"Ditched" generally means to abandon something you had already chosen or started using. Example: “My car broke down, so I ditched it.” A more appropriate term

"Ditched" generally means to abandon something you had already chosen or started using. Example: “My car broke down, so I ditched it.” A more appropriate term here would be "rejected" which means to decide against something prior to accepting it. Example: “I was going to buy that car, but I rejected their offer.”