Day 109 of 150

Day 109: Sold on a Handshake

In Kostroma, two friends fall out over a motorboat one sold the other on a handshake, and they ask a lawyer they both know to hear them out over tea.

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Dialogue

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  1. A

    Пётр Андреевич, рассудите. Я Серёге лодку продал, по-дружески, без бумажек, а он деньги назад требует.

    Pyotr Andreyevich, you be the judge. I sold Seryoga my boat, as a friend, no paperwork, and now he wants his money back.

  2. B

    Так мотор через неделю сдох! А ты говорил, что сам его перебирал и он как новый.

    Because the engine died a week later! And you said you'd overhauled it yourself and it was as good as new.

  3. A

    Говорил и перебирал! Кто ж знал, что ты будешь гонять его на чистом бензине, без масла.

    I did say so, and I did overhaul it! Who knew you'd run it on straight petrol, with no oil.

  4. C

    Тихо, мужики, не на базаре. Устный договор, между прочим, тоже договор, и сделка без бумаги считается заключённой.

    Quiet, lads, this isn't a market. A verbal agreement is still an agreement, you know, and a deal without paper counts as concluded.

  5. B

    Пётр Андреевич, так я могу деньги вернуть? Он же мне барахло со скрытым дефектом подсунул.

    Pyotr Andreyevich, so can I get my money back? He palmed off a piece of junk with a hidden defect on me.

  6. C

    Можешь, если докажешь, что дефект был до продажи. А без экспертизы это, Серёжа, почти невозможно.

    You can, if you prove the defect was there before the sale. And without an expert report, Seryozha, that's almost impossible.

  7. A

    Вот, слышал? Экспертиза тебе дороже самой лодки встанет.

    There, you hear that? An expert report will cost you more than the boat itself.

  8. B

    Выходит, мне теперь ни мотора, ни денег, а он ещё и прав?

    So now I've got neither an engine nor my money, and he's in the right as well?

  9. C

    Уговор дороже денег, мужики, а у вас его толком и не было. Ремонт мотора оплатите пополам, а в следующий раз пишите договор, хоть на салфетке.

    A deal is worth more than money, lads, and you never really had one. Split the cost of the engine repair, and next time write a contract, even on a napkin.

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