TehBigBang
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A friend of mine went to Automobile En Direct on Don quichotte with the intent to look at a used vehicle to buy. He saw something he liked and told them he was interested. What can he get for his trade in, how much more would it cost him to buy the suv with trade in. He was whisked away to the credit office, thought he allowed them to check his credit for the balance to see if he was approved. He never got to take it to his mechanic to get it checked, he was adamant about wanting it to get checked out.
Long story short. My friend, for whatever reason, Signed a used car contract when he thought he was signing to release the car to take it to his mechanic. He paid 400$ as a deposit on the car. The mechanic failed it, said don't take this suv it sucks. Get back to dealership, they say he's purchased the suv, contract has no trade in included (friend would never have bought car without his car traded in and not for 2300$ dealer told him he'd get around 4k$)
Now I know he's an idiot for not sending it to mechanic before signing purchase order. Again I stress he had no idea he signed a purchase contract, he thought he was doing paperwork to take it to mechanic. (Again, i know it's fucking stupid but i guess he didn't read the entire contract, WTF)
Mechanic inspection was today, he went back to dealer after mechanic failed it and said he wasn't taking it. Then they told him no problem, we can just pick something else out. Based on the mechanic failure, he said they didn't have anything, the mechanic failed it rendering the contract null and void. They didn't except that saying they would fix those problems, essencially saying he bought the car. Contract states that if there is 2 or more problems it can render contract null and void. The problem is there is no condition on contract of sale that he was to get an independant inspection, so they can just say he bought it as is.
When he turned the car back they agreed to charge him the penalty of 2% of total vehicle cost after taxes, so 220$ of the 400 deposit. Problem is he paid intereact and according to them they could cut him a check tomorrow for the 180$ and contract would be null and void. He never got a cancelled contract or void contract and no reciept for the 180 he was getting returned.
My fear is he's going in tomorrow and will get ambushed by a big manager who is going to tell him he bought the car and has no recourse to get his 180$, 400$ deposit back. Let alone force him to buy a that specific suv or another one of equal or more value.
In a rush to help my buddy, i'm sorry if this is hard to follow. Going to try contacting the BBB or consumer protection tomorrow. I'm just hoping some MR peeps could help with anything they might know about these sort of situations. My friend is extremely naive, he fucked up obviously, but can he get out of this shit if they try to keep him on the hook for the 12600 before financing so like 330 a month for 5 years...... so this 10900$ suv after thier gorilla financing is going to cost him 19800$
Can anyone offer any advice on wtf my bud can do here, or is he going to learn a 5 year long life lesson here.
Cheers guys
Long story short. My friend, for whatever reason, Signed a used car contract when he thought he was signing to release the car to take it to his mechanic. He paid 400$ as a deposit on the car. The mechanic failed it, said don't take this suv it sucks. Get back to dealership, they say he's purchased the suv, contract has no trade in included (friend would never have bought car without his car traded in and not for 2300$ dealer told him he'd get around 4k$)
Now I know he's an idiot for not sending it to mechanic before signing purchase order. Again I stress he had no idea he signed a purchase contract, he thought he was doing paperwork to take it to mechanic. (Again, i know it's fucking stupid but i guess he didn't read the entire contract, WTF)
Mechanic inspection was today, he went back to dealer after mechanic failed it and said he wasn't taking it. Then they told him no problem, we can just pick something else out. Based on the mechanic failure, he said they didn't have anything, the mechanic failed it rendering the contract null and void. They didn't except that saying they would fix those problems, essencially saying he bought the car. Contract states that if there is 2 or more problems it can render contract null and void. The problem is there is no condition on contract of sale that he was to get an independant inspection, so they can just say he bought it as is.
When he turned the car back they agreed to charge him the penalty of 2% of total vehicle cost after taxes, so 220$ of the 400 deposit. Problem is he paid intereact and according to them they could cut him a check tomorrow for the 180$ and contract would be null and void. He never got a cancelled contract or void contract and no reciept for the 180 he was getting returned.
My fear is he's going in tomorrow and will get ambushed by a big manager who is going to tell him he bought the car and has no recourse to get his 180$, 400$ deposit back. Let alone force him to buy a that specific suv or another one of equal or more value.
In a rush to help my buddy, i'm sorry if this is hard to follow. Going to try contacting the BBB or consumer protection tomorrow. I'm just hoping some MR peeps could help with anything they might know about these sort of situations. My friend is extremely naive, he fucked up obviously, but can he get out of this shit if they try to keep him on the hook for the 12600 before financing so like 330 a month for 5 years...... so this 10900$ suv after thier gorilla financing is going to cost him 19800$
Can anyone offer any advice on wtf my bud can do here, or is he going to learn a 5 year long life lesson here.
Cheers guys
You can tell by my posts that he's had his fair share up to date. Your done here, thanks.
