Legal Question in Consumer Law in Michigan
I was recently trying to purchase a 2004 dodge ram pickup from a dealer. There was another couple interested in the same vehicle at the same time. So my salesman said if I wanted the truck I should put a small deposit on the truck so that I had the first shot at buying it. I put a $20 deposit on the truck. I made the deal with the sales manager and he shook my hand and told me that the truck was mine. All I had to do was go home and get the title to the vehicle that I was trading in come back and pay the difference in price. So I got my title came back and my salesman precedes to tell me that the general manager of the dealership decided that the other couple gets the truck because they test drove it first, even though I put a deposit on it first. What I am wondering is that a legal thing to do.
1 Answer from Attorneys
You're entitled to your deposit back. It sounds like they sold it to the others because they perhaps had the money first or were more persuasive. Even if the dealer should have sold the truck to you based on your deposit, you did not have anything in writing, and what damages have you suffered? Nobody can prevail in a lawsuit where there are no damages.
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