Another "What would you do" question...

[Bowhica]

I went to look at a truck back in October that a guy was selling over in Cypress. While test driving he tells me he has a matching tonneau cover for the truck from his boss. It wasn’t advertised with the truck in the ad but he would throw it in with the price advertised. I told him I would take the truck, the cover and I would be back later on that week to give him the money. He said that works for him. He could go get the cover, the hardware and put it on the truck by then. Perfect! I show up later that week and the cover is on the truck. But it was just on the truck, with no hardware. I tell his wife that I’ll leave the top and I’ll come back later to install it. Come to find out the guy was selling the truck for his Ex-wife and the cover was all his deal from his boss. So she doesn’t have anything to do with the cover at all. I have sent email after email asking if he ex had made any headway on getting the hardware and now she tells me that he ex doesn’t work for the guy anymore. So getting the rails will be next to impossible.

An afterthought is that this guy had the bed cover in his garage with no rails or shocks and found an avenue to get rid of it. Now he is crawfishing.

So here is my question, I paid her for a truck that had a bed cover included at the time of the sale. If the original bed rails can’t be located she should pay for the replacement frame rail and shock kit? Even though the bed cover wasn’t her deal?

What do you think?

[systemnt]

Think you got screwed by your own good nature.
Life Lesson #893490242

[rubydog]

I think you might as well whizz into the wind and call it a bath. You can try but I would bet you will never get anything but agony. It stinks but these third arty promises never seem to work out. Best of luck to you.

[LeanMachine]

sounds like a freebie that he just threw in. Where you not intending to buy the truck without the cover for the same price? Leave cover in his yard and forget about it.

[flufster]

sounds like a no win for you....if ya got a good deal on everything else, just go buy ya some rails and get it set up like ya want it

[Coon]

Would you have bought the truck if he hadn't thrown in the cover? If so, you should just let it go and consider it lucky you got a cover. If you wouldn't have bought it w/o the cover, keep after him, but not her.
Dave

[Speedgoat]

Just deal with it. You got done in, but what geos around comes around.

[Deb]

Would you have bought the truck if he hadn't thrown in the cover? If so, you should just let it go and consider it lucky you got a cover. If you wouldn't have bought it w/o the cover, keep after him, but not her.
Dave

Good answer.

[Robert Box]

you dun been had bro

[mataconfletcha]

what kind of cover is it and for what year /make truck is it for? do you not want the cover without the rails right now?

[thebomb6_99]

Yea sounds like a lost cause.

[txdukklr]

go buy the rails and be done with it

[southtexasff]

If the bed cover is now yours and you don't want to by the rails, just sell it for what you can. Or post a what-to-do-with-a-bed-cover project in the D-I-Y.

[Fishndude]

I would nicely demand a set of rails and if no movement, let it go and go buy the rails yourself.

[N Dubya]

No sir, can't go after her for something she had nothing to do with. I understand your frustration though. Call the manufacturer of the toneau, they can get you anything you need. I have bought 1 clamp and a shock from A.R.E., Im know you didn't want to pay for the stuff that should have been included anyway, but I would do it and move on. I love my toneau.