u/MathematicianLong642

I'm in Texas. I bought the car from it's first owner a few years back, cash deal from a friend when he got a new one.

Originally I was going to give it to my brother, LSS, I kept it and have been driving it.

I was a title clerk at a dealership a long time ago. So I made sure to get it registered ASAP. Got my blue title, put it away.

Tax was a pain bc they wanted to say it was worth more than I paid, but truth is, it needed new tires and some other stuff. Whatever. I got legal.

I also have a Jeep, so I don't always drive it, but it gets good mileage.

Paint was fading when I got it due to clear coat loss and sun. Still a problem. It's not pretty. Skip a few years. Add many miles. Mom's 87 and decides to give me her car... it's newer and better than this one.

So I am going to sell. Not for a lot, but I could have put another 100,000 miles on it ( assuming I got the roof taken care of at some point) I'm doing my homework and getting offers. Then I noticed that the blue title is BONDED.

Why? My friend is listed as previous owner.

I'm the owner.

I don't know why the odometer reading says EXEMPT and I don't know why it's BONDED ... and I don't know how that is going to have an impact on a buyer.

I'm very full disclosure about the condition and everything. It's a workhorse and not a show pony, but if someone buys it for parts at the best offered price, I don't want to know.

It's hard having all these vehicles everywhere.

Maybe I worry too much. But I don't want anyone buried in red tape.

I don't want to be stuck in it either.

What do I need to do? Do buyers care? Do we sign it and fill it out with a bill of sale like any normal transaction? I got the title in the mail Jan of 2023.

In the DFW area and helping with a project after someone suddenly passed away, very young. But old enough to have worked in the tech industry and for CompUsa and amass boxes and boxes and bins of tech stuff. Some was being used in various business efforts and some was just what happens.

Yes, advice is to test and sort things and so forth.

But it's an overwhelming amount of things from new in box packages of zip ties and fastners to keyboards and mice and things that look like Lt Data exploded. Surviving family members aren't up to it .

Someone running a repair business or who is really into going through stuff to turn a profit on eBay or something might be thrilled. But it's truckloads. And it has real value. But it also needs to not be in the house, garage, storage units (plural) etc anymore.

Ethically, no one wants to add to landfill. Especially when Dallas is not exactly firing on all recycling cylinders anymore.

No one wants to make life worse for the innocent family of a tech hoarder who doesn't actually sort and organize or optimize things.

Also, no one is exactly burly. Just trying to gather it into central locations is a lot.

This is not a sale post, but is there some way to find a good fit? Benefit a person who can use things and the family and the planet, and make sure that the spirit of the late owner doesn't gnash ethereal teeth in vexation?

Yes there are random empty product boxes, but it is not possible to match up with products in the current conditions. I know that was the reason they were kept. But they were not near the products. We don't know. It feels hopeless. Everyone is sad anyway.

No images out of respect but just imagine that box or bin or drawer...then multiply.