Paid deposit on a car and just noticed they sold it at the wrong price

Zandoni

RS2000. wrote: »

Rubbish, the price was alway £7100 plus the car, it's never changed.

Rubbish, the price of the car should have been the screen price plus the road tax minus £3000 for the trade in. That was the price the OP thought they were negotiating further on.

RS2000.

Zandoni wrote: »

Rubbish, the price of the car should have been the screen price plus the road tax minus £3000 for the trade in. That was the price the OP thought they were negotiating further on.

But that is all irrelevant as they agreed a price for the deal, you're claerly as daft as the OP if you think otherwise.

Zandoni

RS2000. wrote: »

But that is all irrelevant as they agreed a price for the deal, you're claerly as daft as the OP if you think otherwise.

Nothing I have said is irrelevant, it's just sad that you are not able to understand.

facade

Most of us do understand perfectly.
As those of us who have bought cars/engaged tradesman for house repairs know, it doesn't matter what rubbish they say- they will tell you anything to get you to sign up or agree, all that matters is the bottom line that is written down: how much you have to pay.
If you like the figure, you go through with the deal, if you don't, you don't.

No point whining after the deal is agreed.

londonTiger

they will make the same margin either way. They will either overvalue the sale car and give you a "generous" offer for yours. Or they will sell theirs at a reasonable price and value your cars short by £300.

Bottom line you agreed to how much you're going to pay cash with your vehicle as part ex. That is the deal. What the sale car is valued at and what your car is valued at is just background noise.

Zandoni

Its incredible that there are so many people on here that will accept this dodgy dealing, no wonder there are so many rogue traders about.


I can fully accept that it's the bottom line that matters if there's no car price displayed, but in this instance there was.

facade

They are pretty much all robdogs, it is how life works.

Most likely the screen price is the price with no trade-in, using the "special" finance package.
If you have a trade-in the price goes back to the correct £10,100, so they can give you loads-a-money for the trade-in, and still make a wheelbarrowful of money.

Probably we are just used to being old & cynical, rather than young & hopeful.


Anyway, there would have been no harm in the OP going back and pointing out the "mistake" in the pricing, you never know, it may have been a mistake all along (but I doubt it)

Zandoni

facade wrote: »

Most likely the screen price is the price with no trade-in, using the "special" finance package.
If you have a trade-in the price goes back to the correct £10,100, so they can give you loads-a-money for the trade-in, and still make a wheelbarrowful of money.

If that was the case, it should say it.

AdrianC

Zandoni wrote: »

I can fully accept that it's the bottom line that matters if there's no car price displayed, but in this instance there was.

Headline price - £12,000. Bottom line - £7,100
Headline price - £10,000. Bottom line - £7,100
Headline price - £8,000. Bottom line - £7,100

What's the difference TO THE BUYER'S POCKET in each of those scenarios?

Zandoni

AdrianC wrote: »

Headline price - £12,000. Bottom line - £7,100
Headline price - £10,000. Bottom line - £7,100
Headline price - £8,000. Bottom line - £7,100

What's the difference TO THE BUYER'S POCKET in each of those scenarios?

You know darn well it's not as simple as that.
I'm going into the car selling business there's a lot of mugs out there".