I have a friend who works in the used car biz. Usually what happens is that they "give" the car away for a great price to someone (usually a friend of the dealer or a tech, or a sales guy, etc), with the understanding that the car has problems, and that they are buying it as-is.
He got a great late model diesel Mercedes for cheap cheap money that someone had put regular gas into and messed the fuel system up. He had it fixed and it's fine now. But, they don't want to sell it to joe consumer for fear of the repercussions - even if it is fixed, it has the potential to go haywire somewhere down the road, then they could be liable, etc. Ken Ketsdever wrote: > How reputable are these guys? You told them the tranny was giving you > trouble they checked it, said don't sweat it and then sold it to a > friend. NICE... > > > > Subject: Re: problem with car trade in > > So, an update. I too felt like the sales guy was fishing. My wife > called them back (she is much more forceful than I) and spoke to a > manager. Turns out - the manager had sold the car to his friend, so he > felt pretty bad. The shop in NO way wants more money out of us - but > they did ask us to please fax them the report we had from the repair > shop (which shows a transmission check). So I'm guessing they may > contact the repair shop, but they aren't going to bug us. > > > Confidentiality Notice: This message including any > attachments is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender and > delete any copies of this message. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Captivate from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=52 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:182603 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
