Shaaaame on you!

[LongBeachCoupe]

http://consumerist.com/2012/03/who-is-t ... entia.html

A woman in California has a brand new, extras-packed Nissan Murano convertible worth a whopping $62,130 sitting unused in her garage. Why? Because she says the car dealership should never have sold the vehicle to her husband, who has been diagnosed with dementia.

The woman, who has power of attorney over her husband's finances, had actually been meeting with his brother to discuss long-term care options when he drove himself to the dealership and traded in his Altima Hybrid for the new car. She claims he didn't attempt to negotiate with the salesman on anything, including the more than $10,000 in options.

"He never in a million years would have agreed to this in his sound mind," she tells the Petaluma Argus-Courier.

Under California law, anyone with an unsound mind can not enter into a contract, so the wife has brought on a lawyer in her attempt to get the dealer to take back the car and cancel the financing contract.

The lawyer explains that the various parties involved are saying conflicting things. The owner of the dealership told him that Wells Fargo, which set up the loan, had offered a settlement. But when the wife called Wells Fargo and was told they had no record of any settlement.

The husband's doctor described the husband as having "markedly impaired judgment, lack of impulse control, aggressive and compulsive behavior and an almost total lack of insight into his condition."

But other elder care experts tell the Argus-Courier that dementia is not always apparent to everyone at all times and that the dealership might have had no idea anything was wrong.

"If this guy wasn't declared incompetent, he had the right to do whatever he wanted," one attorney specializing in elder abuse tells the paper.

[Jesda]

Ethical thing to do: Take the car back minus mileage.

This happened at a Mazda dealer in Canada a few years ago, but if I recall correctly the person was mentally retarded and the condition was more obvious.

[VQpwrdSE-R]

I work in physical therapy in a long term care facility. I see sad cases of dementia, some of the people could be the age of my father. The people are in a constant state of unrest looking to escape the locked dementia unit. Many are around 80 yrs old reverting back (in their mind) to the age of mid twenties with children. After reading the article I hope that the wife with the help of the lawyers win the case. The man is clearly out of his mind. 60,000 for a hideous murano convertible! I believe the dealer that they may not have been fully aware of his condition. One question I have for the wife was why would she leave her demented husband with the keys to a car? Many missing/lost persons are diagnosed with dementia/ Alzheimer's.

[S133P3R]

I blame the dealership, you know the sales person was probably thinking "this guys going to look so retarded in this heap!"
Which came first: the retardation or the murano convertible?

[Encryptshun]

Who else would possibly buy a Murano CrossCabriolet?

I feel sorry for the old man, but come on -- it's not like the dealership is going to be able to offload it any other way. You know why birds fly upside-down over that car? Because it ain't even worth sh*ttin' on.

[sx moneypit]

Who else would possibly buy a Murano CrossCabriolet?

I feel sorry for the old man, but come on -- it's not like the dealership is going to be able to offload it any other way. You know why birds fly upside-down over that car? Because it ain't even worth sh*ttin' on.

[300ZXttZMAN]

IMHO the fact that he didn't try to negotiate the cost of the vehicle says it all right there. What middle class person goes to buy a brand new vehicle and doesn't try to negotiate the price at all??