I believe Eskie is talking about the fact that you were told twice or more that there was a more current title on the car.. So altho you paid for the car until that title clears and its issued to you, then in all reality you didn't "own" the car .....until the correct title was found and used. So yes you owned the car once that was cleared up.

If picking apart all the 1001 reasons this guys texted you or offered to wax your car etc .... well who knows . Continue to try and figure it out if you feel that its a good healthy thing for you to do.

Good luck