Hey all; I've been browsing the market for a new TJ for the past few months. And thanks to having cracked and tweaked my frame, I have to step up my browsing to getting in the ring to purchase.
I plan on staying strictly TJs-only, and very much desire a rubicon. So my first priority is to check out every rubicon I can find within a reasonable distance.
Well, a local dealer has a beautiful 05 rubi with 77k miles, hard top, pristine frame, for only 18k. Which is pretty much standard rubicon price around these parts. I went in to take a look at it, and even had cash to put down to hold it if I liked it, and would want a second option. It was in the condition it was in on their website, and had the stickers in the windows and everything.
As I started looking it over, a salesman came out and says "that's not for sale". Asked him why, and he said "well, it has my plow on it." I brought up that it's listed on their website, he said he knows and then when on to say how every year, he goes and buys a rubicon to put his plow on he uses to clear his lot. He said if he had sold it right away, he would have let it go but now that the snow is flying, he will not until at least April.
At this point I'm honestly torn between pissed and surprised how shitty of a plower this guy must be to need a low range transfer case and lockers to plow his 300x300 lot. And "my plow is on it" isn't even that good of an excuse, it was a direct bolt-on as far as I could tell, and was completely wireless other than a power and ground lead; remote was sitting in the cab on the passenger seat. This dealership advertises "buying jeep wranglers" on the LCD ticker, so he had a couple other TJs he could directly bolt the plow to.
I was pissed, hence this mild rant, but after a bit I started thinking "well, I guess the dealer technically does own it so they can do whatever they want with it." Well, after a little bit of thought and curiosity, I looked it up and found out that automotive advertisements are pretty heavily regulated. In the short time I researched, I didn't see anything in black and white that says "advertised vehicles cannot be denied to a buyer" for PA, however I did for Alaska. Rust-free TJs are very hard to come by up here, especially a rubicon. So people search far and wide for them. I know I'd be livid if I traveled across state a few hours with a lead on a rubicon, to find out the asshat of a dealer refuses to sell it.
Has anyone else ran into an issue like this? Anyone knowledgable on these laws?
I plan on staying strictly TJs-only, and very much desire a rubicon. So my first priority is to check out every rubicon I can find within a reasonable distance.
Well, a local dealer has a beautiful 05 rubi with 77k miles, hard top, pristine frame, for only 18k. Which is pretty much standard rubicon price around these parts. I went in to take a look at it, and even had cash to put down to hold it if I liked it, and would want a second option. It was in the condition it was in on their website, and had the stickers in the windows and everything.
As I started looking it over, a salesman came out and says "that's not for sale". Asked him why, and he said "well, it has my plow on it." I brought up that it's listed on their website, he said he knows and then when on to say how every year, he goes and buys a rubicon to put his plow on he uses to clear his lot. He said if he had sold it right away, he would have let it go but now that the snow is flying, he will not until at least April.
At this point I'm honestly torn between pissed and surprised how shitty of a plower this guy must be to need a low range transfer case and lockers to plow his 300x300 lot. And "my plow is on it" isn't even that good of an excuse, it was a direct bolt-on as far as I could tell, and was completely wireless other than a power and ground lead; remote was sitting in the cab on the passenger seat. This dealership advertises "buying jeep wranglers" on the LCD ticker, so he had a couple other TJs he could directly bolt the plow to.
I was pissed, hence this mild rant, but after a bit I started thinking "well, I guess the dealer technically does own it so they can do whatever they want with it." Well, after a little bit of thought and curiosity, I looked it up and found out that automotive advertisements are pretty heavily regulated. In the short time I researched, I didn't see anything in black and white that says "advertised vehicles cannot be denied to a buyer" for PA, however I did for Alaska. Rust-free TJs are very hard to come by up here, especially a rubicon. So people search far and wide for them. I know I'd be livid if I traveled across state a few hours with a lead on a rubicon, to find out the asshat of a dealer refuses to sell it.
Has anyone else ran into an issue like this? Anyone knowledgable on these laws?