I looked at the car - had to get to work. Said if you sell it today, before I get back to you, you can just return my $100. we both signed a piece of paper. after researching the car - I changed my mind about getting it - now she wont give me my $100 back.
2007-06-11 04:23:31 · 14 answers · asked by hey.imjusayin 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Buying & Selling
They are supposed to give you your money back, because you must give someone something for their money. But you may be in for a fight, I would call the owner or General Manager, they usually could care less about $100 and will just return it.
10 yrs in auto biz
2007-06-11 04:27:59 · answer #1 · answered by misty m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consult an attorney. The attorney can read the language of the agreement and if the attorney thinks you have a case, then the first step would probably for the attorney to write the dealership a letter requesting refund of the monies and outlining why you should get the money back. Your initial consultation and the letter to the dealer will not be much and will be money well spent if you have to proceed further. If you decide not to go with an attorney, you should send the dealership a certified letter stating that you have not recieved the deposit, or any items you were promised, and that you are requesting refund of the monies within 'x' days of the date of the letter. You should state in the letter exactly what the managing director told you. Your state may have a certain number of days that you can get out of a retail agreement, no matter the reason. This is the benefit of having an attorney. If you don't get your money back, then your next step should probably be to an attorney anyway. Good luck.
2016-05-17 08:18:40 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a good chance that you just learned a $100.00 lesson which is much cheaper than college. Your giving of a $100.0 down payment or deposit is a promise to buy at the agreed upon price. Reseach needs to be done before you put your money up front. The "piece of paper" you both signed would detemine whether or not you get your money back. If it was an agreement to certain conditions, maybe yes. If it was a reciept for a deposit (vis-a-vis) down payment, she could actually hold you responsible to puchase the vehicle out-right. It depends on the conditions you agreed to. It sounds like the car did NOT sell before you got back to her, so count your lucky stars that you only lost that little bit compared to the legality of the situation.
2007-06-11 05:27:17 · answer #3 · answered by baumbach53 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What did you sign? If it was a contract saying you would come back and buy the car, than no, you cant get it back.
If not, you are entitiled to your 100 dollars back. If you refuses to give it up, go to the police station and file a small claims report.
Or just threaten too.
Next time, do the research before you give a deposit.
2007-06-11 04:33:26 · answer #4 · answered by Cara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you get have a written agreement STATING that she would give the deposit back? If so, the only way to get her to do it is to take her to small claims court - which is going to cost you more than $100 anyway. If it's just the principal of the matter that she's trying to rip you off, it might be worth it to you.
If you do have the agreement you may just want to call the police, but I'm not sure how much they will/can do for you.
If you didn't have an agreement, that would just about be your only option as well, but without something saying she'd give it back you probably wouldn't win.
2007-06-11 04:28:04 · answer #5 · answered by nite_angelica 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why did you give the $100 if you weren't asking her to hold the car for you? I read this as not a dealership. A dealership will give you the money back. A private owner may not. Their rational is, " I could have sold the car but lost the sale because this person committed to buy it." It's called a good faith deposit and may be kept by the seller.
2007-06-11 04:33:58 · answer #6 · answered by Dogbettor 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
was this at a car lot? Did you sign a paper saying your putting a deposit down? Is it just verbal?
Well, car lots sometimes don't have too, it depends on the signed paper work.
If this was just verbal agreement, then it would be your words against hers, you can file a report, take her to small claims court for it. But with nothing in writing, she should give it back, but you will have to make her.
2007-06-11 04:28:33 · answer #7 · answered by 2shay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try sending a certified letter, requesting she return the money. Make sure the letter is certified, with a return reciept, and be nice and professional in the letter. If she doesn't give it back, you'll have to take her to court, and based on what you said, you'll win.
But, is it really worth the $100.00? Try sending her a couple of letters, if it doesn't work, let the air out of her tires, and move on and forget the $100.
2007-06-11 07:11:57 · answer #8 · answered by jay 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what the paper said that you signed....Legally you did put down a possibly non-refundable deposit....I would maybe contact your local police, but this could be considered a small claims court battle....good luck to you!
2007-06-11 04:27:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you made a deposit.she held the car for you and you changed your mind too bad you do not get the money back. it would be refund able if she sold the car or if there was a problem with the title. or some other reason that the seller could not sell it to you
2007-06-11 04:59:49 · answer #10 · answered by tott1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋