New owner with big problem

monkey44 wrote:
Let me ask this -- IF you'd sent a check for $9000 too much, do you think the dealer would have sent a refund?

And, a very old game in auto sales, sell a car, let the buyer take it home, call a couple days later and say they made a mistake - a mistake never in your favor.

What does your contract say - if it has the price you paid, then you own it. Just a personal opinion, I believe you got the right deal, and the dealer heard your wife, and is now trying to raise the price. That's just my opinion, but it's my opinion because I've seen it happen.

We send overpayments back to the customer all the time. We pay off loans on trades all the time. Sometimes the payoff was quoted with a payment from the customer still in transit, or there is a warranty that can be cancelled and a refund applied. Probably one in 20 customers get a check back when they trade in a car. Most vehicle dealers operate ethically, both because they are ethical, and because if they cheat a customer they could lose their license.