Won ebay auction, $12.5 Import Cars of West Chester refusing to honor
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Dealer: Import Cars of West Chester won't honor sale!!!
Last week 12/09/11 i put an offer in for a 2005 Audi S4 to a dealership in West Chester, PA. A couple hours later i was responded by them with a counter offer of the same exact offer i gave them, $12,500. I simply accepted their offer and won the car. I called up the dealership trying to put my down payment on the car and they refused to take it and said they will not be selling the car to me.
Iv'e called ebay about the situation and they told me even though they can't make the seller sell the car, there will be consequences.
As far as me being able to get this car for the price of $12,500, what grounds do i have? Iv'e read over all of the other problems like this on ebay but my situation is a little different.
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Last week 12/09/11 i put an offer in for a 2005 Audi S4 to a dealership in West Chester, PA. A couple hours later i was responded by them with a counter offer of the same exact offer i gave them, $12,500. I simply accepted their offer and won the car. I called up the dealership trying to put my down payment on the car and they refused to take it and said they will not be selling the car to me.
Iv'e called ebay about the situation and they told me even though they can't make the seller sell the car, there will be consequences.
As far as me being able to get this car for the price of $12,500, what grounds do i have? Iv'e read over all of the other problems like this on ebay but my situation is a little different.
Thanks!
Here's some more info about the car:
Audi S4
Item Number: 180771921710
Agreement:
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I have no idea what the fair market value is for the car. What should it be?
I know that if I were serious about pursuing this, I'd hire an attorney and request his assistance in completing the sale on a legally binding contract. Does that make sense?
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Hello, and welcome aboard!
I have no idea what the fair market value is for the car. What should it be?
I know that if I were serious about pursuing this, I'd hire an attorney and request his assistance in completing the sale on a legally binding contract. Does that make sense?
I have no idea what the fair market value is for the car. What should it be?
I know that if I were serious about pursuing this, I'd hire an attorney and request his assistance in completing the sale on a legally binding contract. Does that make sense?
Fair Market or Auction Pricing for the car is between $11,000 and $13,000.
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I offered them 12,500 they counter offered me the same offer, i accepted and won. Received a computerized email from the dealership stating congrats on winning the car.. etc etc. Called them to place my deposit as i was required by the Terms of Service and they refused to take the deposit.
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Ohhh, so they don't know how to manage the eBay auction system and never intended to put in the $12.5k price.
It reminds me of the L.A Toyota dealer story that was advertising new Corollas (or whatever) for "10,000 bananas". So, someone rolls in with a truck with 10,000 bananas and wanted to do the deal. Or the eBay sale a year or two ago where the winning bidder ended up at $10k below MSRP on a Challenger and the dealer balked.
This is all going to boil down to how aggressive you can be, S4man.
It reminds me of the L.A Toyota dealer story that was advertising new Corollas (or whatever) for "10,000 bananas". So, someone rolls in with a truck with 10,000 bananas and wanted to do the deal. Or the eBay sale a year or two ago where the winning bidder ended up at $10k below MSRP on a Challenger and the dealer balked.
This is all going to boil down to how aggressive you can be, S4man.
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Ohhh, so they don't know how to manage the eBay auction system and never intended to put in the $12.5k price.
It reminds me of the L.A Toyota dealer story that was advertising new Corollas (or whatever) for "10,000 bananas". So, someone rolls in with a truck with 10,000 bananas and wanted to do the deal. Or the eBay sale a year or two ago where the winning bidder ended up at $10k below MSRP on a Challenger and the dealer balked.
This is all going to boil down to how aggressive you can be, S4man.
It reminds me of the L.A Toyota dealer story that was advertising new Corollas (or whatever) for "10,000 bananas". So, someone rolls in with a truck with 10,000 bananas and wanted to do the deal. Or the eBay sale a year or two ago where the winning bidder ended up at $10k below MSRP on a Challenger and the dealer balked.
This is all going to boil down to how aggressive you can be, S4man.
I read about the challenger story but didnt think it was close to my situation.
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