Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Distracted - My car is sputtering out its final miles and now I'm scrambling to find a new one. Apparently, Autotrader loves to list cars but not take them off when they're sold; twice I've called separate dealers on cars I liked only to find they were long gone.

4 comments:

TOTWTYTR said...

I'd say it's the dealer's responsibility to tell Auto Trader when a car is sold.

That's if the car ever existed. They didn't say something like, "That car is sold, but we have a really nice one that's just a little bit more." did they?

Eric said...

Oh yes they did!

My mind started flashing: "Bait and switch."

Anonymous said...

I just read about "Price Hub" (http://www.pricehub.com/) on LifeHacker this morning. Might be worth taking a look to see if the makes and models you're interested in are there and get an idea of a target price.

Anonymous said...

I'd say it's the dealer's responsibility to tell Auto Trader when a car is sold.

Regulatory oversight? Accountability? What are those?