templetxboater
Cadet
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- Aug 28, 2013
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- 10
so first off this was my first boat purchase so please dont egg me about such a stupid mistake.I live in texas, i bought a non running boat from a guy on cl a week ago for 500. when we went to look at it he showed me the blue title and its clean. i checked with texas parks and wildlife and its not stolen so i purchased it. he said he needed a day to get the bos together but i could have the title and take the boat with me, so i agreed. next day i called him and he said his printer was broken and needed the weekend to get it working and he'd get back to me on monday. I started looking at the title and saw that it was signed by his father on the seller line in september 2011, the purchaser line was left blank. so he obviously never registered/titled it in his name. So Monday comes along and he is not answering my calls. i drive over to his house and it looks like he may have moved. tpwd says i need him to transfer the title to his name, and then he can transfer it to me. BUT i cant get ahold of him to even fill out a bill of sale. Advise? sorry about the long post.