Take over my #2 spot on the Prius list in St. Louis

I am number 2 on the waiting list in St. Louis at Feld Toyota, and due to some financial problems, I need to cancel my order. The only problem I am having is that Feld will not refund my $1,000 deposit, even after telling me they would when I got on the list. Stupidly, I did not get that in writing, and they refuse to refund it. So, if someone want to move to the number 2 spot on the list, email me at [email protected] to discuss how this would be handled. The way I see it, it would only help someone not already on a list, since the person taking my place would be paying the deposit instead of me. What I ordered was a package #4 in Salsa red, but I will be offered whatever comes in when I am # 1 on the list.

 

I have contacted Toyota Corporate and am waiting for a response. I am not hiding how Feld treated me. If someone, knowing how the treated me ,wants to take my place, am I supposed to play Mom to them and not allow it so they may not get harmed? How about the people behind me? Should I try to find out all of there names and warn them? At what point do you say that they are adults, they make decisions, and I respect that ? Positions are just that, positions. They are not static, and change on their own. I am just wanting to get out of my position, so how does that hurt anyone? The people behind me are still in the same place, no one is moved back to make room for my replacement. To expect me to simply take the $1000 loss so that nobody gets ahead of the guy behind me is silly.

 

I have $1000 invested in a deposit which I, so far, cannot get back. How is someone else taking ownership for the same $1000 "no better than dealers charging $2000 over MSRP. "? I am not asking for profit, just someone to take my spot. This whole concept of being in a position in line so do not get out no matter what is just silly to me. Why is my losing my deposit because I can no longer afford to buy the car so important to other people? Should I just be out the money ? I am not trying to make a profit, I just do not want to lose $1,000. Get it? No harm to others, someone simply buys the car I cannot. Get it?

 

So far, I have contacted Toyota Customer Care,(they will investigate and get back to me within 3 days), the Better Business Bureau (they will investigat and get back to me within 30 days), the Mo Attorney General Consumer Protection Devision(emailed me forms, fill them out, mail back, wait), the Mo Department of Revenue Car Dealer Crime Investigation Unit (fax me form, fill out, mail back), and this afternoon will contact the local TV station consumer advocate. If none of this works, I still will have a need to get my refund back, and to me the only way of doing that is by having someone else take my place for the same car I am waiting on, at my cost.

 

The difference is, and I don't know how to make this any clearer, they would know up front that the deposit was not refundable, and I did not. They would go into the deal knowing, as an adult, that they were entering into a binding deal, and would not be able to get money back. If they were able to accept that, it is not my job to play Mom and help save them from their decisions.

 

Simply because I did not tell you every single step I have done, that does not mean I have not done them. Once again you are making decisions based on nothing but conjecture, You somehow assume I would allow someone to take over my place without me first finding out if that was even possible. How you determined this information, I can't figure, but far be it from me to tell the great and mighty efusco what to think. Please continue making wild guesses and accusations, it is great fun to watch someone blather on about my lack of morals, putting other people in danger, etc. I love the simplistic "You should do what you need to do to get your money back from your dealer†posted by efusco.
Its great. Gosh, why didn't I think of that? I just need to get my money back from the dealer. Simple, to the point, unfortunately, at this point, impossible, except in efusco world where the impossible is simply waved away like an annoying gnat. Do not expect me to give a blow by blow of my dealing with Feld Toyota over this issue. Simply accept that I am not evil, I am being done dirty, I will not do someone else dirty simply to get my money, I have never deliberately screwed anyone for any reason and I don't intend to start now, and all of these silly accusations based on nothing have gotten ridiculous. I realize that this post will bring on other fear filled comments, since this site seem to be filled with people who are convinced that adults should be shielded from making decisions, even with all facts, and that any attempt to get out of my Prius order is somehow sinister, therefore making me into some sort of uncaring person with little or no morals. Come into the real world, where grown people sometimes make decisions that might seem scary to others. The world where, given enough information, adults live there whole lives without ever once asking efusco for help. It is a wonderful place. Hey, the sun is shining here.