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I saw you had answered many questions about the law and car dealers. I was wondering if you could answer my question below?
I was on ebay and saw a truck forsale. I called the party to find out it was at our local car dealer (Fred Beans Chevrolet in Doylestown, Pennsylvania). I told the sales representastive I would be up in a day to look at the car. He explained to me he would hold the car till I made it up to the dealership.The next day I went to see the car around 7:00pm. I looked at the car and it looked nice. My friend and I negotiated the price and asked the dealer if I could take the car and have it checked out by a local ford dealer. I also left a $500.00 deposit which they were suppose to charge to my credit card. The sales representative had taken the numbers on a piece of paper as I drove away. Our agreement was all verbal and he took my information so I could drive the car to my local Ford Dealer.
The agreement was if the car passed the condition the dealer stated I would be back the next day with cash for the car. We negotiated the price as stated before. I also told them where I was taking the car. The next next day I took the car to local ford dealer to have it checked out. I dropped the truck off around 7:30am. I called the ford dealer back to get the report and they told me that fred beans, the card dealer that owned the car was coming to get it. I called the sales representative I made the deal with and he said I am sorry but we sold it to a man off ebay. He said ebay told them they had to sell the car to someone that clicked the buy it now pricing. I tried to resolve the issue ammicallbly with the dealer and he said tough.
I asked them to provide another vehicle with similar specs and year and we could still make this work. They said sorry they had the right to do what they wanted. They also asked me to spend more money for an older truck. I would like to bring them to small claims court and ask for the difference that it will cost me to get the same kind of truck with the same equipment. Do I have a case as they made a deal with me and I left a deposit so they would not sell the truck on me. They said well we did not run the credit card and paid the local ford dealer for looking at the truck.
I feel we had a contract and the fred beans says tough. I belive since I am a consumer it was easier for them to sell it to the ebay guy than fight ebay. Do I have a case?
Please let me know.
Regards,
Michael Dolnick