Unbelievable Moral Dilemma - Please Help

[nj1001]

will give an update shortly

[Hungrycat7]

Keep the car and the extra money! He gave you the price, he pulled the papers, and he watched you sign them. It was his mistake and he is going to have to deal with it!

[Dboy23]

Originally Posted by nj1001

I have been shopping for a car for a while now, and had been doing all of my negotiating over the phone until I got what I thought was a pretty good deal - 11% off sticker (MSRP). At that point, I went into the dealer to buy the car, and when I got there the numbers he put in front of me were different. Hang on, it's not what you think - they were actually lower. In fact, they were lower by about $8000!! Well, since this is the first car I had ever purchased, I thought maybe I had done something wrong in my research, otr that I remembered the numbers wrong, or something. Frankly, I didn't know what to think, but I knew I was paying even less than I thought I'd have to, so I signed all the papers and the check, and got the hell out of there with my new car.

Well, it turns out, he made a mistake, took out the wrong document, and gave me 11% off INVOICE. Of course, later that day he realized his mistake and called me. However, he said legally the car was mine and there was nothing that they could do. In fact, I had "him and the dealer over a barrel," but he was hoping that I would do the right thing and honor our original deal, which was 11% off MSRP, and send him a check for an extra $8,000.

Now the question is put to you: WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

Personally I think if you were originally going to buy the car for 11% off MSRP than do the right thing and take the car back but maybe work it out so they give you one that's more optioned for the price or something to conpicate what you went through to get it but that's just my opinion.

[Ray paulsen]

If the shoe was on the other foot would the dealer let you of the hook ?

Thousands of consumers purchase vehicle's every day and a fair amount of buyers have issues or buyers remorse looking at their bill of sale after the fact, will the dealer play ball with you ?,,, 99.9% nooooooooo

The normal process getting a bill of sale involves 3 people - the salesperson - manager on duty - finance office, I find it hard to belive they all missed the mistake, that is unless person selling you the car did the whole process ?

I will be very interested of final outcome

[98BlackTransAm]

for me it would depend 100% on the dealer. is it a small mom n' pop type dealer with less than 40 cars on the lot? or is it a big time dealer that always has the brand new cars lined up and rows of countless cars. if it's a smaller lot and they're just trying to make a decent living, then I'd definately give the money back. on the other hand, if it's a dealer that's worth shitloads and charges $800 for parts and labor on a $40 part that takes 20 minutes to install (e.g. most big-time dealerships) then i'd keep the money in a heartbeat. from my experiences, larger car dealers are generally comprised of skeezy unmoral people when it comes to money, and 10 to 1 they deserve to pay the consequences for a fuck up like this.

[teerossi]

if that was me in that situtation, i would take the car, and offer no return of $8,000.

Take advantage of his mistake, they dont come around very often.

Now, lets switch positions here. If you were the car dealer and some guy

rolls up and says ill sell you this car for $1000. The next day he comes by

and says, nevermind, ill sell you this car for $9000. You would take the

$1000 price, right? Dont let that snake talk you into "doing the right thing",

he made a mistake and you tok advantage. end of story.