Is it legal if we signed paperwork on a new car but 2 days later were told there was a calculation error so we have to sign new paperwork for a higher payment?

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Is it legal if we signed paperwork on a new car but 2 days later were told there was a calculation error so we have to sign new paperwork for a higher payment?

Asked on January 26, 2015 under Business Law, Colorado

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 9 years ago | Contributor

If all the elements of the new price had been disclosed to you--all the separate line items, so to speak--and they merely totaled it up incorrectly or applied some multiplier (like the tax rate) wrong, then it would be legal. In that case, they are in fact honoring the price given you earlier, and there is also no deception: there was only the equivalent of a typographic error. But if they did not disclose all the elements of the calculation before and are now adding costs, or they are changing previously quoted costs, then it may not be legal: if they charged you less than they "should" have but that charge was calculated properly and you agreed to the disclosed charge, they cannot now unilterally change or increase the cost.


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