I personally am into personal debt collect type way, if this happened to me I'd go see the guy and see what he says and if he didn't pay up for my incurred costs I roll him. Plain and simple.

I know people are gonna go blah blah you can't do that you'll end up in more trouble blah blah, but in the REAL world, after you've flogged someone up and induced fear they keep their mouth shut.

It's always last resort as people who F you over need to be taught a lesson.

But in your mates case I think I'm with harry on his thinking, to me there is absolutly NO possible way a verbal aggreement can be a legal binding contract unless you have recorded it.


He has alot of evedence but think of it in this senario, he rings him and says I want your ute and he says nah I'm in negotiations with another bloke, but then your mate really wants this ute and keeps ringing him (every night) asking him if he could buy it.
Then lets say your mate gets to obcessive and organises a trip up and the payment and car moving company, to try and entice the seller into selling it to him. but then the seller finally says NO I've sold it.

By rights he could produce exactly the same evidence as what your friend has now but the whole way through teh seller was saying no.

It's the same as cops if they catch you speeding and then you say to them geez I'm glad you caught me now and not 1km back, then the cop says why's that, and you reply because I was cracking 200km/h. the cop can't do #### as he has no proof that you did even do that or even said that.

But I hope your friend gets a little compensation out of it

Cheers

Damo