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 ads for the older car on a popular social media site that I know Jane is on, and an ad in the local paper which I know Jane has delivered to her house. We also had the car in our driveway, pointed outward, with a large For Sale sign in it.

Five days after he sold his old car, Jane called me, very upset. She told me they had an agreement of “right of first refusal.” 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 of the chicken scratched

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