DID YOU GO TO A DEALER AND FIND THAT THE ADVERTISED CAR WAS SOLD OR UNAVAILABLE.  IF SO, YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO COMPENSATION.

The following motor vehicle advertising practices constitute “bait and switch” and are prohibited and unlawful:

You told me the car was at the dealership.

1. The advertisement of a motor vehicle as part of a plan or scheme not to sell or lease it or not to sell or lease it at the advertised price. 2. Without limiting other means of proof, the following shall be prima facie evidence of a plan or scheme not to sell or lease a motor vehicle as advertised or not to sell or lease it at the advertised price:

i. Refusal to show, display, sell, or lease the advertised motor vehicle in accordance with the terms of the advertisement, unless the vehicle has been actually sold or leased during the period of publication; in that case, the advertiser shall retain records of that sale or lease for 180 days following the date of the transaction, and shall make them available for inspection by the Division of Consumer Affairs.

ii. Accepting a deposit for an advertised motor vehicle, then switching the purchaser to a higher-priced motor vehicle, except when the purchaser has initiated the switch as evidenced by a writing to that effect signed by the purchaser. Failure to make delivery of an advertised motor vehicle, then switching the purchaser to a higher-priced motor vehicle; except when the purchaser has initiated the switch as evidenced by a writing to that effect signed by the purchaser. N.J.A.C. 13:45A-26A.4

Links 

Bait and Switch: New Jersey Regulations, 13:45A-26A.4
(text of New Jersey regulations dealing with automobile bait and switch).

Bait and Switch: Verizon and Cell Phone Carriers
(misleading cellphone solicitations).

 

DECEIVED, CALL (973) 598-1980 FOR A FREE CONSULTATION ON YOUR CLAIM