For virtually any product you buy, stores will have a return period where you can bring it back for a refund or exchange it. You buy a pair of shoes from DSW, they don’t fit, you can return them and get your money back. Cars for whatever reason are the real outlier. Once you buy a new car, you’re stuck unless you want to trade it in and take a hit on the immediate depreciation, which shows new cars are simply over inflated in value. I don’t see why you shouldn’t be able to take it back within a week or two, provided you didn’t take a cross country road trip in it or something like that. Overall, the whole car industry needs to be completely overhauled in my opinion.
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For virtually any product you buy, stores will have a return period where you can bring it back for a refund or exchange it. You buy a pair of shoes from DSW, they don’t fit, you can return them and get your money back. Cars for whatever reason are the real outlier. Once you buy a new car, you’re stuck unless you want to trade it in and take a hit on the immediate depreciation, which shows new cars are simply over inflated in value. I don’t see why you shouldn’t be able to take it back within a week or two, provided you didn’t take a cross country road trip in it or something like that. Overall, the whole car industry needs to be completely overhauled in my opinion.
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No.
Nope.
Can we do one for new politicians instead?
No. That would be exploited to the extreme.
And you already can return defective vehicles, especially when purchased new.
There are Lemon Laws around the country.
You can return new and unworn shoes that can be sold as new.
A car that has been driven around and returned cannot be sold as new. They would also have to do a very thorough mechanical inspection to make sure everything is working, no parts have been swapped for cheaper ones, etc. The only way this works is if they can charge a hefty restocking fee equal to the reduction in value and inspection costs.
No, most dealers will already accept returns within a certain number of days on new vehicles. I do think the used vehicle industry needs something like this, though; it’s terrible. While we are at it, we need mandatory return periods for “rescue” and shelter dogs, as some of the behaviors are too much for the purchasers, and these organizations are hiding the issues, or unwilling to spend profits on behavioral modification to assist the new owners.
I’d support a cool down period law or something that disallows a sale being competed in the same 24 hours as it begins.
Protect consumers from the High pressure sales and deceptive practices at dealerships
No, definitely not.
You aren’t supposed to return clothing that was worn, which generally means more than just tried on for size. So this question makes no sense even on its face.
You also can often return a new vehicle that wasn’t driven at all, but it’s not common since most people drive the car off the lot.
I’d like to go the other way with regulation and make purchasing cars cost ineffective and painful. It’s insane we’ve decided as a society to build our cities and structure our economy around personal ownership and storage of cars; and for the environment’s sake, and for society’s sake, I’d like that to change.
You can already return a car if something is wrong with it. If you just don’t like it then that’s your fault for not preparing for your purchase. I think it should be the norm for all products that not wanting it anymore is not an acceptable reason for a return.
No.
Manufacturers should be held responsible for actual defects, which they usually are through Lemon Laws.
If customer is stupid and they want to undo their poorly planned $30,000 decision because “IDK the dash has too much plastic” or “oh noes the cupholder is too small”… that’s their mistake, and they deserve to live with the “consequence” of their actions. Society isn’t obligated to protect fickle airheads.
In a world where some people have to sleep in boxes, ration their insulin and skip meals… this is almost the definition of a frivolous “First World” problem.
No. This is a luxury problem. Any sane person can buy a reasonably priced car. Prices of new cars are inflated because people pay for it. People should be free to be idiots with their own money.
It’s called a test drive.