James
Sarasota,#2Consumer Comment
Tue, February 12, 2008
I've spent many years managing car dealerships. The dealer is not always wrong. What is a deposit for if it's not to hold the car for you? If the car was sold when you came back you would post a complaint; "I left a deposit and these crooks sold my car!" Further you stated; "...swindle clients out of money that are unaware of the current consumer laws" What LAW is it you refer too? There is a three day cooling off period covering car sales, but it only applies to "off site" sales not at the dealers location. There is no law concerning the refunding of deposits. If there was, then deposits would be pointless. It certainly would be right to apply your deposit toward another vehicle, but the dealer is not obligated to do that or return a deposit for a car held from inventory.