file.newsgroup.cars.103133 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (John Oswalt)
Subject: Re: legal car buying problems
[email protected] (Rob Boudrie) writes:
: In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Bob Hutson) writes:
: >After agreeing to terms I signed the contract and drove home in my new
: >car. Later that same night I noticed that the terms in the were
: >different from the terms I had agreed to. (I made the stupid mistake
: >of not checking everything on the contract). This all happened last
: >Saturday.
: >
: >I have heard that there is a "cooling-off" law allowing me three days
: >to reconsider the contract. Is this true? Can anyone point me to the
: >law? The transaction happened at the dealership, if it matters.
:
: This cooling off period applies only in certain situations - lik ewhen
: you are solicited at home. I also think the cooling off period ends
: if you actually accept the merchandise.
:
: If this were not the case, any car buyer would have the right to return
: a slightly used, highly devalued, car 2 days after buying it. Yeah -
: that's the trick - if I want to buy a new car, I'd have a firend buy
: & return one, then go in and negotiate a better deal on a pre-owned
: used car.
However, if you agree some terms, and then, when about to sign, the
dealer slips you a contract with different terms, and leads you to
believe that it embodies the terms you verbally agreed to, that
is fraud. There is no 3 day limit on restitution for fraud.
You may have to sue (and win) to get out of this. You will almost
certainly have to threaten to sue.
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John Oswalt [email protected] or [email protected]