What the dealer has been up to since my accepted offer

[kjc2050]

Originally Posted by jdraupp

Timco, unless I read his post wrong, they agreed to a price and he offered to put down a deposit but they said dont worry about it and are being elusive about officially closing the deal. OP has tried calling to put down the deposit and they tell him it's ok, yet they still have his car listed. My comment was that they agreed on a price and paperwork and deposit should've been done. The fact the dealer didn't says to me they are trying to work this like an auction.

Here's what the OP wrote:

They counter at 14850 and I accept. A day goes by and they call strongly suggest as deposit as they have several interested parties. Ironically even with all the communication with dealer they never ask for a deposit, actively have the car listed (don't blame them) and they continue to lower the price, now at 15500.

It sounds as though they made the offer of 14850 over the phone, and he accepted. A day later he hadn't put a deposit on the car.

If you haven't put a deposit down, you haven't entered into a contract to buy the car. If you're not at contract, the dealer can continue to sell the car.

Or am I missing something?