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2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Mine: 1995 318ti Club Sport-2020 C43-1996 Speed Triple Challenge Cup Replica
Wife's: 2021 Sahara 4xe
Son's: 2018 330i xDrive
Still no title.
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
....and I just noticed, this guy
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
NY gives you the title with a lien indicated when you buy a car. When you pay off the loan you get a lien release from the lender. You can then get a new title at the DMV by showing them the lien release. Most people don’t bother and just give the title and release to the buyer when they sell.
I’d get paranoid waiting around for someone to send the actual title.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
Chase Auto said the dealer made a number mistake when I bought the car. Somehow nobody seems to be able to figure it out. It would be funny if it wasn't so awful.
I could go on...
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
There are also people who buy cars "As is", they don't take it to a mechanic, they drive it home and it catches on fire or falls apart....and they expect to get their money back....
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
private sale, no chance I would pay for something without having all the correct paperwork (IOW a title) in my hands.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Business taxes were done yesterday by the accountant. Net loss (of course) submitted, but, for some reason I can't possibly fathom, NJ still wants money from me. Nearly $600. For a business that has not even made a sale yet. Soooo odd. But that is way less than the additional Fed refund calculated with that business loss, so I guess "whatever" is my attitude.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
My understanding is that there is a shortage of title paper and it is causing delays in states issuing titles.
https://www.autoweek.com/news/industry-news/a42232552/automotive-supply-chain-shortage-now-title-paper/
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
My understanding is that there is a shortage of title paper and it is causing delays in states issuing titles.
https://www.autoweek.com/news/industry-news/a42232552/automotive-supply-chain-shortage-now-title-paper/
I could have chopped down a tree from my back yard, made paper, and delivered it to the DMV in 7 months.
That's not it.
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
We got a check from the IRS to resolve an issue on last year’s return made out to both me and my wife. We decided to put into her account so she could pay some bill and we both signed it.
I took it to the bank and they refused to deposit it in her account because they couldn’t verify my wife’s signature. Huh? They said they could only deposit it in a joint account.
Did they think I stole our joint check and had my girlfriend forge my wife’s signature and then as part of my diabolical plan decided to hide it in my wife’s account?
However, what they would do is cash the check for me and then take the cash and deposit it in her account. Double HUH?
Is it me or does that defy logic?
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
Maybe mobile deposit it.
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
of course you could have gone to the ATM machine and put it in there and nobody was ever checking the signature.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
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Who in their right mind would send a title to a guy who looks like that.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
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'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
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Who in their right mind would send a title to a guy who looks like that.
jmonroe
Nobody. Hence the problem.
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
What’s a check?
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'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
He got a down payment so far $5000.
He is wondering how to make sure he actually gets the rest of the money.
He said even certified checks (Canadian spell it cheques) are forged these days. It can take days for the bank to find out the check was phony, and then they take the money back out of your account.
He is thinking of having the buyer wire the money into his account, and making sure the bank confirms the money is in his account before the buyer drives away.
2017 MB E400 , 2015 MB GLK350, 2014 MB C250
so do the wire transfer to get it quickest. once that money is there, it is there. If it is a cashiers check, hold it until the bank guarantees it cleared.
or go old school, with a bag full of Benjamins.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Hard not to trust a cashier's check, prepared in your presence, by a bank teller inside the branch bank.
That's not it.
Yeah, but could you have done it when there were increased demand for the other paper products that you make out of your chopped down tree? My understanding is that many companies who made the specialized paper that are used on titles have either shut down or stopped making it. Add that to the increased demand for other paper products that have been happening and yeah it could very well be it.
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
Assuming you are serious and not just arguing for the sake of arguing...
I paid off the Ascent on August 15, 2022. I paid off the Legacy on January 9, 2023.
I still don't have the title to the Ascent. I got the title to the Legacy on January 13, 2023.
The end.
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
similar issue with my recent Carvana experience (and something state government related). what should have been a quick, simple online process became a very delayed mess because something specific to my situation was out of the ordinary. Meaning required special handling on their end, which (shockingly) caused confusion and them dropping the ball.
not until I finally reached a real person that knew enough, and cared enough, to dig into the situation did it get resolved. Both times while I was on the phone, and they went to the various bottlenecks and unclogged them. Only really took them about 10 minutes to tie up the loose ends and I was good to go. Problem really was, once the loose end happened, nobody had it on their radar to follow up on or fix.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
2025 Forester Limited, 2024 Subaru Legacy Sport
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I have to agree. Some other paper products are far more important. Sam’s Club hasn’t been out of TP since the early run on that stuff a couple years ago. I think we all know now what side of the toast to butter.
jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
One day I get a notice that my check to the IRS had bounced. The notice included a scanned copy of the check. I immediately walked over to the credit union and asked what was going on. They checked their records and assured me, 100%, they had not bounced any of my checks. One of the officers of the credit union said he would dig further and try to find out what had happened.
Two days later, he gets back to me. The electronic copy of the check had been refused by the credit union, because the account number was wrong. It seems the scanner used by the IRS was so bad that it read the account number on the check incorrectly. Hard to believe, but true. Those funny looking numbers on the bottom of the check are written in a font that is optimized for machine reading, not human reading, and yet their scanner failed. The failed transaction was not tied to my account at the credit union, as those electronic transactions do not include a name, only the account number.
The credit union officer spent several hours digging through the records before he found the problem, which is not something that a huge financial institution would be likely to do. Thereafter, I made the quarterly payments online.
2017 Cadillac ATS Performance Premium 3.6
8 hours X 5 days. Using a stamp that advanced one number, with each stamp. There were a dozen of us in the Cincinnati IRS center doing only that. (fun fact: Cincinnati IRS center was in Covington, KY)
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https://www.sourcetech.com/blog/why-micr-line-required-checks#:~:text=However, the magnetic ink has,item, it must contain MICR.
Makes it even worse that the IRS could not properly scan the account number.
There are 5 houses in a row here from the same builder, same year (2005), all slightly different, but not much. And yes, I have observed a few minor cracks in the sheetrock, and I have had to adjust a couple of the interior doors, but nothing major. Keeping my fingers crossed …
https://portal.ct.gov/DOH/DOH/Programs/Crumbling-Foundations
I’ve had a Chase credit card for about 40 years that I refuse to use because of their shenanigans but that’s a separate story.
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
2019 Kia Soul+, 2015 Mustang GT, 2013 Ford F-150, 2000 Chrysler Sebring convertible
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