3 years ago
I was overseas on deployment and my wife wanted to...
I was overseas on deployment and my wife wanted to upgrade her jeep which she purchased last year from Hall. I said go for it. She told Halls she wanted the same jeep, just the newer model, a different color, and she wanted to add running boards. Hall presented a fair deal and my wife accepted the offer putting $500 down. In the legal contract world, this means there was mutual assent to the bargain and valuable consideration to lock down the bargain. In other words, Chuck gave an express warranty that the new jeep my wife was about to purchase would be similar in model and type to her current Jeep, and my wife accepted that deal.
Chuck, the salesman, tried to provide her with the less quality vinyl soft top. Her Jeep has the premium cloth soft top. This may seem like a small deal, but anyone debating the purchase of a jeep places significant time in considering what type of top they want. After all, you cannot have the top off all the time. When its covered, you care what it looks like. Just google vinyl top vs premium top and look at the thousands of forums discussing tops.
The point is, she accepted Chuck's original deal and put down money for the same jeep, newer model, different color, with running boards. He tried to give her the cheaper top and when she said I asked for the same jeep, newer model, different color, with running boards, he responded, "I'm not trying to be funny, but the jeep you're about to purchase is not white." I'm not sure what color has to do with quality. Was he implying that the white paint is superior to the grey paint? I don't read minds, but I believe the paint is the same quality across the board, so I'm not sure what he was trying to say. I believe he was implying there would be differences between the two jeeps. But this is obvious.
The jeep my wife wanted is newer than her old jeep. The new jeep has running boards; her old jeep does not. The new jeep was dark grey; her old jeep is white. However, everything else agreed upon was to be the same. When I got back stateside, I went in to speak with Chuck, he said "we only agreed on the features of the jeep." I believe a hard top vs a cloth soft top, vs a vinyl top is a feature. Chuck was confusing.
Ultimately, Hall pulled out of the original deal my wife had accepted even after she put money down. Hall claims my wife revoked her acceptance, so the original deal was off the table. However, my wife did not revoke her acceptance; she simply said she would not enter the contract on different terms than the original agreement. Chuck then offensively offered the same deal (newer model jeep, different color, running boards, vinyl soft top), but then added $1000 to the originally agreed upon price. He also said instead of a vinyl top, they could put a used cloth top on the new jeep...
Overall, the experience was offensive, unprofessional, and a mess - a drastic change from our experience last year.