I’m in the market to get a car for my 16 year old daughter. Found a car she wanted online, made an appointment (after they confirmed the inventory with the dealership) - we drove 2 hours only to be told the car we wanted just got moved to sister dealership a few miles away… asked them if we could go see or buy it only to be told it sold (after a minute of “checking”) and by the way all cars are marked $10k above MSRP in the name of market adjustment!
I guess technically it’s not false advertising since the advertised car we wanted “sold”. What infuriated me is not even time wasted - with confirmation I started financing process!! Now I have an inquiry on my credit report for nothing.
It’s such an outdated sales model based on trickery and I hope dealerships go by way of malls in my lifetime!