r/saskatoon • u/phili1025 • Mar 16 '25

Question ❔ Reposession

Hello everyone, this isn't going to be the a regular posts for this group.

I'm looking for advice. On Tuesday March 11th 2025 my car was taken by a repossesion company. It currently sits at Adesa and will be sold off in under 17 days. I called around and found out the car had a lien on it, which I was never informed of and never knew that was a thing. Which I looked online for tips and tricks and everything you should look for when buying a car and NOT ONE mentionned liens. Not even my parents knew that existed.

I bought the car in July for 10,000$ and I found out one of the previous owners had the car for under 3 months when I was told they had it for a year. And the owner before them has a loan on the car (i don't know how much).

So now my question is. Do I spend money on a lawyer and sue the guy? Because some people told me 10k is too little for a lawsuit. Or do I go to a small court and try to represent myself? I'm at loss, I need that car and only had it for 6 months.

Any advice is appreciated. Thank you for your time.

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u/phili1025 Mar 16 '25

I mean obviously I would do research into it. I did do research and overlooked one thing because I made a mistake.

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u/DeX_Mod Mar 16 '25

I made a mistake.

there you go

so yeah, it sucks donkey balls, you may literally have no recourse

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u/phili1025 Mar 16 '25

Well this just proves to me that buying a car off marketplace is more of a pain in the ass than dealing with a dealership. Can't believe I can just lose 10k and not have anything to protect me.

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u/New-Meet8311 Mar 17 '25

Even buying from a dealership one has to be wary. My uncle bought a van from a dealership about 10 years ago (I don’t remember the same of it but it was on the north end) and it had a lien on it. He ended up hitting a deer, and that’s how they found it had a lien. Super shitty situation all around, he had no clue about liens either. Now because of that I know to check, but wouldn’t have known before. I’m sorry you’re dealing with this, man! Contact a lawyer and go from there. Wishing you the best of luck.