# are deposits on vehicles from the dealer refundable? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [October 22, 2011, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-deposits-on-vehicles-from-the-dealer-refundable/260971 "2011-10-22T11:18:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 31
**Author:** ![toomanycamaros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-deposits-on-vehicles-from-the-dealer-refundable/260971/31 "2011-10-25T17:50:20Z")
> [@Those damned 2 wheel hooligans + Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/those-damned-2-wheel-hooligans-zong/46211/34): > > ^^ if they sold a car i had a deposit on and refused to refund said deposit… i’m going to think there is some breach of contract there. otherwise whats the point of a deposit. > > I think (obviously incorrectly) that there is a general perception that a deposit on any non-perishable good should be refundable. > > i will just avoid putting a deposit on any car in the future The thing is cars on a dealers lot are like a perishable item. They are paying financing fees on them for every day that they sit on their lot, so if you go in put a deposit on a car and then a week later say I don’t want it they have lost the ability to sell that car for a week to every Tom, Dick or Harry off the street. That is why they don’t want to refund the deposit. It sounds like hangyourcross is getting screwed though if the saleman told him the deposit was refundable, but they aren’t holding up to it. Personally I’d go back to the dealership and start a huge arguement in the middle of the sales floor with the manager when there are other potential customers around. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/are-deposits-on-vehicles-from-the-dealer-refundable/260971)._