Myself I would get the police involved first, if nothing else to have their documentation, and to give the dealer a sense you're bringing the law into it. It also gives you the advantage of caution.
Then possibly a lawyer, as you may be due more than just your money back. My 2 cents. Rich / ICN-RTC7 Champaign On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 2:20 PM, <rkas...@valmeyerk12.org> wrote: > Last Wednesday I called a dealer in beautiful downtown Burbank (for you old > Laugh-in fans), IL. to ask some questions about a Corvette Z06 they had for > sale on ebay. After talking to them I decided to go ahead with the deal. > The sales guy says "we can start it here". I asked if he was sure I > shouldn't have hit "buy it now". "No, we'll take care of that for you". > Thursday, they had approval from my bank. Friday I got their paperwork for > signature and closed the financing on Monday. Tuesday morning I mailed the > check to them. I was supposed to be picking it up today. Supposed to be > are the key words. They called me Wednesday after they already had my money > and told me that they had sold the car out from under me, but they were > trying to fix the problem. Yesterday they called me and told me that they > couldn't fix it and I was screwed. They forgot to close the aution and > someone hit buy it now. They made a feeble effort to offer me a different > car. They blamed it on ebay, but it's just a matter of not having the > HUEVOS to call the other bidder and tell him he can't have the car and > explain the situation. They don't want to hurt their positive feedback > rating on ebay. > > They were supposed to have my checks back to me by noon today. So far, it > hasn't happened. > > I won't mention company names on the list because that's not a good thing, > but I will gladly tell anyone who wants to know off list and would be > willing to add comments to their facebook page to do a little blackballing. > Needless to say, I'm just a little pi55ed - no, that's an understatement. > By the way, Ebay was absolutely no help in the matter. > > > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >
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