auto scam artist?

[ballmomof3]

What is the name of your state? georgia
my husband bought a car from a buy here pay here dealership. he traded his car in plus a 600.00 down payment. the dealership turned around and sold his trade in the next day before verifying the title. the title had a lien on it for 2900.00 that we didn't know about before trading it. when they informed us, we immediately returned the purchased car and retrieved the trade in. the trade in is in worse shape than when we left it, not even driveable now, and they refuse to return our 600.00 down payment. the dealership owner says we breached the contract by not keeping the original car. he also says he won't give the money back, but we can add more cash to the original down payment and purchase another car. can he do this? aren't we entitled to our money back? everyone got their property back, so it should be only fair, right? please help. thanks

 

[Zigner]

What is the name of your state? georgia
my husband bought a car from a buy here pay here dealership. he traded his car in plus a 600.00 down payment. the dealership turned around and sold his trade in the next day before verifying the title. the title had a lien on it for 2900.00 that we didn't know about before trading it. when they informed us, we immediately returned the purchased car and retrieved the trade in. the trade in is in worse shape than when we left it, not even driveable now, and they refuse to return our 600.00 down payment. the dealership owner says we breached the contract by not keeping the original car. he also says he won't give the money back, but we can add more cash to the original down payment and purchase another car. can he do this? aren't we entitled to our money back? everyone got their property back, so it should be only fair, right? please help. thanks

The title of your post seems appropriate, as it applies to you.
How can you have a lien on the vehicle and "not know about it"?
Even setting that problem aside, the fact is that the dealer is right. You breached the contract. Do you expect to get free rental on the car you got from the dealership?
Consider yourself lucky that the dealer even took the car back to begin with.