 50+ woman who can go to the DMV and ask if she really cares).
She calls the next day and said that the DMV gave her an affadavit of power of attorney for the DMV and my parents were suppose to sign and get it notarized. I was like... no dear, my parents released the interest in the car to you, signed the affadavit of title over to you so you can register the car, once you register the car, our bank will mail you the REAL title of the car at the address where you register it.
She starts lecturing me about how she went into the DMV and tried to register the car and get the title transfered but they needed a power of attorney to do that. I was like, OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The power of attorney is for your son to sign because the car is HIS!!! My parents don't sign a power of attorney for you. Do you know what a power of attorney is????? I was about nuts.
She didn't believe me so she asked for my parents phone number. I told her to leave my parents out of this, they signed everything they needed to and I would not giver her their phone number. I told my mom what was going on and she was like, wow-she is looney. and she also asked me to please not give out their number. I told her of course I would not.
My mom calls me 30 minutes later to tell me the lady called her. I couldn't believe it. My mom told her exactly what I did, and asked her to please not call again. I think my mom just made herself unlisted today <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">.
So then I just got another phone call right now from the son. I answered it because we did tell them, "call us if there's anything else" as we were leaving the bank (famous last words, foot in mouth <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">).
he asked for Mark but I told him he was gone today, not home until midnight. He then asked me, "uuuuuhh, where is the spare tire". Keep in mind I NEVER drove this car but you can see it if you stand back from the car about 5-10 feet. I told him it was underneath the body of the car. Then he asked where the other stuff was. I was like, what other stuff? He said, you know those tools and things. And I said, oh a jack... It's probably under the trunk of the car or in the side pockets in the back. But to be honest, I don't know because we never changed a flat in that car.
Then he asked me if he could use the jack from his truck for the pathfinder. I wanted to scream at this kid. He's 19. I remember being 19 and I know I sure wasn't that helpless. OMG, I've got nothing better to do than field calls from this kid and his crazy mother. I told him I had no idea.
He told me he didn't have a flat but was just getting ready to take a few hour road trip this week so he wanted to be prepared. Good lord. I've decided to just laugh over the whole think, kind of reminds me of Jen's post where everyon talked about the stupidest nurse they've ever had. How about the stupidest person you've ever encountered.
So that's that. It's been going on since Saturday. I get more calls from the mom and the son than I do from my husband, mother, father and grandparents combined (and they call alot, especially with the baby news.
If you made it to the end, I hope you are laughing at the stupidity. If not, I understand as it is incredibly long!!!