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TonyEX
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The amazing thing is that the Commonwealth of Virgina has not bothered to file criminal charges against the dealer.
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/10/02/chevy-dealer-sells-car-for-wrong-price-apologizes-after-having/?ncid=txtlnkwbauto00000002
Only 2 mil? That's peanuts. In California this guy would be looking for 10 mil... I know I would. Maybe the prisons in Virginia are nicer than in SoCal...
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VTECyo!
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They shouldn't have had him arrested, for sure, but two million dollars is ludicrous. There's no way the customer didn't know he was paying less than what he should have, and to ask the dealership to fork over so much cash is absurd.
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kirk
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So a dealer should be out $5.6K because of a clerical error? I don't follow.
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auto_enthu
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Its ridiculous that the dealer got the customer arrested for refusing to sign the corrected paper work, when he already has signed paperwork for lower price, and for no mistake of the customer.
Even more ridiculous is the fact that the cops arrested the customer, when the customer had all the paperwork to show them he did'nt steal the vehicle, but rather bought it.
I guess the dealer will now have to deal with the lawsuits for getting the customer arrested for wrong reasons.
The dealer should have realized his mistake before he called the cops.
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xBeastx
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Why would he call the cops and sue them? Just be a man and pay the additional $5,000 that you were supposed to pay.
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jshaw
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xAbSoLuTexZeRo wrote:
Why would he call the cops and sue them? Just be a man and pay the additional $5,000 that you were supposed to pay.
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BachelorFrog
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xAbSoLuTexZeRo wrote:
Why would he call the cops and sue them? Just be a man and pay the additional $5,000 that you were supposed to pay.
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they show up at customers house, customer gets angry and goes to end.
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TonyEX
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xAbSoLuTexZeRo wrote:
Why would he call the cops and sue them? Just be a man and pay the additional $5,000 that you were supposed to pay.
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OK, I know you're young so let me explain some things.
I think you misunderstand the basis of this... the dealer lied and charged the customer with a criminal act -Grand Theft of an automobile . Aw Shit! That's a very serious felony by itself, likely much greater because it's also a conspiracy.
So, let's break it down.
(1) The customer exchanged the SUV from a blue to a black and no one told him that the new one was more expensive. If he had known, he might have not made the exchange.
(2) Not being presented with a new contract when he picked up the new car also made it implicit by the dealer that the new car did not cost any more. Thus, the dealer had no right whatsoever to demand more money.
(3) Seemingly, several days went between when he picked up the newer car and when the dealer demanded more money. That's an invalid claim by the dealer, and they knew this. Car purchase contracts become iron clad after a few days, from the point of view of the purchaser, the dealer (seller) can not change the terms. Otherwise contracts would be worthless.
(4) This was a civil case, for the dealer to accuse him of "stealing the car" simply introduced criminal behavior by the dealer and I'm surprised that the District Attorney, on hearing about the case, did not push criminal charges towards the dealer. Now that everyone has heard about it the DA surely will have to press the criminal charges -if he wants to follow the law and be reelected. Since this was surely done by more than one person at the dealership, the case is likely also a conspiracy, so now you really have some serious issues for the dealer's employess. They need a criminal lawyers, likely several.
(5) $2MIL is peanuts. If you get thrown in jail, not only do you suffer some trauma but then you get booked and now you have a record regardless of what.... In the future, this will pop up on credit applications, job applications, etc.... Depending on the man's age, I figure this would go way up. At the very least, on top of the emotional trauma, the dealer should pay for any and all costs to expunge the arrest, but I fear that in this world that's impossible... the fingerprints went out the DHS, the guy is in several databases now with NO hope of expunging it... So the damages are incalculable at this time.
(6) The cops who arrested him also may have to start worrying. Did they follow procedure? Did they ask for the paper work before arresting him? Did they not find it odd that he'd had the car for several days before the dealer accused him of a criminal act?
If this happened to me I'd go for $10MIL of civil damages, I'd demand criminal charges against the dealer and its employees, I'd demand that the arrest be expunged -or I'd ask for another $5MIL and then I'd enter a complain against the officers who did the arrest.
But, of course, I'd never buy anything made by Government Motors...
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