I think one of the parties has to take delivery or payment before the contract is valid. Either way, it isn't a good business practice for sure.
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Don Griffin <dgrif...@roe13.k12.il.us>wrote: > I'll bet your bank would be excited to know they loaned on a car that you > didn't get. This dealership has committed fraud and it sounds like you have > the paperwork to prove it. Lawyer up! > > >>> <rkas...@valmeyerk12.org> 9/24/2010 2:20 PM >>> > > 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 | > > ------------------------------ > THIS TRANSMISSION IS INTENDED AND RESTRICTED FOR USE BY THE ABOVE ADDRESSEE > ONLY. IT MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR PRIVILEGED INFORMATION EXEMPT FROM > DISCLOSURE UNDER FEDERAL OR STATE LAW. IN THE EVENT SOME OTHER PERSON OR > ENTITY RECEIVES THIS TRANSMISSION, SAID RECIPIENT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT > ANY DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION, OR DUPLICATION OF THIS TRANSMISSION OR ITS > CONTENTS IS PROHIBITED. IF YOU SHOULD RECEIVE THIS TRANSMISSION IN ERROR, > PLEASE CALL US IMMEDIATELY AT 309.827.6031, DELETE THE FILE FROM YOUR > SYSTEM, AND DESTROY ANY HARD COPIES OF THIS TRANSMISSION. THANK YOU. > > Bloomington Public Schools School District87 > Bloomington, Illinois > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >
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