I have been in the used car market for around two weeks using Internet based search engines.?
Question by Fester 21 bat: I have been in the used car market for around two weeks using Internet based search engines.?
I am in the market for a certain type of vehicle (Toyota/Honda) that are very popular. The problem that I have been having is that once I have located a vehicle that interests me I contact the seller and invariable the vehicle has been sold but they seem to have other similar vehicles in inventory that might interest me. This has happened at least 10 times during this short period. On occaision, I have done the idential search days later using the same search engine and the same vehicle that was sold days earlier magicially reapears. This method of not updating one’s inventory seems to be a form of baiting and switching. What’s your opinion? I want to start tracking certain instances to attempt identify patterns.
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Answer by Leslie K
I used to work for a dealership and it’s a common “scam.” Although technically they aren’t breaking any laws.
Dealerships will routinely list cars on websites that have been sold, or keep a listing active after a vehicle has sold. They do this if the vehicle is a popular model or price in order to trigger phone calls.
It’s unfortunately just another way dealerships try to trick the public to get them onto the lot. Nothing you can do about it really. Just stress to the saleman you ONLY want to buy a certain make/model car for a certain price range and leave it up to him to keep you on his follow-up list.
Good luck to you!
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