Car has 30,000 miles more than was advertised

M1KE

I enquired about a car on A.C website and paid a £99 deposit to reserve the car. I have been in talks with the sales rep throughout the week regarding the newer car.
I was offered just over 7k trade in for my car and would be paying the rest in cash for the advertised car.
The advertised car is valued at £15k and was advertised as only having a mileage of just over 29k. I have received a digital copy of the order for trade in and sale of the new car. No money other than the deposit has been paid yet as the car is still not ready for collection.
The paperwork i received digitally has the mileage they originally advertised it at with 29k on the clock but 4 days after the car was originally advertised A.C changed the mileage on their website to 59,297 after seeing this i checked the video they sent me on the same day they advertised the car with 29k miles on it.
The mileage on the odometer in the video they sent me is 59,738 not 59,298 and certainly not 29,438.

What do i do and where do i stand regarding this, i still have an interest in the car but i'm disappointed that the car isn't exactly i was led to believe it was and would be willing to walk away if they could not give a better deal on the car.
The car is still a reasonable price when compared to the same make model with similar mileage.

My issue is that not only have i lost out on buying another car that is now sold because i thought i would be buying a better low mileage car that was advertised as only having 29k on it hence why i had so much interest as soon as i seen the advertisement.

I don't think legally i have any stance since no money has been parted but i would like to think A.C would acknowledge their mistake and offer a reduced price maybe even throw in extended warranty on a car that has 30k more miles than what was originally advertised and sale was agreed on.

jimjames

Nothing you can do really apart from get your deposit back. 

Thrugelmir

Typo most likely. 

M1KE

jimjames said:

Nothing you can do really apart from get your deposit back. 

I thought that might be the case. Ill still be trying to get a better deal on the car as that was the main reason i placed the deposit and filled in the paperwork.

M1KE

Thrugelmir said:

Typo most likely. 

I would understand it being a typo if they put the correct mileage on it when they changed it the first time but the car is still being advertised with less mileage than what's on the car although not 30k miles.

M1KE

Is the paper work that was digitally signed not a contract with A.C ?

L9XSS

See if you can negotiate more money off The original price if your still happy with the car, I’m sure as a prospective customer you could get adeal

Car_54

M1KE said:

Is the paper work that was digitally signed not a contract with A.C ?

Yes, but it’s almost certainly a contract that simply says that In return for the OP paying a deposit AC won’t sell the car to anyone else.
I’d be amazed if it commits AC to anything more. If it commits the OP to anything more then he shouldn’t have signed it …..

k3lvc

M1KE said:

Is the paper work that was digitally signed not a contract with A.C ?

Potentially but there's also likely to be a get out in the small print re errors that you could invoke when you view/receive the car

They can't supply you with that car with 29k miles so any contract is frustrated and up for renegotiation

Herzlos

Is the car a fair price at the higher mileage compared to other cars AC do?

If so it might have just been a typo on the website. The deposit is fully refundable and AC won't have done anything with it beyond noy selling it to someone else, so you can alwayd see what they'll offer and walk away if you're not happy.

They won't give you anything for the lost opportunity.

macman

How old is the car?