07 Chili Pepper said:
I think the dealer should sell at MSRP and let the buyer do what he wants. It's not like the dealer isn't making any money on the sale. The buy back idea sucks. Now let's say you want to sell in 10 months and you have 10,000 miles on your Sky. The dealer is only going to offer you wholesale price for the car. Of course I wasn't asked to sign such a document when I picked up my Sky Mar.29th and would not. I plan on selling it when my Redline comes in for as much as I can get out of it. I take very good care of my cars and always get a premium price for them. I take care of them and I will reap the returns, not my friendly Saturn dealer. I was told recently by a Saturn saleman that the MSRP thing is being taken care of by GM allocation ajustments for those that bump the price up. That's the right way to deal with it in my opinion.
I also am not sure about the "buy back". If a company sells a product, and I buy it, the company should not have the ability to come back at a later date and tell me what I can do with the prduct I purchased. Especially since the company has set the purchase price in the first place.
If you find someone who is willing to pay more for your item, the company should not be allowed to come back and tell you what you can do with the product you purchased from them at their price. It's not like I am going to sell my redline when I get it, I've waited to long (since the curve concept came out).
I look at it like this, if a restricted free agent in football finds a better offer on a different team, his original has a right to match that offer. Now if Saturn is going to match an offer to get the car back, that is OK, but if they are going to be able to basically rip you off by telling you that they will only pay wholesale, then I don't think legally they can do that, nor should they be allowed to.
Of course, I am not going to have to worry about it.