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Bought a car and feeling ripped off!!
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?
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?
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not a lot you can do0
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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...0 -
you should have haggled for more than £300 of in the first place. at the very least i would have offered on a car with that price would have been 12,000 but you may have got more off it than that....work permit granted!0
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