grouch
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Something similar happened to my brother-in-law a few years back. He left a deposit on a new car that was on the lot. He said he would be back from a business trip in a week. The deposit was to hold the vehicle for 3 weeks. His trip was supposed to be 1 1/2 weeks but he had seen them run longer as he is an electrical engineer.
2 days after he left on the trip, I saw one just like it driving down the road. The reason it looked like it was it was the car he put a deposit on. One of the salesmen was using it.
When he got back and went to pick up the car, it wasn't there. The salesman had traded it to another dealer in trade for a car that one of the salesman's kids wanted.
Needless to say, there were some consternation's. The dealer offered to order a new one just like it but there had been a price increase. While my BIL is an electrical engineer, his first degree was an MBA. He told the dealer he had a contract. There would be NO increase. The dealer sold a sold car. He would get one like it at the original price. There would also be interest charged on the deposit starting at the latest date he was to return. (Starting about 3 days later). A week later, the replacement showed up. It was enroute to a different dealer but corporate reassigned it as it was a stock ordered car and wasn't sold. It even had a moon roof the original didn't have.
Fast forward 4 months. New owner of the dealership. It seems his car wasn't the only one that happened to.
2 days after he left on the trip, I saw one just like it driving down the road. The reason it looked like it was it was the car he put a deposit on. One of the salesmen was using it.
When he got back and went to pick up the car, it wasn't there. The salesman had traded it to another dealer in trade for a car that one of the salesman's kids wanted.
Needless to say, there were some consternation's. The dealer offered to order a new one just like it but there had been a price increase. While my BIL is an electrical engineer, his first degree was an MBA. He told the dealer he had a contract. There would be NO increase. The dealer sold a sold car. He would get one like it at the original price. There would also be interest charged on the deposit starting at the latest date he was to return. (Starting about 3 days later). A week later, the replacement showed up. It was enroute to a different dealer but corporate reassigned it as it was a stock ordered car and wasn't sold. It even had a moon roof the original didn't have.
Fast forward 4 months. New owner of the dealership. It seems his car wasn't the only one that happened to.