It sounds like they accepted his contract and money. If they sold the car before they sent the paperwork, that makes it even worse. No doubt he can get his money back but the dealer should have overnighted his money back. Any hesitation only makes it worse. Offering a different car makes it sound like bait and switch.
>>> Joshua Halls <j...@joshhalls.com> 9/24/2010 3:36 PM >>> 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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