So... Saturday, had a list of dealers with whom I'd been corresponding, had several good deals worked out verbally, contingent on in-person meeting and discussion. The first one made a deal (and there was a dicey "miscommunication" having to do with valuation of my trade-in, which I'd decided to give the benefit of the doubt on) on a vehicle that was on a dealer's lot an hour away. Signed ALL the papers and everything - bought it - with them telling me they'd secured the vehicle and that we would do the handoff within the next couple of days. So spent a whole day doing that, and missed out on the other deals I could have closed that day.
The dealer I was working with kept talking about how out of his control it was when the dealer with my "secured" (his words) Jeep didn't respond to him. So today, he lets me know that the other dealer has been working on a deal on that Jeep for a couple of days, so they basically won't give it to him. So, I'm outta luck.
I'm done working with this dealer, and so is everyone else I know or talk to about buying Jeeps (and I'm a writer of Yelp reviews, usually glowing, but about to write a lengthy account of this experience) but I'm just curious... anyone had this happen? Because, I know after signing all the papers, I was on the hook for the deal. But the dealer can just flake/renege because he couldn't do his job and fulfill his end of it?
Unbelievable.
The dealer I was working with kept talking about how out of his control it was when the dealer with my "secured" (his words) Jeep didn't respond to him. So today, he lets me know that the other dealer has been working on a deal on that Jeep for a couple of days, so they basically won't give it to him. So, I'm outta luck.
I'm done working with this dealer, and so is everyone else I know or talk to about buying Jeeps (and I'm a writer of Yelp reviews, usually glowing, but about to write a lengthy account of this experience) but I'm just curious... anyone had this happen? Because, I know after signing all the papers, I was on the hook for the deal. But the dealer can just flake/renege because he couldn't do his job and fulfill his end of it?
Unbelievable.