Dear Eric : Almost a year ago, my husband, “Bob,” bought a 17-year-old car with 200,000 miles on it from a neighbor, “Jane.” It was in bad shape but ran well.

Last week Bob bought a car with 100,000 miles on it.

I put sale notices for Jane’s former car on a social media site that I know Jane is on, as well as an ad in the local paper, which I know she has delivered to her house. We had the car in our driveway with a large For Sale sign in it.

Five days after we sold the car, Jane called me, very upset. She told me she and Bob had an agreement of “right of first refusal” should he decide to resell the car. I asked if that was in the papers of sale that they signed. She said it was “verbal.” She was so upset about it and kept me on the phone for 45 minutes.

Later, she texted me a photo

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