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Remedies when you fall prey to misleading advertisement
There are many ways that false advertising takes place and this can range from giving information that is outrightly false or giving misleading information through various deceptive means like exaggeration such as purporting to sell a vehicle with certain attributes which it does not have.
My name is Fred. I recently paid a huge deposit for a vehicle that I saw advertised on social media by a car dealer. The dealer made some representations about the quality of the car including the year of manufacture, the quality of engine and the interiors. I contacted the car dealer to find out the terms of sale and they informed me that to view the car I would first have to pay a 50 percent deposit. I paid the deposit and was allowed to view the vehicle but to my surprise, I found that the quality of the car and the representations made by the dealer did not align. In short, I was defrauded. The car dealer also refused to refund me. Do I have any remedies?
Dear Fred, yes you do have several remedies under various laws including consumer laws, sale of goods laws and even criminal law. You were an unfortunate victim of false advertising which is common.
