Question for Toyota Dealers - our purchased Prime is advertised for sale on website

3 or 4, better get down there asap!

 

All my cars have had 5 or fewer miles.
J

 

Yes, no more than 5 miles

 

My prime was advertised on sale, online, the sale price was never mentioned, after the fight over the trade in value, (they doubled their offer), and after I had signed on the dotted line...I found the car had 1000 miles, did I want to cancel the deal was the question, no, I wanted the car, I also wanted to leave that dealer in my rear view mirror, dealerships are independent, that one (white river Toyota, vt), is the pits....buyer beware.

 

I bet it's just a computer generated thing. Car came in, computer listed it for sale, when you pick up the car, it's marked as sold, computer takes it off. I wouldn't worry about it unless your dragging your feet.

 

My 2016 Two had 64 miles on it.

 

Lots of extra miles probably means it was a swap with another dealer.

 

Sound unscrupulous. How many potential customers will see "your car" for sale come in and find out it isn't available. It's called false advertising or even bait and switch (just to get potential customers in the door) here in the states.

 

Or the nearest gas station was a bit of a drive for that full tank of gas you were promised?

 

It is not though. Inventory is automatically listed for your online shopping convenience. When sold, a delete process will remove will remove the listing.

 

It only inflates the apparent number of available cars for sale. If I saw a Prius Prime on a dealer web site for sale (which is rare here in Chicagoland), drove "X "miles to see it, only to find it was not, and never was, available for sale. I'd be thoroughly Pi**ed. I stand by my "unscrupulous" remark.

 

On top of that, it may attract a customer who will love you car. At which point the dealer will get to say, "I'm sorry, but we just sold this one. Would you like to order one?" Bait and switch? Kind of, but not if they can get the new customer what they want in a reasonable amount of time.

 

ALWAYS Call before you go

 

unless you paid full cash price up-front on a fully executed contract then the car is not "sold" yet. It simply makes good business sense to have potentially interested buyers e-mail/call them in case your sale falls through.

 

Automatic listing makes sense, but would that include photos.

 

if you order a car and put down a good faith deposit (even a refundable one) i have a problem with it being advertised.
might be nothing to say they can't sell it to the high bidder, let peeps test drive, etc.
might be why so many people go to the dealer about a car that is no longer for sale.