Comments on: New Jersey Expands Consumer Fraud Act to Cover Online Auction Seller http://yournjlawyer.com/index.php/2009/04/new-jersey-expands-consumer-fraud-act-to-cover-online-auction-seller/ NEW JERSEY CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER ♦ NEW JERSEY DUI / DWI LAWYER ♦ NEW JERSEY PARTNERSHIP DISPUTE LAWYER Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:06:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Art Santi http://yournjlawyer.com/index.php/2009/04/new-jersey-expands-consumer-fraud-act-to-cover-online-auction-seller/comment-page-1/#comment-3705 Art Santi Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:55:05 +0000 http://yournjlawyer.com/?p=180#comment-3705 I found a vehicle on the internet and called the dealer. I advised the dealer that I would be traveling quite a distance to view and test drive the vehicle and before I made the trip, I wanted to confirm that the vehicle was still available. The dealer, later identified as the used car sales manager, stated that the vehicle was still available. Consequently, I made the trip some 70 miles to check it out. Upon arriving at the dealership, I was greeted by a sales person. I showed the sales person my copy of the internet advertisement and said I wanted to see the vehicle but first I needed to use the rest room. After, I found the sales person outside standing next to what appeared to be the vehicle in the ad. At that time, I asked her what the mileage was; to which she responded about 50 thousand miles. Bewildered and upset, I explained that the ad described a vehicle with about 38 thousand miles. The sales person responded that she had two identical vehicles on the lot and that both had approximately the same mileage (50k+). At this point she asked me to come back inside where she wanted to compare my ad with her dealership's website. While inside, the sales manager overheard our conversation and advised the sales person that the vehicle I was looking for was on their lot across the street. The sales person brought me across the street and we took the vehicle for a test drive. After, we sat down at the sales person’s desk to negotiate a price. At that time I advised the sales person that the vehicle we had test driven was in fact a four wheel drive vehicle in contrast to what the ad stated. The salesperson responded by stating that sometimes there are misprints on those ads. We then began the first round of negotiations to no avail. The next day I returned with my trade-in and again attempted to negotiate a deal. Ultimately, I made the purchase, completed the paperwork and drove away with the vehicle battered and bruised from the negotiations but still very excited with my new purchase. About a week later the sales manager calls me and states that there is a problem. In a voice mail message he states that the wrong V.I.N. was put on the paperwork and that I should call him back A.S.A.P. I call him and he states that during a dealership inventory audit it was discovered that the vehicle identified, by them, as the vehicle in the ad, the vehicle I test drove, negotiated for and ultimately purchased was the wrong vehicle. He also stated that they had not and were not going to forward the registration documents to the DMV and that I needed to return the vehicle for the "correct" vehicle or a refund. needless to say, my wife is crying, the kids are crying and I'm pissed off. I was shown, test drove and negotiated a price for the car that was deliverer to me. the "correct" car wasn't even on the lot. according to the sales manager, the "bosses wife" is driving it. So what do you think I should do? I found a vehicle on the internet and called the dealer. I advised the dealer that I would be traveling quite a distance to view and test drive the vehicle and before I made the trip, I wanted to confirm that the vehicle was still available. The dealer, later identified as the used car sales manager, stated that the vehicle was still available. Consequently, I made the trip some 70 miles to check it out. Upon arriving at the dealership, I was greeted by a sales person. I showed the sales person my copy of the internet advertisement and said I wanted to see the vehicle but first I needed to use the rest room. After, I found the sales person outside standing next to what appeared to be the vehicle in the ad. At that time, I asked her what the mileage was; to which she responded about 50 thousand miles. Bewildered and upset, I explained that the ad described a vehicle with about 38 thousand miles. The sales person responded that she had two identical vehicles on the lot and that both had approximately the same mileage (50k+). At this point she asked me to come back inside where she wanted to compare my ad with her dealership’s website. While inside, the sales manager overheard our conversation and advised the sales person that the vehicle I was looking for was on their lot across the street. The sales person brought me across the street and we took the vehicle for a test drive. After, we sat down at the sales person’s desk to negotiate a price. At that time I advised the sales person that the vehicle we had test driven was in fact a four wheel drive vehicle in contrast to what the ad stated. The salesperson responded by stating that sometimes there are misprints on those ads. We then began the first round of negotiations to no avail. The next day I returned with my trade-in and again attempted to negotiate a deal. Ultimately, I made the purchase, completed the paperwork and drove away with the vehicle battered and bruised from the negotiations but still very excited with my new purchase.

About a week later the sales manager calls me and states that there is a problem. In a voice mail message he states that the wrong V.I.N. was put on the paperwork and that I should call him back A.S.A.P. I call him and he states that during a dealership inventory audit it was discovered that the vehicle identified, by them, as the vehicle in the ad, the vehicle I test drove, negotiated for and ultimately purchased was the wrong vehicle. He also stated that they had not and were not going to forward the registration documents to the DMV and that I needed to return the vehicle for the “correct” vehicle or a refund. needless to say, my wife is crying, the kids are crying and I’m pissed off. I was shown, test drove and negotiated a price for the car that was deliverer to me. the “correct” car wasn’t even on the lot. according to the sales manager, the “bosses wife” is driving it. So what do you think I should do?

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