matter of Faussett vs.
Gutierrez, step forward.
>> Announcer: Matthew and Dawn
Faussett are suing
Caleb Gutierrez for money owed
for a truck.
>> Judge Judy: Byrd, would
you do me a favor?
I don't know if our books go
back this far.
I'd like you to look up a 1983
Chevy Silverado and tell me what
the "Blue Book" value of that
car is while I'm inquiring.
This is what
the lawsuit is about.
Mr. and Mrs. Faussett, it is
your claim that you hired the
defendant to redo a kitchen
project for you.
In addition, you say that you
sold him a 1983 Chevy Silverado
for $3,000.
>> We didn't sell it to him.
It was part of our payment to
Caleb for the kitchen job, plus
we added cash in on top of that.
>> Judge Judy: So, you were
doing some barter.
>> Correct.
>> Judge Judy: Okay. I'm going
to find out how much the truck
is worth.
>> Byrd: $8,450.
>> Judge Judy: Eight
thousand...?
>> Byrd: $8,450.
>> Judge Judy: A 1983 Chevy
Silverado?
No. Impossible.
>> It had some stuff done to it.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care what
it had onto it.
I don't care if it sang
"Happy Birthday" in Mandarin.
[ Laughter ]
>> They're very sought after now
to be customized and lowered,
which it was.
>> Judge Judy: I don't care.ge e
to -- I have to -- I have to
see it.
I mean, we're talking about a
24-year-old...
I'm looking for a Chevy
Silverado, and where does this
say "Silverado" here?
>> Byrd: Silverado.
>> Judge Judy: That's the
Silverado package.
[ Laughs ] I find that
absolutely astounding.
Did you know that that car was
worth $8,450?
>> I did not.
And I don't believe it is.
>> Judge Judy: Well, I'm looking
here, so I am going to show you
what it says in this
"Kelley Blue Book."
Would you show him what it says?
I mean, I actually was amazed,
Mr. Gutierrez.
>> Yeah. I suppose that would be
if it's in excellent condition,
which I doubt --
>> Judge Judy: Even if it's in
lousy condition, it's worth more
than $1,200.
Right?
>> Could be. Yes.
>> Judge Judy: Not "could be."
>> [ Chuckles ]
>> Judge Judy: So, let's say
they gave you a truck that's
worth $6,000 and what you paid
them was $1,250.
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: So they were
expecting you to do another
$4,000 worth of work.
Let's say we take that figure.
And I'm giving you the whole --
the benefit of every doubt.
>> Yeah.
>> Judge Judy: Did you do $4,000
worth of work for them?
>> Not completed, no.
But the original job, the
original estimate, was $4,700.
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: I want to know
what you did for them.
>> Well, we refaced the
cabinets is what it started out
as.
Ended up just --
>> Judge Judy: No, I want to
know not what it started out as.
I want to know
what you did for them.
You got a $6,000 -- and that's
giving you a great deal --
$6,000 car for $1,250, which
is what you gave them --
which means I want to see you
doing $4,350 worth of work.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: Did you do
$4,300 worth of work?
>> They wouldn't let me complete
the job.
So, no.
>> Judge Jow, they're only
suing you for $3,500.
>> I don't believe they thought
the truck was worth that much,
either.
I still don't see how it
would be.
>> Judge Judy: You don't
think it is?
I don't think it is, but that's
what the book says it is.
>> The fair price in there was,
I think, $1,450, it said.
>> Judge Judy: Oh, no, no.
What's the fair price?
I think he made a mistake there.
>> Maybe I was looking at the
wrong one, but --
>> Judge Judy: Yeah. I think
you were.
I think that the Silverado
package added 10% on to the
long-bed truck.
>> Oh.
>> Judge Judy: What's the fair
price?
>> Byrd: $4,225.
>> Judge Judy: $4,225!
That's in fair condition.
There's excellent.
There's good. There's fair.
Are you still driving
the truck?
>> No.
>> Judge Judy: What happened
to it?
>> Uh, well --
>> Judge Judy: "Uh, uh, uh."
What happened to the truck?
>> The tires are flat, and I
just... I don't drive it.
>> Judge Judy: Well, now you
know how valuable it is, maybe
you'll drive it.
[ Laughter ]
>> True.
>> Judge Judy: Any excuse why
you didn't finish the job?
>> They just made it hard to go
in there and work.
>> Judge Judy: Explain to me how
they made it hard.
>> They started threatening me,
threatening my wife.
>> Judge Judy: Threatening you
how?
Just a second.
Why would they sell you and give
you the title to a very
expensive car before you paid
for it by doing the work you
were supposed to do?
So, they were trusting people.
So, why would they, all of a
sudden, start to threaten you
and your wife?
>> Because we just had...
The job was taking longer than
we expected --
>> Judge Judy: Than you
expected.
>> Both of us.
>> Judge Judy: Than you
expected.
>> Okay.
>> Judge Judy: You owe them
$3,500.
That's what they're suing for.
Judgment for the plaintiff.
We're done.