Hello,
I need a little bit of help with a situation.
So I'm buying this car from a car dealership, the car is second hand and is a fresh import from Japan.
Today I paid down a deposit and signed the "purchasing" agreement after I carefully read all of the "variable" sections of the agreement (the car model, make the rego and wof requirements and all the corrections we had agreed the dealer must make to the car before I took ownership of it). This was all good until I got home and actually read all the fine print on the agreement.
One of the clauses is that "I agree that I am purchasing the car for business purposes and that the Consumer Guarantees act will not apply to this purchase".
I didn't even read that and am a tad frustrated that I hadn't read it earlier. It's probably worth mentioning that at no stage did I mention I am purchasing the car for business purposes and I imagine this is common practise for all their invoices and agreements they make to their customers.
I've paid a $600 deposit today, and I am going to pay the remainder of the money owed ($8000) tomorrow and am going to collect the car tomorrow. Is there anything I can do to correct this? I realise I've already signed it, however the car won't be used for business purposes and it would be nice to be able to plea consumer guarantees act if anything major goes wrong in the first couple of years.
At the end of the day, it's not a huge deal for this transaction as the car "should" be fine (newer car with low KMs and VTNZ pre-purchase inspection + WOF) and the chance of claiming consumer guarantees act (hopefully) shouldn't come up.
Is this legal what they're doing? Is there anything I can do to take this clause out (obviously I can ask them to agree to remove it, which I doubt they will)?
Thanks guys, sorry for the bad wording had to get this out before bed.
Cheers.