Dealership accidentally sells new car for cheap, has customer arrestedBusiness | 207265 hits | Oct 03 9:40 am | Posted by: saturn_656  A Virginia man spent four hours in jail after purchasing a Chevrolet Traverse from Priority Chevrolet in Chesapeake, Va., Autoblog Canada reports.Commentsview comments in forum You need to be a member of CKA and be logged into the site, to comment on news. |
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Very good reason for launching a lawsuit, hope it pays off.
Dealer is an idiot if they can't read their own paperwork, then call the cops
and have the guy arrested for theft.
Needs a million dollar smackdown to fix that one.
Wow.
Very good reason for launching a lawsuit, hope it pays off.
Dealer is an idiot if they can't read their own paperwork, then call the cops
and have the guy arrested for theft.
Needs a million dollar smackdown to fix that one.
Well he's going for $2.2M plus legal costs and I hope he gets every penny.
A signed contract is a signed contract. He might'a got the vehicle for a steal, but he sure didn't steal it.
Nobody mentions initially that the dealer did something they don't have to do. They exchanged the car the next day as the customer wasn't happy with the colour. They could have stuck to the contract and prevented the customer from making the change.
In the end, the manager fucked up. It's his fault for not getting the customer to sign a new contract on site and has to eat the loss.
Good on the owner for stepping up, taking ownership and looking to make things right. Unfortunately, his managers decision is going to cost him dearly.
You didn't pay that, I hope.
THIS is all they got from me!bxp125341.jpg
IF the dealer had approached me with a different attitude...
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Sawyer is now suing the Chesapeake, Va. dealership for accusing him of stealing and ordering his arrest, according to the Virginian-Pilot.
In the lawsuit, Sawyer, 40, claims he bought a black Chevrolet Traverse and then returned it the next morning so he could get a blue one. The sales manager agreed to the trade and allegedly did not explain that the blue version would cost more. Sawyer signed a contract to buy the blue vehicle for $34,000 when it should have sold for closer to $39,000, CBS News reported.
Sawyer says he was bombarded with voice messages and letters from the dealership a week later, because the sales manager admitted he made an error and wanted Sawyer to sign a new, adjusted contract. When Sawyer refused, the dealership tried talking with him again before filing a police report alleging that the SUV had been stolen. One June 15, Sawyer was arrested outside his house and spent four hours in jail before being released on bond, the Virginian-Pilot says.
Priority Chevrolet President Dennis Ellmer told the Virginian-Pilot on Wednesday that the dealership “definitely made a mistake.”
“I owe Mr. Sawyer a big apology,” Ellmer said. “It is my plan to let him keep the $5,600 and to make Mr. Sawyer right. I can’t tell you how I plan to fix it, but it is my intention to make it right.”
Sawyer’s attorney told the newspaper that an apology is insufficient. Through two lawsuits, Sawyer is seeking $2.2 million in damages, in addition to attorney fees. The charges against Sawyer have been dropped, according to the Virginian-Pilot.