Just a little background: Location: Ohio Age: 21(established credit but not a whole lot) First time buyer
Monday 3/27/17 Went to a local Ford dealership owned under AutoNation. I purchased a Ford Focus ST for nearly $30,000 after taxes, fees etc. Was told I have a 3 day no questions asked money back guarantee. Ended up taking forever and spent 2 & 1/2 hours at dealer but left with the car.
Wednesday 3/20/17 Around 1:13PM I get a text from the dealer saying he needs a picture of my VIN#. No problem I sent it right away.
1:56PM I get another message saying that I need to come in because they have switched the VIN# with another car and need to fix it, should be no problem.
5:50PM I arrive at dealer after work and have to wait on my contact for 45 minutes because I even spoke to him in person. He says there has been a mistake and it may change the payment a small amount because they switched cars & prices on accident. No problem, I can easily afford this so a small change would not really matter to me. The finance manager and my contact come back to the desk with a paper showing my payment and another which is nearly $100 more each month. Basically I ended up telling them to keep the car because I'm technically in my 3 days still & I walk. Before walking I asked if there was anything I need to sign or do to make sure it is not still in my name and he responded with "No, you can just walk away from the deal.".
So here are some questions about the situation: Was there anything I actually needed to do besides walk? When will that be out of my name so I can go get another car? Is this going to effect me at all besides the small hit on my credit score? How long do I have to go to another dealer without my credit being hit again?
Any other information that you feel I may not know would be helpful. Thanks
tl;dr Bought a car, called back to dealer & said wrong VIN#. Tried charging me significantly more but I walked. Questions above.
Submitted March 30, 2017 at 07:34AM by bovmods http://ift.tt/2okCqzp
