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Then have your lawyer, if you have one, contact them for a copy.
Sorry, but it doesn't work like that.
Then have your lawyer, if you have one, contact them for a copy.
Sorry, but it doesn't work like that.
How doesn't it? Your lawyer writs an official letter to their legal dept.
Or have another person you know contact them and give you the copy they receive, if they do receive one.
How doesn't it? Your lawyer writs an official letter to their legal dept.
Or have another person you know contact them and give you the copy they receive, if they do receive one.
Also, CX, it seems like you are giving answers to something that you don't know about because what good would a lawyer's letter do to request a copy of an archived cache copy of a past advertisement if the IT department does not or can not provide that. And which is why I started the thread. But it doesn't look as if anyone who works at the IT department for their employer frequents these threads.
I've been IT my whole life but thanks for assuming .
The letter or request from the lawyer was an alternative because you said you're unable to contact them yourself. If you're in a legal dispute with the company and your lawyer has advised you to not contact them, then have your lawyer contact them on your behalf requesting said advertisement.
Your lawyer wouldn't write to their IT department specifically (I wouldn't think), but rather the company as a whole and your request may go to the appropriate party (whether that's the IT department, sales, marketing, etc.) after their legal team advises them as well.
Joe suggested an alternative of checking the Internet Archive, which you said was unfruitful. I also suggested having somebody you know request the materials if you're unable to do it yourself.
You haven't really given much for information for us to give more specific help. For example, what's the company? Date of the advertisement in question? Maybe there's a way to scrape the past advertisement off of their website (if they have one).
The selling company will be the one with a copy of the ad details, and should also be able to retrieve the old ad without a court order necessary as they are the owner of hte original ad posted. If they are an upstanding company then you might be able to politely request they call autotrader to retrieve this info and put the matter to rest.
Make this request in writing with a full and clear explanation of your position - remember to be civil and non-accusatory. Just state the facts.
If they don't or won't help you, then it depends on exactly what you've signed.
If your signature is on a legal document that lays out the cost of the car and the warranty period as currently stands, then I'm sorry you probably don't have much of a case - it is your duty to read a contract before you sign. The only exception I know to this is that the contract must be clearly laid out in way that you could be reasonably expected to understand its terms.
Well, the head manager of the dealership did ask me if I had a copy of the ad, implying that a copy of the ad would make a difference. However, the fact that he asked me for a copy of the ad instead of volunteering to retrieve an archived copy of the ad seems to indicate that he either doesn't know about archived copies of ad or that he's not willing to go out of his way to retrieve a copy of something which would make them liable for owing me $2000.