What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Louisiana
Hello,
For starters, I am a licensed used car dealer in Louisiana. On June 30th 2009 I purchased a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado from a dealers only car auction here in LA. I purchased the vehicle on a "green light" which means nothing apparantly. There is nothing really visibly wrong with the truck but I was not able to sell it on my lot. I brought the truck to an auction (a different one) and they do checks on vehicles before running them. Long story short, it showed frame damage on the Autocheck report. It showed the truck was sold on June 18th at an auction in Texas and Frame Damage was disclosed to buyer. Turns out the buyer is the same dealer that sold it to me. I have never purchased a frame damaged truck and had I knew I would not have purchased this one. I have not called the dealer yet but plan to soon. What, if anything, can I do to recover some of my money. By the way, the bidding on the truck was $2,400 less than my purchase price.
Hello,
For starters, I am a licensed used car dealer in Louisiana. On June 30th 2009 I purchased a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado from a dealers only car auction here in LA. I purchased the vehicle on a "green light" which means nothing apparantly. There is nothing really visibly wrong with the truck but I was not able to sell it on my lot. I brought the truck to an auction (a different one) and they do checks on vehicles before running them. Long story short, it showed frame damage on the Autocheck report. It showed the truck was sold on June 18th at an auction in Texas and Frame Damage was disclosed to buyer. Turns out the buyer is the same dealer that sold it to me. I have never purchased a frame damaged truck and had I knew I would not have purchased this one. I have not called the dealer yet but plan to soon. What, if anything, can I do to recover some of my money. By the way, the bidding on the truck was $2,400 less than my purchase price.