Trying to get my deposit back

wealdroam

bris wrote: »

Nothing wrong with that either, perfectly viable.

Ah... but it wasn't what the OP wanted to hear.

Scrumpymonkey

societys_child wrote: »

Deposits work both ways, you wanted the seller to hold it for you until you changed your mind? A bit one-sided.

Nope, until I decided. Which was 14 hours after I put down the deposit after clearly discussing with the dealer that I was looking at the other bike. Where-upon I was encouraged to put a deposit down as there was "lots of interest" in the bike and "just in case".

The moral of the story is, I shouldn't have felt pressured into putting the deposit down. If the bike had sold before I'd made my decision, then I wasn't supposed to have it.

Lesson learned but it doesn't stop many sales staff using this tactic to pressurise individuals to place a deposit.

societys_child

What's the point of a deposit? It's supposed to be an agreement between too intelligent beings. A promise by one to buy, and by the other, not to sell to someone else. IMO you reneged on your side of the deal.

You also seem at believe that a salesman isn't supposed to sell, it's not a tactic, it's part of any business, it's how the real world works.

pinkshoes

Scrumpymonkey wrote: »

Nope, until I decided. Which was 14 hours after I put down the deposit after clearly discussing with the dealer that I was looking at the other bike. Where-upon I was encouraged to put a deposit down as there was "lots of interest" in the bike and "just in case".

The moral of the story is, I shouldn't have felt pressured into putting the deposit down. If the bike had sold before I'd made my decision, then I wasn't supposed to have it.

Lesson learned but it doesn't stop many sales staff using this tactic to pressurise individuals to place a deposit.

Back to the point, as some are being a little pedantic...

The shop needs to mitigate their lossess.

If they told the OP that there were LOTS of people interested so he needed to put down a deposit, and he OP made it clear he was looking at another bike, then the actual losses will be almost zero! The cost of a phone call to one of the other interested buyers...?

(Or perhaps the shop lied about the other buyers??)

LilElvis

Scrumpymonkey wrote: »

Nope, until I decided. Which was 14 hours after I put down the deposit after clearly discussing with the dealer that I was looking at the other bike. Where-upon I was encouraged to put a deposit down as there was "lots of interest" in the bike and "just in case".

The moral of the story is, I shouldn't have felt pressured into putting the deposit down. If the bike had sold before I'd made my decision, then I wasn't supposed to have it.

Lesson learned but it doesn't stop many sales staff using this tactic to pressurise individuals to place a deposit.

Presumably part of this discussion involved what would happen to the deposit should you choose not to buy? What did the dealer tell you/put in writing?