I would disagree with most here. You sold the car on 3/10, and then again last sunday, which was the 18th. You didn't even wait a week before deciding to sell it the second time. Yes, I would expect someone to pay immediately, as I myself would do. But you really didn't even give him a week, and you knew he was out of the country. Unless you had an agreement to only hold it for a certain time period, I would just give him the money back and go on.
You should have told him upfront that you would not consider his $250 a deposit until he paid the entire $500. In that case, no harm no foul, and you are free to sell it out from under him. He never had an effective deposit and the right thing to do would be to hand him his money back also.
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