WA Australian Consumer Law - Do Car Dealers Have to Honour Advertised Prices?

[bryce lucas]

My daughter gets alerts on her phone for cars. She got an alert for a car that was listed as $279.00. She contacted the car dealer asking if that was the price or a mistake. A very short time later, the car was listed as "sold" and has subsequently been put back up at $27,900.00.

The dealer has not returned my daughter's inquiry. I thought car dealers had to honour the advertised prices under Australian Consumer Law? There may be a caveat to this that if the price is so low as to obviously be a typo, I am not sure.

I was just wondering what the legislation is.

Thanks for any help in this matter.

 

[Sophea]

Hi Bryce,

Retailers of any sort are not obliged to honour a price that was advertised by mistake. That's simply not fair to the retailer.

See this article for more info: Australian Consumer Law Rights – Incorrect Pricing - Legal Blog - LawAnswers.com.au