00:00Ms. Pishner, you've known the defendant according to your complaint since high school.
00:03Yes.
00:04It is your claim that you sold him a car that he didn't pay for.
00:07Correct.
00:07You won the $1,500 that you say was the agreed upon purchase price.
00:11The defendant says that you did in fact give him the car and it was just that.
00:15It was a gift.
00:16The car wasn't up and running.
00:17You couldn't register it.
00:18He's going to explain why to me.
00:21And he said he doesn't owe you a penny.
00:23That's your story?
00:24Yeah.
00:25Yes, Your Honor.
00:26No, you wanted to say something.
00:27Is that your story?
00:28I was going to start off it. If you wanted me to start the story, I was going to start
00:31it.
00:31You want to run the courtroom?
00:32No. Oh, Your Honor.
00:34Okay. What kind of car was this, year and model?
00:37It was a 1996 Passat Volkswagen.
00:41And why were you selling it?
00:43I wanted it for a second car, but then I got my old one fixed and I decided to just
00:47keep my old one.
00:48Is that the story he's going to tell me?
00:50No.
00:50You want to tell me the story that I'm going to hear and maybe believe?
00:54Yes.
00:55Go.
00:55I gave him the title and he's...
00:58First, you're going to go back to why you were selling the car.
01:01Is the story you just told me about why you chose to sell the car accurate?
01:07Yes.
01:08Fine.
01:08So, decided to sell it.
01:10Did he approach you or did you approach him?
01:13I called him up and asked him if he wanted to buy the car.
01:16Why would you call him?
01:17Because I thought he might want to buy the car.
01:20What made you think that?
01:21Because his other one was old and not running good.
01:24Okay, so you called him and you said to him, he said to you.
01:26Let me hear the conversation.
01:28I called him up and I said, would you like to buy a 1996 Volkswagen?
01:32I mean, if you've been good friends and you called him up on the phone, he knows that you have
01:35the car.
01:35So, you wouldn't say to him, would you like to buy a 1996 Volkswagen?
01:40I don't think he knew I bought it because I just had it shortly.
01:42Oh, so this wasn't your old car.
01:45You just bought this car.
01:46Correct, yeah.
01:47Oh, who did you buy it from?
01:49A guy named Mike.
01:50That's what he does for a living type thing.
01:52He buys and sells cars.
01:53So, I bought it from this Mike.
01:55Why did you buy the car?
01:57For a second car.
01:58How much did you pay for it?
01:59$1,500.
02:00When did you buy it?
02:017, 8, 2015.
02:04We're not there yet.
02:05Or 2014, excuse me.
02:08And when did you sell it to Mr. Meyer?
02:10The end of September, roughly.
02:13So, two months later.
02:14A month later, yeah.
02:16You bought it in July.
02:17You sold it the end of September.
02:19Mm-hmm.
02:19That's two months.
02:20Yeah, two months.
02:21Okay.
02:21And the story you're telling me for wanting to sell the car was that you had your other car fixed
02:26and you didn't want this car anymore.
02:28Yeah, I decided to keep my old one.
02:30All right.
02:30So, did he come over to your house or did you drive the car to him?
02:33He came to my house.
02:35I left the title in the car and he came and picked it up.
02:37He agreed to give you the $1,500?
02:39He said in two weeks, he'd pay me $750 and then two weeks after that, he'd pay me the other
02:45half, $750.
02:47And that was over the telephone?
02:49Yes.
02:49Sight unseen.
02:51So, what you're telling me is you called him up because you said a moment ago he didn't know that
02:55I had bought this second car.
02:57I don't think he did.
02:58Well, that's what you just told me a moment ago.
03:00Mm-hmm.
03:00So, you called him on the phone and said, would you like to buy a 1996 Volkswagen?
03:06Mm-hmm.
03:06And he said, sure.
03:07And you said, I want $1,500 for it.
03:10I just bought it and I paid $1,500 for it.
03:12And he said, sure, I'll take it.
03:14Mm-hmm.
03:14And I'll give you $750 in two weeks and $750.
03:19And you left him the title, left him the keys at your house.
03:22He came over, he picked up the title and the keys.
03:25And that was the first time he ever saw the car.
03:27Correct.
03:28Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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