Dealer mispresentated mileage on used Maserati?
Bought an 05 Maserati Gransport online, flew to pick up the car and found 1000 more miles then advertised (8000/9000). Dealer refused to budge on price since I was trapped in their office with no transportation. They claimed innocent mistake, but I feel otherwise. I bought the car, but should I report it so others can be warned? Who do I contact for a Nevada dealership?
I love the car, and made the decision to buy it anyway because it is true that ultimately the value is not affected that much if I put up many more miles. I am just afraid that the mileage was correct when they took the car in, but someone took the car for joy rides, which abuses the car. Anyway, one should be responsible for mistakes — even honest ones. Let this be a lesson for online purchases to re-verify each information. My intention was to protect other buyers. BTW, it is used, so didn’t cost more than a higher-end BMW. I like the impression that it’s a $1/4 M car, though!
August 12th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
attorny General and the bbb in you state
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August 28th, 2010 at 1:36 am
call a lawyer before do anything
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September 16th, 2010 at 1:36 am
As a rich man, you will always be on the outer circle of existence, while the poor of the world, though suffering, are bleeding into God.
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October 8th, 2010 at 9:37 am
Money doesn’t necessarily come with intelligence, and vise versa. Hint: Einstein died poor, and many complete morons are rich.
Lesson: when buying a used car – especially an expensive piece of junk without even looking at it like in your case – hire an independent local inspector.
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October 26th, 2010 at 5:37 am
I would try to call the owner of the dealership and if no responce. Then i would find the local phone number for the BBB there and then call them.
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November 9th, 2010 at 8:38 am
1k mileage doesn’t really matter on a 1/4 million $ sale. Drive the car to church and pray that you are not hungry next week.
or don’t.
Whatever online dealer/auction site that had it is the responsible party. But now that you actually bought it, no cause to ruffle feathers or make loud noises.
Caveat Emptor
I think it says that on Used Cars, No Warranty, car is sold AS IS.
Coulda got a sailboat and saved a buncha gas.
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November 20th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
You had a choice to buy or not buy the car. It is possible that it was a typographical error in the listing. If the 1000 miles difference was that important to you, you should have not purchased the vehicle. I could understand if it was a big difference in the mileage, but 1000 miles is nothing!
When you bought the car, you agreed to the mileage at that time! Unless you can prove that the listing was fraudulent, and with only 1000 difference that will be very hard to prove, you have no recourse at all.
If you had walked out, you may have had a case for reimbursement of your travel expenses (but even this is doubtful). You have no real loss, so you have nothing to report!
Enjoy your car!
27 years in the auto business
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November 29th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
God Bless you…
Let me preface this by saying that I sell cars for a living, albeit not Maserati’s. I also sell them online. Mistakes do happen, and sometimes mileage gets written down wrong or innaccurately. It happens.
The question is–did the extra 1000 miles hurt the value of the car? Obviously, when dealing with a high end vehicle like that, and with as low miles as that one had, 1000 miles isn’t going to hurt the value that much either way. What if you had gotten there and the mileage would have been 1000 in your favor, and the dealer asked for more money? Would you have given it? Obviously not.
If the mileage had been off by 3000, or 5000, or 10000…you have a case.
You can report the dealer for a mistake that happens every day, that they probably had no intention of making. Ask yourself “What possible good could have come from them lying to me about the miles?” After all, you were going to see the actual miles–they couldn’t hide them from you. They could have sold the car with the proper miles listed for the same price they sold it you you for, so they didn’t gain there.
What was there to gain by lying to you? NOTHING.
What will you gain by reporting them? NOTHING–good, anyway–nothing but frustration, anger and hostility. Doesn’t the world have enough of that already?
Look, my point is this–you got the car you wanted, at a fair and reasonable price (otherwise you wouldn’t have bought it–be honest). A mistake was made, but a minor one that has no real effect on the value of the car. LET IT GO. Believe me, the salesperson knows they screwed up, and I am sure they will make sure that the next time, they will verify the exact miles.
Life is way to short to be fighting over a 1000 mile discrepency. Enjoy your new car, and move on.
27 years in the auto business
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December 7th, 2010 at 3:36 am
Dude, its a Maserati!
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December 13th, 2010 at 4:37 am
I think you’re pi$$ing up a rope here. 1000 miles isn’t that big a deal. It’s possible it was driven while it listed. This is what happens when you buy a vehicle online. Learn from it.
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December 17th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
You are complaining about 1000 miles. It could be an error, but it could have been intentional, either way, who the hell cares. Under a .25 calculation per mile, that 250. a drop in the bucket for that type of car.
I really do not think the dealer would intentionally misrepresent the car for that kind of mileage, the car is worth exactly the same with 8 or 9k miles.
Don’t even bother making a stink, you are just making yourself look like a moron.
Or do what everyelse does nowadays. Just sue, you are probably one of those idiots who do that too.
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