Rou

Used car dealers. The stereotypical sleaze of the business world. Everyone expects to get ripped off, the goal is to avoid the worst of it.

Earl Kieselhorst didn't fully appreciate how badly his deal would turn out to be. To be fair, I don’t know how anyone could have expected this.

He bought a 2003 Chevy Silverado for $8,100. Good deal. Signed the contract, took the truck and headed home.

But, apparently the dealership didn’t like their deal. So, the next day they called him up and said Earl owed them an additional $10K. They acknowledged that the contract was for $8K, but they claimed that the sales rep was new and made a mistake offering to sell the vehicle at far too low of a price.

Naturally, Earl was of the opinion that the deal was done, and if they made a mistake, it was more or less their problem.

So, Earl was a little shocked when he discovered that his truck, that he still had the title to, was not in his driveway to next day. It seems that the dealership sent a tow truck out and took the vehicle back. In fact, upon investigation, he discovered not only that they took it, but that it was back on the lot with a ‘For Sale’ sign on it.

When he complained to the dealership, they had a nice response for him. Now he owned them $11K if he wanted the truck back. Quality, eh? It’s important to note that the dealership didn’t return the $8K Earl already paid them. They just took the truck back, and they consider the matter settled.

On a positive notice, the Better Business Bureau agrees with Earl. By signing the contract, the dealership is bound to honor it. Earl is suing them for possession of the truck.

In his situation, I’d be very tempted to just go up and drive it off. He still has the keys. I’d be afraid that possession would be 9/10th of the law, or that the dealership would sell it to someone else before a lawsuit could be finalized.

Fuckers. A deal is a deal. Sorry if you screwed yourself over, but I guarantee that if the positions were reversed, the dealership would be screaming bloody murder. Fuck ‘em. You fuck up, you deal with it. If I fuck up, I gotta deal with it.