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Car Dealer Deposit Issue

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    #32
    emo72
    Registered Users Posts: 6,286 ✭✭✭emo72


    the dealer probably purchased a car at your request. if its coming from the uk it could take a few weeks for it to come in. your best bet is to go ahead with the deal as originally agreed. as you got nothing on paper about how long the transaction will take, well then its open ended. you are at his mercy, however if he supplies the car as agreed then youve lost nothing.

    edit....your quote... "the next day i ringed him that i changed my mind i am not coming on friday please return my money back"

    you entered into a deal. he does not have to return anything. he probably purchased the car and arranged shipping, those things are not cheap. sorry.


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    #33
    Sir Chops
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 133 ✭✭Sir Chops


    cracovia445 wrote: »
    He is a dealer and nothing was explained over the phone no terms and conditions no mileage nothing at all

    Then why give him any money??? Let it be a lesson to you to curb your foolishness in future. An expensive lesson undoubtedly but one you obviously need to learn.


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    #34
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    emo72 wrote: »
    the dealer probably purchased a car at your request. if its coming from the uk it could take a few weeks for it to come in. your best bet is to go ahead with the deal as originally agreed. as you got nothing on paper about how long the transaction will take, well then its open ended. you are at his mercy, however if he supplies the car as agreed then youve lost nothing.

    edit....your quote... "the next day i ringed him that i changed my mind i am not coming on friday please return my money back"

    you entered into a deal. he does not have to return anything. he probably purchased the car and arranged shipping, those things are not cheap. sorry.

    I must be losing it! Where did it say the dealer bought the car as opposed to just sourcing one elsewhere and more so where the heck is there any suggestion that it is being imported from the UK?


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    #35
    emo72
    Registered Users Posts: 6,286 ✭✭✭emo72


    Lily Clean Bayou wrote: »
    I must be losing it! Where did it say the dealer bought the car as opposed to just sourcing one elsewhere and more so where the heck is there any suggestion that it is being imported from the UK?

    nowhere. however most cars are being imported at the moment by dealers. but thats beside the point, the fact is if the dealer has gone and bought a car from anywhere, well why should the dealer lose out because the OP changed their mind?


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    #36
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    emo72 wrote: »
    nowhere. however most cars are being imported at the moment by dealers. but thats beside the point, the fact is if the dealer has gone and bought a car from anywhere, well why should the dealer lose out because the OP changed their mind?

    I agree fully about the naivety of the OP but I can't let it go that most cars are being imported. Quite a few are but by no stretch of the imagination can you say most.


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    #37
    GerardKeating
    Registered Users Posts: 7,673 ✭✭✭GerardKeating


    cracovia445 wrote: »
    Thats crazy he is a dealer but how can he proof that he explained his terms and conditions how can he take deposit on something that doesn't exist and ghen not answering calls and today hd was indirectly threatning is it all legal to him and 3000 euros is that easy for him to keep?

    How can you prove that he did not?


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    #38
    emeldc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,597 ✭✭✭emeldc


    OP as a matter of interest, if €3k was the deposit, how much were you expecting to pay in total for the car.


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    #39
    emo72
    Registered Users Posts: 6,286 ✭✭✭emo72


    Lily Clean Bayou wrote: »
    I agree fully about the naivety of the OP but I can't let it go that most cars are being imported. Quite a few are but by no stretch of the imagination can you say most.

    i know what you are saying, i work beside a couple of car dealers and all their cars are imported. the only cars they dont import are ones that were traded in.

    i asked why and its because second hand models in uk are a higher spec and cheaper for them even when they pay vrt and shipping costs. plus theres a much bigger pool of choice over there, so easier to source specific models.

    anyway its going off topic, and im to blame, the whole deposit system is to stop people bailing on their commitments. the op didnt give any reason why they changed their mind. it is of course their perogative to do this, but also the dealers right to say no problem, but im keeping the deposit.

    i have sympathy for the op and the dealer. but the dealer was keeping his part of the deal.


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    #40
    dellas1979
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,128 ✭✭✭dellas1979


    Totally confused.

    You paid him a deposit for what?

    A specific car you had seen/looked at, and agreed with him to buy that car, gave him the deposit for that car, but he no longer has that car
    OR
    You knowingly put down a desposit on a car you've never seen (and now you want to pull out of the deal)


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