You should be able to hire a lawyer in Ohio and collect lawyer fees from the dealership as part of the settlement. With mail fraud and all the laws they broke, the dealership taking your money like this could end up being a good thing by time you're done.

 

Blackballed

 

lol yeah if things don't work out lets overload their phone circuits, I wouldn't mind helping out with that.

 

Maybe...in Massachusetts, at least, you don't get the title to a vehicle until the last payment has been made. Up until then, technically, it belongs to the bank/finance company which is why they can repo the car if you don't make payments. If the original poster did take a loan for the car, he should contact that company as wel, since they have an interest in getting that car back, too, and they'd have a lot more clout than a single aggreived purcahser.

 

In PA at least, You still sign the title for the used vehicle or certificate of origin if it is a new vehicle. Then it goes to bank, credit union etc.... until it is paid off. I am not sure of Massachusettes.

 

Well I talked this over with my dad who is a retired lawyer and he made a good point, now I don't know what all was involved with the paper work, but if the contract said that the it was only final until money was in the hand of the dealership, then technically the dealership can do what it wants, it's not ethical but is legal. So I guess you need to make sure there was nothing like that worded in the contract.

 

I know this sux.

The reality is trans-state suits are only for those with legal staffs and deep pockets.

It's basically a "performance" issue-a deal is struck, the other party backs out-you sue to make the other party honor the agreement. Civil action-long time-longer money. Plus, the star of the deal (the car) is gone. Been right where you are now.

Did you loose anything in the transaction? If you weren't made "whole" i.e. they cashed your check, and they are refusing to give your money back-then you have a case. If not-you lost a deal on a used car-so what? The law is cruel sometimes.

Otherwise, call the guy what he is, try to lay some long distance media bombs, and chock it up to experience.

Good luck, I hope you find another deal that will make you forget all this.

Regards,
BD

PS. The police will laugh at this-don't waste your time or money on them.

 

I was financing half of the car so I would not sign nor receive the title...the bank would

 

Did it see anything in the contract that you signed about when it was final?

 

there is no language stating this