What would you do?
I have been loolkign for a tow vehicle and posted such in the towing vehicle tread. Well I was going to go out of state and all of a sudden I found a vehicle about 30 miles from my home at a GM Deale...
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Fordlover wrote:1ed wrote:
I have been loolkign for a tow vehicle and posted such in the towing vehicle tread. Well I was going to go out of state and all of a sudden I found a vehicle about 30 miles from my home at a GM Dealer. So I called about the vehicle and saw pictures of it and made arrangements to see if first thing the next day. I arrived at the dealership and inspected the vehicle and took it for a road test and it was a good vehicle but not my first choice but thought it would work for what I wanted. During my inspection of the vehicle I noticed that the rubber around the door that is attached to the body was all ripped so I said we had a deal if they would replace the rubber seal.
They agreed and I put a $500 deposit on the vehicle and agreed to come back the next day with my wife and the money. Well after much discussion and looking at all the aspects I decided not to take the vehicle. So I called the dealership at 0800 the next morning and informed them that I was not going to purchase the vehicle and they said they are gong to charge me $125.00 for the rubber seal. Now that seal was all ripped and they told me I could come and get the rubber if I wanted. My feeling is they are wrong and should have refunded all of my money. HOW IS THIS RIGHT ? What are your thoughts? My plan is to write a review on YELP for what it is worth . Wife says forget it and move on....Don't want to go to small claims court but it just frost me if you know what I mean... Ed
Would you feel the same if you were the private seller of the vehicle, and a buyer came and said here is a 500 deposit, I'll come buy tomorrow if you replace the rubber seal? You perform the repair on your dime then they say hey, just kidding, give me my 500 back.
That actually wouldn't bother me at all. I would have done the repair myself, so it would have been $50. I would then point out the new deal to the next potential buyer and say yeah, there is stained carpeting because of a leaking seal, but look, I've fixed it. Actually, unless there was other damage besides the stain, I'd really clean the carpeting as well.