Car buying possibly gone wrong?

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Talked to a lawyer friend from another forum I am on. He advised me that there probably is nothing to be done as far as fraud goes. His recommendation is for him to send them a strongly worded letter asking for either to rescind the deal and them take the car back, which probably has a low chance of being accepted (but he said you never know til you try) or asking for a refund of $1500 since that represents 10% of the purchase price which would in his estimation be reasonable. In the letter will be a veiled threat that if there is no satisfaction then I will be filing a complaint with Chevrolet Corporate. I guess we will see what happens.

After thinking about it I am just going to ask for the refund since I have spent $200 bucks for window tinting, and $300 for a performance tune and I doubt that I would be able to get that back. If they were to give me $1500 that will make it worth it to me.

On the advice of the attn. I ran a carfax on it just now and there is no reported damage or anything else on the car. Which is the whole problem in a nutshell to me. The salesman is guilty of dishonesty by omission in my opinion which I guess isn't a crime but that don't make it right.

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Originally Posted by G G

Talked to a lawyer friend from another forum I am on. He advised me that there probably is nothing to be done as far as fraud goes. His recommendation is for him to send them a strongly worded letter asking for either to rescind the deal and them take the car back, which probably has a low chance of being accepted (but he said you never know til you try) or asking for a refund of $1500 since that represents 10% of the purchase price which would in his estimation be reasonable. In the letter will be a veiled threat that if there is no satisfaction then I will be filing a complaint with Chevrolet Corporate. I guess we will see what happens.

After thinking about it I am just going to ask for the refund since I have spent $200 bucks for window tinting, and $300 for a performance tune and I doubt that I would be able to get that back. If they were to give me $1500 that will make it worth it to me.

On the advice of the attn. I ran a carfax on it just now and there is no reported damage or anything else on the car. Which is the whole problem in a nutshell to me. The salesman is guilty of dishonesty by omission in my opinion which I guess isn't a crime but that don't make it right.

Once all is said and done, I would do this anyway.
Inform them what happened in a non-threatening way. Much like you did in this thread. Whether or not they act upon it is up to them. But they should certainly be made aware.

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Originally Posted by G G

On the advice of the attn. I ran a carfax on it just now and there is no reported damage or anything else on the car. Which is the whole problem in a nutshell to me. The salesman is guilty of dishonesty by omission in my opinion which I guess isn't a crime but that don't make it right.

You might also be able to file a complaint with the consumer protection division of the state AG office. Him being a dealer rather than a private party might afford you some recourse here. Don't expect much other than them possibly sending a letter on your behalf, which in turn might help with your request for a partial refund. Regardless, it can't hurt.