Need help with a scum-bag car salesman!

[cjchaps]

I live in Illinois and just purchased a new 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX two days ago. My salesman offered me 3.9 financing on the car for two years, which I agreed to, and we signed all the necessary paperwork. Today I had a phone on my answering machine basically saying, "Sorry, but the 3.9 was 2001 models, not your 2002 model, so you will need to come back in and we can change your finance rate to 7.0 instead". Does anyone know what rights I have in this case? The way I see it, it was their mistake and they can pay for it. What rights legally to they have, and what rights legally do I have? ARGGG, I'm sooo mad right now.

 

[enginjon]

The way I see you, you both signed a binding financial agreement. I don't think that it can be changed unless you both sign on the dotted line again.

 

[Total Refected Power]

which I agreed to, and we signed all the necessary paperwork.

You win. They have to eat it. Signed contract. This is a classic version of "bait and switch".

 

[vi edit]

Yup. If you signed on it, then you have it.

Same sort of thing happened to me. We agreed on a price and signed off on what the payment were going to be. Come to find out later that day they dealer screwed up and added a $400 dollar college grad bonus twice.

I pulled out the paper and said that we signed on this monthly price, if they wouldn't honor it, we'd walk.

They quickly sucked up that $400

 

[vi edit]

BTW - Rejoice. This is one of the few times that the buyer gets the upper hand when purchasing a car.

 

[StageLeft]

Yeah sounds good to me They signed, sucks to be them. Over 2 years its really not a heck of a lot of cash anyway is it? Screw em!

 

[Zenmervolt]

Yup, go in there, wave the contract in the salesman's face and do your happy dance. You have a signed contract with them, and basically they are screwed. I don't see any why that they can force you to change the contract since both parties agreed to the original contract. vi is right, rejoice, this kind of fortunate accident doesn't happen often.

Zenmervolt

 

[vi edit]

cjchaps, out of curiosity, which model did you end up getting, and did you get it for below MSRP?

 

[loup garou]

hehe, vi I just asked him the same question via PM.

Damn I want that car.

 

[Renob]

In CA they have a 30 day clause in every new car contract that will let them out of the deal if they cant get your car financed at the deal you and them agreed on. Its a scam they send you home and call you back days latter saying the finance wont work and then they tell you you have to sign at a higher rate or bring the car back.... Most people by that time love there new ride and sign at the higher rate. It happened to me on a new Dodge truck they called me 12 days after I took the truck home saying I would have to sign at the higher rate or take the truck back I took the truck back they were not to happy about that I had put 1500 miles on it. They wanted to work out a new deal I told them to Fu@k off and left with the money from my down payment.

 

[Emulex]

go dog the car out with some 4wd action, and take it back saying you don't agree to their terms drive all night and put like 500 miles on it

 

[DesignDawg]

Sucks. I had the exact opposite thing happen to me. -But even then, they didn't make me come down. They called me, telling me that they had OVER-financed my new car, and they wanted me to sign a new contract with a lower rate. --So they overnighted a new contract. We checked and checked, and indeed, the only things different was the rate. Cool. Hope it works out.

Ricky
DesignDawg

 

[cjchaps]

vi_edit: I got a rally blue sedan, with the only option being the security package. I pre-ordered about 2 months in advance, put $500 down, so I got the car for $500 over invoice. The dealer is no longer having that promo BTW.

Emulex: I wouldn't want to torture my new baby!

For those wondering, I am totally happy with the car. It is everything I read that it was. My model looks exactly like the one that Car And Driver has been testing! I can't wait till I have the car broken in, so I can really start to drive it up to it's potential!