Car dealer overcharged me for sales tax

[masscredit]

This could be an honest mistake but after doing a search online, I found that it's semi-common.  I just bought a car and found that the dealer overcharged me for sales tax.  It should have been $1171.25 but they charged me $1346.45.  There was no trade and the purchase agreement says that tax is calculated based on the amount on line 4. I thought something was a little off when we were finishing the deal and I was adding things up. I should have noticed when they lowered the price of the car by a few hundred dollars, the sales tax didn't change.  

So... I will be calling the dealer to point this out.  It was a "cash deal" (I had my own financing).  I presume they will just cut me a check for the overpayment amount.  One thing that I'm wondering is I signed everything agreeing to the total so does that matter? Hum...

[notfancy]

signing or not, if you were over charged you should get a check cut back to you. While not quite the same, I've had a check cut back to me for over payment of registration fees despite the amount being in the contract.

[pizzadude]

I'm guessing that it could just be an "honest mistake" but I'd be a little bit naive if I didn't notice that the majority of these snafus are always a net positive for the dealer. 

Also I'll move this thread to the "auto loans" board.

[masscredit]

I don't think I've seen anything involvoing money that wasn't in the dealer's favor  

My phone rang as I started to type this, they just called because they found that mistake. 

[pizzadude]

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@masscredit wrote:

I don't think I've seen anything involvoing money that wasn't in the dealer's favor  

My phone rang as I started to type this, they just called because they found that mistake. 

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Well there ya go !   An honest mistake quickly corrected by the dealer !