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Old 01-25-2021, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by vintageogauge View Post
I've bought a dozen new cars that the dealer brought in from other dealers hundreds of miles away and never had a problem. If you sign a contract for a car from another dealer the vin number is on the contract and that is the car you will get.
It was smart to include a VIN number on the contract. I have two friends who got ripped off by paying a deposit and signing an agreement for a car promised by the dealer. One guy, who used a buying service, waited 6 weeks to get the car and it was the wrong color and didn't have a sunroof. The dealer said the car he ordered had been sold by mistake by the other dealer and that the car they delivered was equal to the one the guy ordered. The dealer refused to refund the $1,000 deposit claiming that the deposit was a delivery charge. He even had the nerve to offer fabric protection as a substitute for the sunroof.