Do dealerships lie about your credit score?
Some dealers rely on the fact that many car shoppers don’t know their own credit score. All it takes is for the dealer to lie to you about your credit score. After they do a credit check, they don’t have to reveal what your score is, they can just tell you that you won’t qualify for competitive financing rates.
What kind of lies do car dealerships tell?
Last year, another car dealership, Cowboy Toyota and Cowboy Scion, agreed to settle FTC charges that it deceptively advertised loan and leasing terms in ads placed in a regional Spanish-language newspaper. What kind of lies do dealers tell?
Do you have to take your car in for service at the dealer?
If you’ve ever felt you got a raw deal taking your car in for service at the dealer, our anonymous service manager says that may well be true. But he also cites a number of reasons to take your car to the dealer for work anyway—and tells how not to get the short end of the stick when you do.
Why did you want to start a liquor dealership?
Love for quality wine and people’s interest to taste something unique always keep them coming into the liquor shops. The demand of wine has grown so much so that one starting liquor dealership business always finds it rewarding option.
What to do if you leave a car dealership without a contract?
Also, if you leave without signing a final copy of a contract, and a dealer offers to forge your signature, don’t walk from the purchase — run. A quick online search can reveal if your dealership is giving it to you straight.
What happens when a dealer can’t diagnose a problem?
When you take the car to the dealership and explain your problem, you are met with questions and doubt. The mechanic takes the car to diagnose the problem and tells you he cannot find anything wrong with it. The dealer may say that there is a “failure to duplicate” the problem and you are left hanging. Why does this happen and what can you do?
How can you tell if a car dealer is lying to you?
The dealer tells you “it doesn’t matter” what you put down for your income when you apply for a loan. It does matter. Another sign of trouble: The dealer tries to rush you through the paperwork without giving you time to review each document in full.
What happens when you take your car to the dealership?
When you take the car to the dealership and explain your problem, you are met with questions and doubt. The mechanic takes the car to diagnose the problem and tells you he cannot find anything wrong with it. The dealer may say that there is a “failure to duplicate” the problem and you are left hanging.
What did JT do at the car dealership?
As closing time at the dealer approached, they put some papers in front of him and said they had worked everything out. He signed and gave them the $1,000. He got in his new (but gently used) car and drove home. A few days later, the salesman called him and told him there was a “problem” with the paperwork. Could JT come back to the dealership?