New boat contract

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My friend and i went to the S'ton B. S. He was interested in a boat paid £250 holding depo. (returnable). The price of boat was £100,000 .
He has now received a contract through the post for said boat quoteing a delivery price inc. all charges & VAT for £68,000 . Same boat size etc, obviously they have made a mistake , but would this contract be binding as sent on headed paper and signed by senior employee. Won't mention builder / dealer at this stage. Any chance of a cheap boat ?
 
sounds like a case of "Errors and omissions excepted " ?

Just hold tight dear it will not be so rough when we get round the corner,trust me.
 
So long as it is a 'Contract' and not a quotation, then you should be fine. Check the small print just in case to see if they have a get out clause. If not, go for it - all they can say is no.

Want to be back on water!
 
This might work with a penny item, but you know its wrong, so by not pointing it out you would be attempting to defraud. A typing error on ther part would never hold up in court.
 
Totally disagree about defrauding. If all the numbers add up, then it is down the supplier - especially if it has been signed off by an employee (so long as they have the authority to do so). I have bought many highly expensive vehicles for clients and if the dealer has made an error on the supply price, they have had to stand on it once it has been signed off. It is a LEGALLY binding contract.

Should they try to wriggle out of it - at least it puts you in a highly good bargaining position.

Want to be back on water!
 
Ok, assuming it is a genuine mistake, you're going to get superb build quality and after sales service after screwing them for 32K, this is not a car which is already built and can be serviced anywhere. I mean good luck if you get away with it, but honesty normaly reaps dividends.
 
Re: but ....

if it really should be £100k, and they've put down 68k, you can sign - but they can back out if they like. You could sue them but you'd need to consult a specialist lawyer onthe likelihood of you succesfully suing them for your "loss" in now having to go and buy and correctly-priced 100k boat. I bet that no tangible loss has been suffered by you (in that you'd still have the same amount of moeny as pre-boat show) so it wd be spurious.

No harm in signing, and of course it does indeed put you in a good position for any wriggling.
 
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