Can The Dealer Do This?

[David K]

Hey fellas.

I need help here kinda quick.

IN short... I ordered my FJ 4 months ago. agreed on price, options color, etc. Said car was gonna be here Aug 1. So July comes around and I'm starting to sell my car. Just listed 2 days ago. Yesterday I get a call from the dealer - your FJ is here.
I said : I thought it was supposed to be Aug 1. They said: pick your car up by tomorrow or we will put it on the lot.

What should I do? I called TMS already.

 

[Noisycow]

Pick up the FJ now, sellers market, YOU must be flexible, they are not a storage service, Toyota is flakey about when they are coming in ... etc ... etc ... can't believe I am actually sticking up for a stealership.

 

[calamaridog]

Why not?

Shady maybe, but I don't see why they would sit on the vehicle for 15 days. Honestly, I'm not surprised at all.

 

[drfdog]

They know that the next person off the street will probally buy it right away. Heck I am tired of waiting for mine!! maybe I will buy it, what color was it again?

Just kidding!

Dog

 

[MoJ]

Tell them to beat it and go somewhere else. Don't be bullied into buying a car, especially if it puts you in a financial pinch.

Hell theres 2 of them sitting on the lot at my neighborhood dealer. Black and blue.

 

[78 FJ40 - 07 Cruiser]

If you have any kind of paperwork like your deposit reciept the details sould be on there.

Mine says if I do not pick mine up when it comes in, they can sell it AND keep $500

Yeah, they can do that.

 

[JonnyK]

I initially ordered from 2 dealerships and put deposits on both back in March/April. Both got them in earlier than expected. They were willing to honor the deposit and hold them for a couple of days while I got my finances together.

I actually ended up buying out of state from a third dealer that I ordered over the phone with. They were willing to hold the vehicle close to a week so I could fly out there on the weekend to purchase.

 

[beaufort-fj60]

They know that the next person off the street will probally buy it right away. Heck I am tired of waiting for mine!! maybe I will buy it, what color was it again?

Just kidding!

Dog

really? they are just sitting on the lots around here.

edit: i just looked at the toyota southeast's fjc stable, there are 614 fjc to pic from.

 

[Brazenhead]

I initially ordered from 2 dealerships and put deposits on both back in March/April. Both got them in earlier than expected. They were willing to honor the deposit and hold them for a couple of days while I got my finances together.

I actually ended up buying out of state from a third dealer that I ordered over the phone with. They were willing to hold the vehicle close to a week so I could fly out there on the weekend to purchase.

Did you get your deposits back from the 2 dealerships you ordered from initially?

 

[CandyPants]

really? they are just sitting on the lots around here.

The local dealers here always have them in stock. I have never driven by without seeing at least one on the lot. But the question is, is it the one you want. Probably not...

Oh, and by the way...when I bought mine, someone had a $1000 deposit on it and hadn't been to get it in 3 days. So they sold it to me! It was the first one they got in. So, yes they can do that.

 

[hooptie]

they shouldn't be that nasty about it

is this a small dealership that you are dealing with? maybe they had to floorplan it to bring it in and are afraid to accumulate any interest on it-- did they give you a really tight deal ?

 

[rfjtoy]

Did you put down a deposit for this fj?
if so you have a contract and the dealer should be made to honor it.

 

[jfonz]

The local dealers here always have them in stock. I have never driven by without seeing at least one on the lot. But the question is, is it the one you want. Probably not...

Oh, and by the way...when I bought mine, someone had a $1000 deposit on it and hadn't been to get it in 3 days. So they sold it to me! It was the first one they got in. So, yes they can do that.

Not hear. Your looking at a 4 month wait time unless your willing to fork out 30K for one on the spot... even then you could be looking at a few weeks or months...

 

[hooptie]

all of the dealers here are flooded with them but they also slap on an addendum sticker

 

[VoodooBlue]

If you're worried about having a safe place to keep it then bring it by. I'll look after it for ya.

 

[JonnyK]

Did you get your deposits back from the 2 dealerships you ordered from initially?

They gave me a hard time about buying the car right away and that there was a list of people waiting in line, but they held the vehicle for a couple of days. I ended up not buying from either of those dealers due to some California tax issues, and both deposits were refunded in full.

I went out of state to vegas to buy.

 

[greenfox]

Just wait another year or two