Car Dealership retracting offer??

GrandZ45

Not a lawyer but I think that you probably don't have an enforceable right other than to get your money back. Verbal agreements are theoretically binding but how do you prove it? What recourse do you have? A man's word is only as good as the man behind it.

So what did the 1000$ mean? It meant that they had you thinking you had a car and therefore out of the car buying market until they could get their hands on you. If you had tried to back out they would have used you belief that you had made a deal and was out 1000$ if you backed out--making you work at getting your 1000$ back.

Even if you had a written agreement, how enforceable would it really be practically speaking?

If you gave them 1000$ without them faxing you a written agreement, they got something from you while you got nothing. They may even be thinking that starting off a relationship like that, they are in the driver's seat now and are going to still sell you something.

Me, I wouldn't do more business with someone who started out dealing with me like that under no circumstances. For one thing, no matter what they promise, you know it is just words.