Q: Can I be taken to small claims for canceling arrangements made on a Facebook sale group?
I needed trash off my property hauled away. I made arrangements with this guy for the next day to haul it away on a Facebook sale group for 200 dollars. Well someone else offered a better deal 150 instead and for the same day. I took them up on that and canceled on the first guy with more than 12 hour notice. He is aggressively calling so I blocked him. He left a voicemail saying hes not messing around and putting a lien on our house in a small claims court. Hes demanding we pay him because he had someone drive a truck to his house and it cost him, never mentioning to me he was going to do this and I have no proof it even happened. He says we had a contract through my messages and that's all the proof he needs to sue me. Can he really do anything?
A: He could sue you in small claims court. He could show the text messages to the court as proof of a contract. Maybe the court would rule in his favor, maybe not. If he got a judgment, then he could file a judgment lien against your home. Even if he doesn't sue you, will he get more aggressive? If you don't want to take the chance, maybe you offer him some money to settle, and don't use Facebook like this again.
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