I went online to Bob's Dodge and filled out credit application, I recieved a call from a sales rep telling me that I was pre-approved.
I listed on line that my deposit would be $1000.00 and that I had a trade in. I went to the dealership the next day and a salesman verified the info I had provided online. I test drove a few cars and decided on a Durango.
I filled out all of the paperwork, provided copies of pay stubs and all the other reqired info, handed over the title to my trade which they were giving me $2500.00 for and left my $1000.00 cash deposit, and was told it was a done deal!
I recieved a call from the salesman the next day saying that I needed to provide an additional $1200.00 due to my short length of employment.
When I showed up to pick up the car, the final loan paper work was not even for the Durango - they said they couldn't get the Durango approved so they just went ahead and put me in something else!
At this point because I really needed a vehicle I decided to go ahead, as I was signing the loan form I noticed that the down payment listed was $1000.00 and the trade-in was $1000.00 also, I had given them $2200.00 cash and the trade was supposed to be $2500.00. I questioned the numbers and the finance manager couldn't seem to figure it out either because he only showed that I had given $1000.00, so he called in the sales manager. The sales guy asked the finance guy to leave the room, and he explained to me that the additional deposit was his profit because otherwise he would not be making any money off this sale.
He said when the finance company called to verify the new loan info I should say I provided $1000.00 because the additional $1200.00 had nothing to do with them. I asked him for a reciept for the cash I had given him and he had the cashier issue an official reciept for $1000.00 that stated "down payment", I reminded him that I had given him $2200.00 and wanted a reciept that reflected that. He picked up a peice of paper off the desk ripped the bottom of it off and wrote "rec'd 1200.00" and the date on it and said "are you happy now?"
Scams like this should not be allowed to continue, I would walk before ever stepping foot in Bob's Dodge again.
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