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VW TDI Settlement - buying a TDI now

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  • andres3andres3 Member Posts: 13,664
    Funny how "mistakes" seem to usually benefit the company rather than the consumer. I know there are exceptions, but I have yet to receive a Bank error in my favor except when playing Monopoly.
    '15 Audi Misano Red Pearl S4, '16 Audi TTS Daytona Gray Pearl, Wife's '19 VW Tiguan SEL 4-Motion
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 16,582
    andres3 said:

    Funny how "mistakes" seem to usually benefit the company rather than the consumer. I know there are exceptions, but I have yet to receive a Bank error in my favor except when playing Monopoly.

    Oh, it happens. We've lost many (many) thousands of dollars in revenue at my employer due to stupid human mistakes that nobody caught (within a reasonable time frame). I have also caught many others that went the other way (e.g., charged a customer too much). In those cases, we always process corrections on those accounts (whether customer notices or not), but we only process corrections to errors that benefit the customers when it is caught within a reasonable timeline to do so.

    Of course, the customers express great gratitude in one case, and sometimes incredible loathing in the other. However, ethics are a two-way street, and they knew the agreed cost going in (whether we charged them the right amount or not), so both parties are obliged to uphold that agreement.

    As @corvette noted, though, the effort to resolve this particular error is likely not worth the payout.
    2018 Subaru Crosstrek, 2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2013 Subaru Forester, 1969 Chevrolet C20, 1969 Ford Econoline 100, 1976 Ford F250
  • henrynhenryn Member Posts: 4,289
    Apparently there are some TDI's still out there. I'm guessing this one must have been "fixed"? Not exactly cheap, though.

    https://houston.craigslist.org/ctd/d/2015-volkswagen-jetta-sedan/6659240271.html


    2023 Chevrolet Silverado, 2019 Chrysler Pacifica
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 16,582
    Yes, the modified VWs are beginning to find their way back to dealers. For the year, they are asking quite a bit, I think.
    2018 Subaru Crosstrek, 2014 Audi Q7 TDI, 2013 Subaru Forester, 1969 Chevrolet C20, 1969 Ford Econoline 100, 1976 Ford F250
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