Just figure I'd share info about a dealership to avoid

[Dasfinc]

The long and short of it is I had been setting up getting an 03 mustang gtfor the past week, got financing lined up, haggles on the phone ( it was in gurnee) etc etc etc, it was a done deal. I spoke with the sales person at 2pm yesterday to confirm all was well, drove up there and 10 min away I get a call from her boss saying that the car has sold, but if I'd like they could get me a good price on something similar. I tell the guy this is inexcusable, and arrive to be told that intact someone had put a deposit on it the previous night and there was a miscommunition. I was even nice enough to stick around to see what they had comparable (nearly an hour) and am offered a stratus coupe and a 6 cylinder roush (rofl). At this stage I told the sales person they need to make this right, may it be giving mr the information of who they were going to finance me through, or something else. Sales person brought out the owner, again with the I can get a good deal on something else, and that he could not release any info about the financer. I said he needs to make this right as i had now wasted my time and money, and he should pay for my gas of nothing else as this was his dealerships mistake. At this point he told me to fucking get lost.

So legally, car had a deposit on it the night before I came out, this is bait and switch, who should I be calling.

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[Dasfinc]

Anthony auto group, gurnee il, big gm/chevy dealer.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Snooze you lose.


That's some shady shit but there's nothing you can do. You had no legal contract with them

 

[blakbearddelite]

That sucks! I would have been furious too. It's too bad you didn't get anything in writing, but I know those dealerships like to avoid that as much as possible.

 

[Dasfinc]

Snooze you lose.


That's some shady shit but there's nothing you can do. You had no legal contract with them

Bait and switch does not need a contract, it is the act of advertising a car that is not available to you as a way to bring you into the dealership. Car was sold before I even left my house, the knew I was on the way already and waited until I was too close to turn around.

 

[Angus]

GET THIS!
Over on CMC, btw

guy that i work with has a friend who is selling his Black Bullitt


2001 Bullitt Mustang
5-speed 30,000 miles, garaged winters.

$8000 obo

dudes name is Andy, and his number is 630-429-1063

this is all the info i have

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I was referring to your question of what you can do. The answer is nothing. You should have gotten it in writing. When they said they couldn't do it then you should have walked. You didn't cause you weren't going to buy it if it was a hunk of shit.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I agree with angus. Buy that!

 

[PANDA]

dealer pulled a syP on you

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

 

[Angus]

mmmmm bullit :drool:

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

30k miles and 5 speed bullit for $8k? Good deal

 

[Angus]

amazing deal

 

[Poopshinanigans]

Call the BBB or http://cata.drivechicago.com/ Which is the Chicago Automobile Trade Association. They can answer questions and help you out.

 

[andcbii]

The long and short of it is I had been setting up getting an 03 mustang gtfor the past week, got financing lined up, haggles on the phone ( it was in gurnee) etc etc etc, it was a done deal. I spoke with the sales person at 2pm yesterday to confirm all was well, drove up there and 10 min away I get a call from her boss saying that the car has sold, but if I'd like they could get me a good price on something similar. I tell the guy this is inexcusable, and arrive to be told that intact someone had put a deposit on it the previous night and there was a miscommunition. I was even nice enough to stick around to see what they had comparable (nearly an hour) and am offered a stratus coupe and a 6 cylinder roush (rofl). At this stage I told the sales person they need to make this right, may it be giving mr the information of who they were going to finance me through, or something else. Sales person brought out the owner, again with the I can get a good deal on something else, and that he could not release any info about the financer. I said he needs to make this right as i had now wasted my time and money, and he should pay for my gas of nothing else as this was his dealerships mistake. At this point he told me to fucking get lost.

So legally, car had a deposit on it the night before I came out, this is bait and switch, who should I be calling.

If i was the dealer i would have told you to fuck off too. They don't owe you anything other then an apology. First of all you have no proof they were trying to bait and switch you. They warned you before you even got to the lot. If they were really trying to bait and switch you they would have waited longer. The sales person you were talking to probably didn't realize the car had been sold. I've been to multiple dealers lately and the sales people often don't know right away when a car has been sold... Sorry you wasted your time and a little bit of gas but i don't think the dealer owes you anything.

 

[Angus]

dealerships are shady as hell

 

[Poopshinanigans]

I want to become a car salesman just to infiltrate the system. See what really happens behind those doors when i'm fighting to make a deal for a guy with my sales manager.

 

[Eagle]

You must not have shopped for very many cars yet in life... this happens all the time. All the other folks that have stated that the dealer owes you nothing more than an apology are correct.

Sucks, yes. Is the dealer in the wrong? Nope.

 

[Poopshinanigans]

The dealer probably wasnt out to screw you, but we all like to think they were. We gotta blame someone, 'merican way.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Why go all the way to gurnee for a car? Chances are a deal to good to be true is usually the case. I've been there done that and literally every case the car is a hunk of shit regardless of how good it looks in pics.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Car shopping is fun. You know you're doing good when the sales staff gets pissed off and leaves.

 

[andcbii]

Why go all the way to gurnee for a car? Chances are a deal to good to be true is usually the case. I've been there done that and literally every case the car is a hunk of shit regardless of how good it looks in pics.

that's what happened to Transmaxed when he was looking for a car. He drove like 5+ hours or something and the car was total crap.

 

[Poopshinanigans]

Making the sales staff laugh at your utter lowball is fun. Then having them except it is an epic win for mankind. Go to a chevy dealer, you could probably buy a fully loaded cobalt for no money down and out the door for $8k.

 

[skeezer]

You want to go buy a car, go in there and buy it. Don't play games.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

that's what happened to Transmaxed when he was looking for a car. He drove like 5+ hours or something and the car was total crap.

Happened to myself and a friend. Drove out south like 2 hours to look at an 06 sti for $16k. Car was demodded, made 12psi at wot and the SES was on. I had to ask the dealer for some duct tape to cover the 2 open ports in the intake (one for boost gauge other for bcs port near maf).

Car was a pile