Like you say, it's an honest mistake. Particularly if you had the correct price on the window card.
If someone wanted to make an issue, they could say it was misleading and deceptive advertising under the FTA but that's not going to stack up unless there was a history of complaints about similar incidents.
Apologise and leave it at that in my view
ginga4lyfe,
Feb 14, 10:58am
Sorry Kaz, im sure that is says some were in consumer rights that if a display price was shown it has to be sold at that price, unfortunately lots of dealers ignore this and advertise cars for ridicules prices then refuse the purchase offer of that price when people like me phone them up and offer them that amount, i nearly took city autos direct to court over a add for a Caldina advertised at 2 dollars hahah
ginga4lyfe,
Feb 14, 10:59am
but i guess if it was a mistake, you could just say " yeah it was a great price, it sold soo fast" and just claim its already sold hahah
Wrong - from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs site : "a trader doesn??
robbo36,
Feb 14, 11:06am
Any retailer/seller does not have to sell any of their products to anybody if they so choose. Doesn't matter if the price on the card/sticker was wrong, you are under no legal obligation to sell at that price. If you wanted to sell that car, but not for the sticker price, then say to the buyer, "Hey, I made a mistake with the sticker. I am unable to sell the car at that price, but because I made the mistake, we could negotiate a fair price". After all Kaz, we are human and no one is infallible!
hutchk,
Feb 14, 11:06am
Snap!
robbo36,
Feb 14, 11:08am
I'm just toooooo slow on the keyboard, lol
ginga4lyfe,
Feb 14, 11:20am
fair enough
ginga4lyfe,
Feb 14, 11:34am
I thought that was already established that i was wrong!
drog,
Feb 14, 11:47am
In the end you will be the winner. By a long way. Good karma is priceless.
hutchk,
Feb 14, 12:04pm
Yes. Now go and sit in the corner.
1fordluva,
Feb 14, 12:07pm
Well I must say,its not very often a car sales man takes one on the chin like that. You are a good sport!
matthew111,
Feb 14, 1:04pm
a price label is merely an invitation for a buyer to pay that price but any other price can be settled on that is higher or lower than what is displayed.
jcwholesale,
Feb 14, 1:13pm
LOL kaz, I did almost the same thing last week. Customers came in on a car, they didn't like it so I showed them another one, and said yep, this one is the same price $3950.00. If I said the price once I said it six times, sent them out in it, they came back and they would take it. You know I had $4950.00 splashed all over the windscreen, it was on TM for $4950.00. Wasn't till I was withdrawing it, I said to myself shit wrong price, checked my spreadsheet wrong price. I told them I had said the wrong price to them, but I would sell it at what I had told them. After all it was my stupid mistake. Fresh stock to LOL. They were happy anyway. No money made, for the holiday fund there :-(
smac,
Feb 14, 2:22pm
Karma, the philosophy of losers.
saki,
Feb 14, 2:32pm
Good on ya Kaz nothing like standing by your mistakes, You may have made a customer for life, cause the buyer got a good deal how many people will they have told, cant beat (good) word of mouth.
stevo2,
Feb 14, 3:12pm
Good on ya Kaz. If you want to make another mistake, I'm after a 02> Wingroad auto (or similar sized wagon) for around $6k. cheers stevo
rovercitroen,
Feb 14, 6:53pm
Good on you. I hope I buy a car off you one day. I will certainly tell any prospective clients looking in your area for a car to come and see you.
petermcg,
Feb 14, 6:55pm
I just found a lifestyle block worth well over $200,000 on the web . listed at $21,000
gunhand,
Feb 14, 7:00pm
If the car is worth$20000 and you mistakenly put $2000 well its an obvious mistake and know one can hold you to it i wouldnt think. Thats what ive been told. If theres only a small difference in price might be harder. Ive seen cars advertised by dealers way to cheap at times and its simple human era.
carkitter,
Feb 14, 7:18pm
Nice selection of cars on your website. Someone got a bargain I guess.
utwo,
Apr 18, 3:52am
My dad bought a Honda Accord Euro from one of those ex-lease car dealers for a stupidly cheap price because they put the wrong price up on Trade Me but still honoured it (it was a classified, not an auction). I was surprised they did.
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