SOME THOUGHTFULL EXPLAINATION(LONG)

I know you would be rather upset if the $30,000.00 Jeep you bought had a great big dent in the hood when you decided to pick it up and would probably ask to get a different Jeep. In your scenario the dealership is responsible for the care of that Jeep while in their custody and care. Regardless of whether or not the owners son, backed into a parked car. In your scenario, I would urge the car buyer to check the car over carefully at the time of sale for any dents, scrapes, or paint chips. When the Jeep is delivered it better be in the same condition as when bought. Now if the buyer calls his FRIEND the dealer and asks if they have any new jeeps for sale but lives two thousand miles away, he trusts his friend who is well known for his Jeeps that the Jeep is new and in perfect condition. things go on for a while and the buyer makes payments, with no problem ever expressed by the seller that he is taking too long to pay for the Jeep(by the way the terms of the agreement are between the buyer and seller and really not in question here) The buyer comes two thousand miles to pic up the Jeep as agreed. Whala! the cover is taken off the Jeep. The buyer states he no longer wants THAT Jeep, but will gladly take the one sitting next to it. The dealer flips out, and says I keep your deposit and you get screwed. It is not that the buyer has chosen to get a pickup truck, he just wants what he agreed to pay for. UNFORTUNEATELY things heat up and they decide to part ways. The buyer who trusted his FRIEND to do the right thing is both disillusioned, and out a great deal of money(no it's none of your business how much!) The buyer merely warns others, especially new Jeep buyers not to make the same mistake! After, all it's the best thing he can do, and very good advice. Hopefully the dealer will do the right thing, next time, if he chooses not to, he will certainly loose business from future car buyers. No one should ever be forced to buy a pig in a poke no matter what the price or percieved status of the seller.


Tim


Tim