Car wrongly priced

[scorpiolady]

We found a car advertised in Autotrader priced at £3195, went on the dealers website it also said £3195, went to buy it and the guy said it was £3495 when we questioned this the guy said no its advertised at £3495 so taking his word for it we paid a deposit , when i went home i was right it definately said £3195 checked again this morning and the price had changed to £3495 and today ive looked in our local newspaper and the same car is advertised at £3195, has the dealer got to sell at £3195 or not :confused:

[maninthestreet]

No he hasn't got to sell it to you for £3195.

[Lemonade Pockets]

Its called invitation to treat.

Basically they don't have to sell it at the advertised price. However if they repeatedly advertise the wrong place they would get into trouble with trading standards.

Worth ringing the salesmanager to complain you might be able to get it for the price advertised especially if the salesman lied to you.

But they are under no obligation too.

[nomoneytoday]

I would offer £3195. If he accept then fine, if not then walk away and he loses a sale :)

[1984ReturnsForReal]

Take in the ads & have the arguement.

It wont cost you anything to do that.

[dacouch]

Some traders place adverts at a lower price than they want to attract customers to call or visit them so they have a chance of selling a car. It looks like this might be whats happened here

[molerat]

Some traders place adverts at a lower price than they want to attract customers to call or visit them so they have a chance of selling a car. It looks like this might be whats happened hereWhich is misleading advertising and an offence. Check the rest of their ads and report them to TS if this is what they are doing.

[jonathon]

i think now you have paid a deposit its a bit late to try and haggle.

[Premier]

We found a car advertised in Autotrader priced at £3195, went on the dealers website it also said £3195, went to buy it and the guy said it was £3495 when we questioned this the guy said no its advertised at £3495 so taking his word for it we paid a deposit , when i went home i was right it definately said £3195 checked again this morning and the price had changed to £3495 and today ive looked in our local newspaper and the same car is advertised at £3195, has the dealer got to sell at £3195 or not :confused:

You agreed to pay full asking price for a used car? :eek:

Oh well, by paying the deposit you agreed the deal at the contract price of £3495.

Bet the dealer loves you :)

[scorpiolady]

I didnt say i didnt agree with the price if i didnt then i wouldnt of paid the deposit would i :rolleyes: i just wondered if the dealer should sell at the advertised price or not, i think we've had a bargain as it was originally advertised at £3795 :p

[Alias_Omega]

What is the screen price,

That is the price that you start from

[Hintza]

You have unfortunately paid a deposit. If it was me i would have a damn good argument with them but at the end of the day you agreed the price when you paid the deposit.

[Volcano]

This happened to me, drove 80 miles to see a car and the price on the screen was £300 more than in Autotrader. While the guy was happy to give me the Autotrader price, he did use it during haggling with the justification "but I'm letting you have it for £300 less than the screen price" which of course was complete rubbish.

If I hadn't have managed to palm him off with a completely shot part-ex, I might have been very annoyed........

[harveybobbles]

From a dealers point of view...

We often get prices wrong. But this is nowt to do with us, as it's usually the air head at the local newspaper that keys in the wrong figure. A 1 could easily look like a 4 on a fax copy of an advert. As can a 1 and a 7...

We often had cars advertised like Alfa Romeo 156 Twin Spak or Twin Spank. Rather than Twin Spark...

Or some Rovers that had the "SE+ pack" came out in the paper as "SEA Pack".

Honestly, these arsehole typists should really know a little bit about cars...

[Brooker Dave]

I would offer £3195. If he accept then fine, if not then walk away and he loses a sale :)

OP has left a deposit and agreed to pay the higher price already.

[davemorton]

From a dealers point of view...

We often get prices wrong. But this is nowt to do with us, as it's usually the air head at the local newspaper that keys in the wrong figure. A 1 could easily look like a 4 on a fax copy of an advert. As can a 1 and a 7...

We often had cars advertised like Alfa Romeo 156 Twin Spak or Twin Spank. Rather than Twin Spark...

Or some Rovers that had the "SE+ pack" came out in the paper as "SEA Pack".

Honestly, these arsehole typists should really know a little bit about cars...

:rotfl: enjoyable post, just waiting for the 'arsehole typists' to say that those 'sheepcoat wearing car dealers' should learn not to write like a doctor then they could get the ads right. :A