If a car is advertised at a price that the dealer left a number out on do you get the car for that price?

Question

I was browsing through cars online at a dealership near me and found a price on a car that should have been in the 20,000 price range and is listed at 2000. being that they messed up on the price, if you called them out and told them you want that car at that price, do they have to sell it to you at the price they listed on their website?
I dont want to walk into the dealership and look like a fool saying this is what your website says... now give me the price if it wont work.

Answer 1

No, lol. The magazines and newspapers make mistakes quite frequently. I wouldn't recommend going into the dealership and asking for the car at the advertised price of $2,000..but ya never know. Good Luck with that!

Answer 2

Most car ads I see these days have a disclaimer stating that they will not be held liable for misprints or any other mistakes that may appear in their advertisements. I've heard of supermarkets and restaurants honoring misprinted coupons and similar small stuff, but nothing nearly as costly as a car. You could always sue them in hopes of getting them to honor their price, but unless you can prove the "mistake" was actually intentionally, it's probably not worth it.

By the way, some call these disclaimers "Kraft disclaimers", because back in 1989 Kraft had a giveaway promotion that, due to printing errors, nearly everyone won. Since then, almost every contest/giveaway I see has a fairly prominent disclaimer. Here's an old article about it: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFDD173FF935A25755C0A96F948260

Answer 3

This is not a pair of socks at Wal-Mart, newspapers have misprints as do websites, sometimes they print a retraction, no you will not get the car for$2000

Answer 4

The dealer isn't responsible for typos. You're out of luck.

Answer 5

Boy wouldn't THAT Be great, sorry no, they cant be held liable for mistakes by printers or web site drones etc.