Bought a car and feeling ripped off!!

mcclix

Can anyone offer advice on the following?
Went car hunting on Saturday and saw a car i liked but didn't test drive it, the car was priced at £12499. My dad kind of knows a mechanic who works there and so rang him on Monday am to check out the car's history and to see if it was likely that they would come down on the price. The history checked out ok and he said that he'd managed to get £300 discount making the car £12200.
I rang and arranged a test drive for Tuesday evening. Meanwhile whilst looking at the dealers site on Monday evening i saw the car had been reduced to £11999. I went along for the test drive on Tuesday and said that the car had been reduced to £11999 at which stage the salesman denied all knowledge showed me the price on his system and lo and behold the internet price was back to £12499. I agreed to buy the car for £12200 and paid a £300 deposit. I have today bought the Autotrader and the car is advertised at £11999. I therefore feel i've been ripped off for £200 as i've agreed to pay more than the advertised price. Can anyone tell me where i stand on this? Am i able to claim back my deposit if the dealer won't agree to now sell me the car for £11999?

pianeet

this is more common than you think....there are two other people on here with the same problem;)

photome

Why have u posted the same thing 3 times

IMO you should have asked for a better discount especially as you knew about the other ad, but as it is you agreed the price

Conor_3

mcclix wrote: »

Am i able to claim back my deposit if the dealer won't agree to now sell me the car for £11999?

No. You agreed a price. Are you sure it's exactly the same car or is it just the same model?

gsmmad

mate u was happy to pay the money. I would have tried to take the guy down like 1k if it was on there for 12500 and then if he didnt budge id settle for around 12k....

Those prices are done to be nocked off and hence why they probably did change the price to 12000 ....coz there having trouble selling the car...

Do go back there and moan and ask for ur money back say u dont want the car....then see what happens....also take the advetisement with u ...trust me u will get something back...



I just remembered under contract law. He made a offer and you made a acceptance. It does not matter if he offered it for a lower price elsewhere. However you saw the offer elsewhere and tried to accept but he denied that offer existed. So therefor you may have a legal case against him. Go there fuming with the autotrader say i came here asking for 12000 and u guys lied and said it wasnt for this price.....and on

markelock

gsmmad wrote: »

mate u was happy to pay the money. I would have tried to take the guy down like 1k if it was on there for 12500 and then if he didnt budge id settle for around 12k....

Those prices are done to be nocked off and hence why they probably did change the price to 12000 ....coz there having trouble selling the car...

Do go back there and moan and ask for ur money back say u dont want the car....then see what happens....also take the advetisement with u ...trust me u will get something back...



I just remembered under contract law. He made a offer and you made a acceptance. It does not matter if he offered it for a lower price elsewhere. However you saw the offer elsewhere and tried to accept but he denied that offer existed. So therefor you may have a legal case against him. Go there fuming with the autotrader say i came here asking for 12000 and u guys lied and said it wasnt for this price.....and on

sorry but this isn't true. I'm not exactly sure who made the offer from the OP. Did the garage offer the discounted rate, or did the OP offer the discounted rate that was then accepted by the seller?

either way, it's lost about another £1k since the OP bought it, £200 is neither here nor there.

If they do services, it's worth noting to them that they won't be doing it on yours, also let your friends know.

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

mcclix wrote: »

Am i able to claim back my deposit if the dealer won't agree to now sell me the car for £11999?

No you're not.

MORPH3US

Looks like you are stuck legally as you agreed to pay the amount.

However going back and (politely) kicking off might get you somewhere, who knows....

It might not too.

ilikedrawing

Why would you agree to buy the car at the more expensive price?! Looks like you shot yourself in the foot.

ZootHornRollo

if you are going to go back and complain i'd make sure you
do it while there are a load of potential buyers in their yard and make sure some are in ear shot. You will probably be treated a whole lot better.