Champion porsche won’t refund my deposit
05-10-2018, 06:33 PM
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Faced this exact situation 6 months ago. Went to Champion, negotiated a deal for a Turbo, put down a deposit, then found a significantly better deal somewhere else
Felt bad that i wasted Champions time, they were super nice working through the process of picking and specking out a car (and super patient as I went back and forth on a few features) then I took my business somewhere else
In my mind I wrote off the $1,000 deposit because it was my fault, my decision to spin their wheels and then buy from another dealer - so in my mind I thought it was fair for them to keep the deposit - HOWEVER, to their credit I did get back my deposit about 6 weeks later
Clearly a few different opinions in this forum about returning or not returning the money but Champion did their part and by keeping the $1,000 its a way to keep people from coming in reserving a car and then cross-shopping them, maybe shop around first and then when ready go to the dealer and place the order
For what its worth I found the folks at Champion really great to work with
Felt bad that i wasted Champions time, they were super nice working through the process of picking and specking out a car (and super patient as I went back and forth on a few features) then I took my business somewhere else
In my mind I wrote off the $1,000 deposit because it was my fault, my decision to spin their wheels and then buy from another dealer - so in my mind I thought it was fair for them to keep the deposit - HOWEVER, to their credit I did get back my deposit about 6 weeks later
Clearly a few different opinions in this forum about returning or not returning the money but Champion did their part and by keeping the $1,000 its a way to keep people from coming in reserving a car and then cross-shopping them, maybe shop around first and then when ready go to the dealer and place the order
For what its worth I found the folks at Champion really great to work with
05-11-2018, 11:00 AM
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Without anything else from the OP, I'd say this was just a hit job, and the matter is closed. Until I hear otherwise, I will consider giving my business to Champion in the future.
05-11-2018, 11:34 AM
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Yeah, very quiet OP. Why?
Could this thread have caused CP to refund the deposit?
Could this thread have caused CP to refund the deposit?
05-11-2018, 02:36 PM
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05-11-2018, 03:00 PM
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05-11-2018, 03:54 PM
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Why does it take Champion Porsche six weeks to return a deposit? I don’t see why it should take anymore than 24 hrs to get a customer their money back once the business has decided to make a refund. I’ve had a few places jerk me around for a couple weeks on credit card refunds and I can say, they won’t ever get my business again.
05-11-2018, 03:58 PM
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Why does it take Champion Porsche six weeks to return a deposit? I don’t see why it should take anymore than 24 hrs to get a customer their money back once the business has decided to make a refund. I’ve had a few places jerk me around for a couple weeks on credit card refunds and I can say, they won’t ever get my business again.
05-11-2018, 04:14 PM
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Maybe because the terms of agreement did not include a refund of the deposit if the deal did not go through, and the process of the dealer deciding whether or not o look the other way and ignore the terms, and refund the money, took that long.
05-11-2018, 05:24 PM
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05-12-2018, 12:50 AM
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Maybe you don't understand how deposits work? If they can get you the car you ordered at the price you agreed to, then they did their job, and probably passed up other deals on the car. If I owned Champion, I would give you the deposit back, but I'm not sure they absolutely have to unless you go post about it on Porsche forums....hey, wait!
(PS - I absolutely HATE taking the side of a Porsche dealer, by the way)
(PS - I absolutely HATE taking the side of a Porsche dealer, by the way)