Cheeky Car Dealer or Oversensitive buyer!

Alan2013

Hi all,

I put a deposit on a car last week from a main dealer. Happy enough with the deal, and rang this morning to confirm the sale and collection on Saturday morning. Checked carzone this evening and the car has had a €1000 knocked off the price, making it that I'm now paying 50 euro over the advertised price!

Should I be giving the dealer both barrels and looking for something to sweeten the deal or am I being oversensitive?

Looking forward to your views

Al

Bigus

I think I'd be backing out and send someone else in to buy it next week cheaper for me.

Chris_Heilong

say it to him and get 50 euro off the price.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

You're not being oversensitive anyway, €1k is a lot of money by anyone's standards. Problem is, that's just the advertised price, he might come down even further.

Why is he dropping the price on a car that's already sold

endacl

If its a new car they'll probably have more than one on sale?

Alan2013

Thanks chris & bigus

I've everything organised to collect it on Saturday, (bank draft, insurance, car for trade in, plus I really want the car) so I don't think backing out is an option. Do you think there is anything that I could bargain out off him? I already have a half price service in 12 months, iPod connection thrown in and a full tank of petrol?

Thanks

Al

Bigus

Well the trade in alters everything, if you're happy with the deal go ahead, can you give more detail ?

endacl

Alan2013 wrote: »

Thanks chris & bigus

I've everything organised to collect it on Saturday, (bank draft, insurance, car for trade in, plus I really want the car) so I don't think backing out is an option. Do you think there is anything that I could bargain out off him? I already have a half price service in 12 months, iPod connection thrown in and a full tank of petrol?

Thanks

Al

I'd just make sure you have all that in writing before finalizing everything. Just so you won't have to start one of those 'when I bought the car the dealer promised....' type threads later on.

Good look with the new machine. Keep her between the ditches.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Alan2013 wrote: »

Thanks chris & bigus

I've everything organised to collect it on Saturday, (bank draft, insurance, car for trade in, plus I really want the car) so I don't think backing out is an option. Do you think there is anything that I could bargain out off him? I already have a half price service in 12 months, iPod connection thrown in and a full tank of petrol?

Thanks

Al

Here's your problem right here.

endacl

Johnny Electricity wrote: »

Here's your problem right here.

Heh?

C.K Dexter Haven

Alan2013 wrote: »

Thanks chris & bigus

I've everything organised to collect it on Saturday, (bank draft, insurance, car for trade in, plus I really want the car) so I don't think backing out is an option. Do you think there is anything that I could bargain out off him? I already have a half price service in 12 months, iPod connection thrown in and a full tank of petrol?

Thanks

Al

I imagine you'll be told that (a) it was a mistake or (b) this is the cash price only. Possibly someone in the office dropped the price online as you were doing the deal in the forecourt?

Certainly mention it and depending on the response take it from there- hesitating from going ahead with the deal may help get a few more euro off the car but be prepared for an excuse you probably won't be able to argue with - it's certainly worth pursuing though

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

endacl wrote: »

Heh?

The -1000euro would be for a straight cash deal. Op is trading in against the new car

tell him you want 666quid off the agreed price. Just because.

endacl

Johnny Electricity wrote: »

The -1000euro would be for a straight cash deal. Op is trading in against the new car

Off topic...

That was your 666th post. Shouldn't you have used it more ...... satanically....?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

endacl wrote: »

Off topic...

That was your 666th post. Shouldn't you have used it more ...... satanically....?

Edited :pac:

endacl

Johnny Electricity wrote: »

Edited :pac:

Aw maaan. It just went up to 667 when you did that!

667. The neighbour of the beast.

Alan2013

Thanks for all of your replies. Just to give a bit more detail, the price was 23k up to yesterday and the deal was done last Saturday for 18k cash plus 4k trade in, provided that i got the loan from AIB. I'm 99% certain was still €23k when I rang this morning to confirm the deal and organise collection, but when I checked carzone to look at the car it was 22k. There was no mention of cash price against either price.

I will still buy the car because its exactly what I want, but I'm a bit peeved that he has knocked a grand off the price

Does anyone have any ideas what I might get off him, (I already have the bank draft for 18k, and the order form that he gave me on Saturday)

Del2005

Alan2013 wrote: »

Thanks for all of your replies. Just to give a bit more detail, the price was 23k up to yesterday and the deal was done last Saturday for 18k cash plus 4k trade in, provided that i got the loan from AIB. I'm 99% certain was still €23k when I rang this morning to confirm the deal and organise collection, but when I checked carzone to look at the car it was 22k. There was no mention of cash price against either price.

I will still buy the car because its exactly what I want, but I'm a bit peeved that he has knocked a grand off the price

Does anyone have any ideas what I might get off him, (I already have the bank draft for 18k, and the order form that he gave me on Saturday)

If you've already agreed to buy it at €18k and your trade in there's not much you can do since you've entered a contract, if it was put up to €24k online you wouldn't be paying extra. Be happy with your purchase and don't worry about it.

Someone in the office has made a mistake and instead of marking your car sold has put the price of another car up.

colm_mcm

You could always get someone to call them and ask about the car.....

Alan2013

Thanks del. It's a good way of putting it! Lesson learned

bazz26

Alan2013 wrote: »

Thanks chris & bigus

I've everything organised to collect it on Saturday, (bank draft, insurance, car for trade in, plus I really want the car) so I don't think backing out is an option. Do you think there is anything that I could bargain out off him? I already have a half price service in 12 months, iPod connection thrown in and a full tank of petrol?

Thanks

Al

The price advertised on the web is most likely a straight deal discounted price i.e. no trade-in. When you have a trade-in that price no longer applies.

heathersonline

Alan2013 wrote: »

Thanks del. It's a good way of putting it! Lesson learned

What are you getting? Is it something rare?

Harcrid

If you were happy with the deal when you first struck it then I would not let it annoy you. There could be a number of reasons why the price has changed. Maybe now that the car has sold he has marked it down until it leaves the garage so that anyone looking at his website thinks he is good value even though he would have no intention of selling at the lower price.