For those that don't know, I have a 2004 Chrysler Sebring. I've been trying to sell it since I bought the Bonne. Last May I brought it to a small dealership after I was contacted by the owner. He said they would sell it for me for free, and they sell quite a few consignment cars.

Well I never got a phone call until last week that people were interested in it. Come to find out, they were only offering $8000! I told the owner that I would not sell it for that. I owe $9600 and I don't have money to pay the difference. The car is worth $10,500, and has a 100,000 mile warranty (that he never advertised).

ANYWAY, I just took it back tonight because I am selling it on my own. When I dropped the car off exactly 8 months ago I had 43,100 miles.

The minute I got in the car tonight, I noticed it had 44,287!!!

Other things wrong:
-missing front floor mats (original, mint condition)
-broken/shattered ventshade on driver'* door (I bought them when I got the car)
-missing keys (original chip key)
-scratch, chipped paint on front bumper (not a huge deal, I can fix it)

So far that'* all I've found. I'm giving him a call shortly to solve the situation. I signed a form when I dropped the car off with him that stated he would be responsible for any damage while he had the car.

I can't do anything about the added miles. The only reason I was pissed about it was that I don't know how those miles were driven and if the car was beat on or not. And I know 1200 miles were not from test drives. The added miles average 38 miles a week since last May. When I opened the trunk tonight there were personal belongings in the trunk (items bought at a hardware store). So I know someone was using the car for personal errands.

There'* really nothing I can get straightened out besides the floor mats, keys, and hopefully money to buy new ventshades.

Sorry for the long-winded rant. I really wish I wasn't so calm and collected because I feel like tearing the guy a new *******.

Wow, I'd be pissed too! :o

Wow, sorry to hear about that. Hopefully this dealership is a realivly honest dealership and you will get reperations for the damage that they inflicted to your car. Im pulling for ya.

Small claims court for the unauthorized personal use?

I really don't know what I can do about that. I know it'* easy for them to slap a dealer plate on any car in their lot and go joyriding. I have proof that it was used for errands. There are also 2 hats on the back deck. The car was not test-driven for 1200 miles. Test drives probably aren't much longer than 5 miles. Assuming it was used only for 7-mile test drives, 169 people would have had to drive this car.

The difference between the value of the car with 43K vs 44K is very minimal if anything, so I really don't see anything coming from it besides a lame excuse for the added miles. I don't know if a judge would put a monetary value on unauthorized personal use.

To make matters worse, the car is not even registered with the DMV. Unless they get certain types of registrations for dealer cars???

FocKers. Don't ever put your trust in those people. Chryslers loose their resale faster than anything because of poor reliability. Sell that thing ASAP before its only worth $3K.

that just sucks, I Hope they make up for it.

Tony

This is what I will propose to the guy tomorrow:

The value of the car with 43,000 vs 44,300 is a difference of $50. The ventshades, one of which is broken, cost at least $60 for a set. And since I will not be able to find just one, I'll ask him for my missing floor mats and keys, and the $50. I think it'* pretty fair considering the complete disregard for my personal property that he/his employees gave me. I could tell everyone I know not to go there for a car. Word of mouth travels far.

I'd be pissed!

Sorry to hear Pete. I too would be very upset. I hope things work in your favor. Even if you get back some money, I STILL would tell people not to go there. Heck, send me the info on the dealership and I'll ship you a 1000 flyers to hand out!!