I'm so pist off right now it is unbelievable. The guy (Michael) sold the car out from under me for more money. I have suspicions that it is someone who learned of the car off here, but not positive--guess I should have been more discrete and not posted so much info on here!

DAMN!! The killer is I even callled Michael yesterday and asked him he would close the auction or if I should click on the buy it now and he said he said nobody is going to click the BIN without contacting him first and guaranteed me the car was mine. I even had everything arranged with the GM Tony at the dealer and he was supposed to call me back to get my credit card info as he was too busy at the time with a customer!

Anyone know who maddie22 is? That's who bid on it.

DAMN, DAMN, DAMN!

 

Damn that sucks. Sorry to hear.

 

Live and learn- it was suspicious that he didn't cancel the auction after he agreed to your deal. He could have reinstated without cost if the deal fell through so I bet he was trolling for a better deal. I know you don't want to hear this but his BIN was a damn good price and someone was bound to guzzump you.

 

Sorry to hear that. That is not good business at all. Keep looking there are more just don't give up.

 

Sorry to hear what happened.

To play devils advocate for a sec - you really don't have a legally enforceable right to the vehicle until you actually give him some consideration - i.e. a deposit. Even then you probably can't force him to sell it to you - he could return the deposit and sell it to another.

From his perspective, all he had was your word that you were going to buy it - you could have also backed out at any time...

That's not to say that it's not a crappy way to do business - only that a quick note (even an email) and a cash deposit (paypal) is the way to really secure a vehicle.

Don't worry - you'll find another - and it'll probably be a better car.

The hunt is half the fun!

 

Personally, i thought about contacting the guy about the car, but once i read through the thread and saw that you were working with them, I just let it go. It's kind of a low thing to do to someone in a community like this! I have yet to loose the full 30lbs required of me by my wife anyway lol

 

I've reviewed this in my mind and you are right. I should have either had him immediately sign a bill of sale or demand he end the auction. The problem is I'm a person of my word and thought I was dealing with the same.
I thought about just clicking the buy-it-now, but didn't want to be under contract for the wrong amount. I guess what it comes down to is after an hour on the phone and him telling me not to worry--In the end his word was only worth $1500.

If the car was as represented, come hell or high water, I would have paid him and have closed many real estate and car purchases the same way in minutes over the phone. Guess I should be thankful I don't run into more people that have such a low value for their word and verbal agreements!

 

DAMMMMNNNN that sucks, well now offer more then that other guy out of spite haha, that car is perfect!

 

I've had a lot of those types of thoughts...some in line with yours and others that were more melicious that would corrupt his new deal. I'm going to take the higher ground. I've already got a nice low mileage black/black and have HRE wheels and a CF steering wheel on the way, so that will work until I can find another white one!

 

Sorry to hear this...I was going to warn you to low key it here...

But this stuff works out for the best in the long run..

Sucks though...

 

You are correct! Now I'm going to end up with one with 1,000 miles with X50 and CF package I can only dream!

 

Exactly, offer him 90k and tell him you have to have the car, then b.s. him for about two weeks and back out, tell him you bought one already!

 

I guess I need 100 posts before I can post on the for sale section.... Wonder what my 01 white on black TT is worth.. fully loaded all options except heated seats... only about 29k miles on it..

 

I think it would be interesting to know the value of his w/ 29k miles in white compared to my current '01 Black/Black 6-speed with 7k miles, Chrome stock wheels, and $138k MSRP. Should I expect such a change to be lateral, or up or down from my current 996TT?