(ONT) Dealership contract error (possible)

Canadadesi wrote: ↑ Hello Friends:

Looking for your opinions - if a dealership signed a contract with you and at time of delivery wants to renegotiate claiming they made an error in calculating manufacturer rebates (not posted publicly - some drawbacks offered by manufacturer to dealer) - what would you do? I understand that you can walk away from the deal but you will be out of a ride for possibly a week until you can renegotiate a new deal. Need vehicle for work so have to rent while this gets resolved. Am I out of pocket? Currently driving a rental provided by the insurance which will end on the day of negotiated current delivery.

Is the dealer obligated to deliver the vehicle and eat the loss for the mistake? What are my rights?

CD

vkizzle wrote: ↑ ON?
Refer to OMVIC.

Canadadesi wrote: ↑ Sorry for the omission - updated the OP subject .

CD

Canadadesi wrote: ↑ Hello Friends:

Here is the update on this situation:
I have a signed bill of sale with VIN# and credit approved by the dealerships leasing (manufacturer's leasing) company and deposit paid.
The Sales manager has refused to deliver the vehicle claiming that the manufacturer rejected their rebate application for this car and will not lease it as per agreed terms. They offered to return the deposit incase I do not agree to the revised Bill of Sale.

Contacted OMVIC and they cannot do anything as long as the dealership is offering to refund the deposit - they cannot force them to honor the contract. Asked me to seek legal advice and gave me number for free legal clinic.
In the meanwhile the insurance provided free rental is ending next weekend. Anything beyond that is my cost.

Here are my options:
1. Accept the new deal and suck the additional charge - basically what the dealer want me to do. I tried to work out a compromise - but it seems they are not interested to sacrifice any of their profits. For representation purposes lets say the original deal was supposed to be $30K, now the new one is $32K - all amount taxes included.
2. Shop for the same vehicle from another dealership - have a comparable offer from another dealer. $31.5K - higher than my discounted deal but lower than the new deal being offered by the original dealership.
3. Due to limited inventory of the model and color I need the next option is to go for a lower trim say $26K

I need to understand how any of the options #2 and #3 work if I have to take the dealership to court. I understand that small claims work on actual loss suffered - if I go with a different dealer and the original dealer refunds the deposit - how is the loss quantified? Again if I move to a different trim - how do we quantify the loss?

I do understand the social media and main stream media options - there is not much time for it now.
I don't intend to name the dealership for now to maintain my privacy - incase this gets dragged long enough.

Finally my SO is advising to forget the loss, close the deal and have faith in karma...

CD