Car Purchase Contract Question

Suggest they take a long walk off a short plank would be my advice !

 

Also, check if there are any statute of limitations on sales contracts in MA, especially those that have been completed, as you say. Sounds like a done deal to me unless there is something in the fine print somewhere.

 

if you have the title in hand... ah its yours.

 

You have the title - too bad, too sad for them. Even if you didn't, you both agreed on the signed contract

I'm a bit surprised at this, as you've been a great client.

If all else fails I can bring more cannoli's from Mikes

 

Could you add a little more info?

What exactly is he claiming is the "mistake in the purchase contract".

What was the purchase price and how much is he saying you owe him?

The fact that you are in possession of the title is irrelevant. He's not asking for the car back, he's asking for more money. Without knowing the basis for his claim it's impossible for us to even speculate.

 

That's a tough one. I once traded two cars at a Mass. dealer for a single, more expensive car, and they allowed me the amount for both trades against the sales tax on the new car. They subsequently discovered that RI only allows tax credit for one car, so we had a $2000 problem. After making the unfortunate salesman ask me for $2k a month later due to their own error, and when I suggested that I had made my decision to buy based on the bottom line that they provided me on the contract, they just ate the cost as it was the fourth car I had bought in the last 3 years. And I bought another car from them this year. Now, had it been a 5-figure mistake ... it probably would have been a different outcome.

 

I had a similar situation. Back in late 1994 I had purchased a 1995 Infiniti J30t for my wife. I forget exactly how the dealership fouled up, but they charged me a couple thousand less than they should have charged. I saw the mistake at the time but said nothing. A few weeks later their finance guy discovered the error and they contacted me to inform me of the error and how much more I owed.

I was ashamed of myself because I knew of the error and didn't say anything. My father had drummed in me "always do the right thing". His words still echo in my head some 60 years later. I clearly didn't do the right thing and I knew it. I didn't confess to knowing of the error at the time, but I immediately sent them a check for the money they were owed.

 

The other side of this story is when an unscrupulous dealer doesn't make the pay-off on a trade-in and then the customer gets dunned by bill collectors for "missed" payments on a car they don't have anymore.

 

Nooo