Is there a law against a dealer saying he is going to junk your car. But fixes it and sells it in PA.?

Question

I was given 50 bucks bc he said he would junk it. But it turns out he fixed it and is sitting on his lot for 1450. Had he told me he was fixing it I woulda asked for at least 500. Is there something I can do?

Answer 1

he lied to you
thats it
soo.. no... theres nothing you can do

but seriously, you trusted a used car dealer?

Answer 2

Two mistakes, trusting a used car dealer and the second is caring about it. The car was probably not worth much, so you probably didn't lose more than a couple of bucks. I've had used car dealers offer less than 50% of the trade-in value for a car because they thought they could trick me.

At his point, it doesn't matter what reason he gave you for such a low price, you sold the car for $50. Now that car is his property. Maybe he fixed it up, but considering the quality of most used car establishments he probably just cleaned it up and is selling it for a large mark up.

Answer 3

If the car is on the lot for 1450, then it was worth only 50 bucks, he had to put money in it, he's got to back it for one month. And even if he put zero into it, thats only a 1400 profit. He deserves that kind of profit on a car. By asking if there was a law against this, if we said yes, what were you going to do? Sue him? Get real, move on.

Answer 4

You sold the car to him. At that point it became his car to do with whatever he wanted. I do not know if you sold the car to him, or if you traded it in on another vehicle, but that really is not the point.

You also do not know what he spent in fixing your car, to get it ready for resale, If you were willing to take $50 because he said he was going to junk the car, the car must not have been in great shape. I am sure that the dealer had to spend time and money getting on the car.

You made a deal, and there is no changing that! There is nothing you can do, nor should you really want to.