I went to an auction where the advertised that there was a 2007 Jeep Cherokee in a locker. We got there and the auctioneer and the storage district manager both said it was a 2007 Jeep.
It looked nice and they even let people walk into the unit but I got there late just as the bidding was starting. My friend told me what they said on the phone about the 2007 Jeep. Anyway I won the locker at $1950 which was a gamble I was willing to take on a 2007. It turns out it was a 2001. Big difference!!!!
I am in the process of talking to the storage district manager about making things right. I know it is buy AS IS and I am to blame for not doing my due diligence and it was a rookie mistake. Still I feel that the storage place acted in bad faith as well.
I do not believe they did it on purpose but they had the VIN and the owner of the unit told them it was a 2007. They researched the title by calling Missouri which is where the car was registered. I knew I could get a bonded title in Texas so I was not concerned about that.
The problem was that I was able to find out it was a 2001 in less than ten minutes after I got the VIN by running a simple web search through one of the many services available online.
Anyway I will keep you guys posted on what is happening. Worse case scenario this is a very expensive lesson.
FYI it has 186K miles and the engine sounds like crap.