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LeaseProblem
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What is the name of your state? CA
I went to Toyota to buy a car but got instead a lease. Fine. They said it would work better for me. I asked the price for the car that I was interested, and I was told a certain amount, let's say $15,000. Ok, I said, so we talked about the monthly payments and how much I would down, so we came to $2,500.00 down plus $750.00 cash back, which means $3250.00 was the total down payment. When looking at the contract, which, now that I look back, was prepared very quickly, the amount of $15,000 was nowhere to be seen, but instead i saw a number similar to $18,900.00 I was told that I should not look at that number because I still need to subtract the drive off cost, in the amount of about $2,800.00, which they told me I DO NOT NEED TO PAY. Ok. I signed the contract, but then, after couple of hours, starte to have a bad feeling about this contract and looked over the numbers again. In fact, I DID pay the drive off cost with my down payment, so they made me THINK that i did not. That part they completely skipped, and in fact, the car's worth is not the $15,000 i agreed upon, it indeed is the $18,900.00. I went back to talk about this and they tried to explain, but it did not make sense. The next day I showed the contract to a friend/lawyer and he agreed, that I was not charged correctly, the amount is too high, and I was told not to look at that, that I am fine. I went back and explain them the situation and they wanted to change the contract by about $1,500.00 but I told them that that is still not the price that I agreed to. The finance manager asked me several times who told me that price and I said the sales person, and he said that can't be it. Then he simply said: I don't care which contract you want, I already got paid, I have my money.
I left my car keys on his desk and left the car at the dealership, because I know that I was told one price and showed on the contract that it would be the higher price but to subtract the drive off fees, and this all does not make sense and is not true.
I am not sure what is going to happen now, but I stopped payment on the check, and I left the car. Although I signed the contract it is not what we agreed on, because they confused me with the numbers. What should I do? Will I get sued? And what would be my next step? Please help....
I went to Toyota to buy a car but got instead a lease. Fine. They said it would work better for me. I asked the price for the car that I was interested, and I was told a certain amount, let's say $15,000. Ok, I said, so we talked about the monthly payments and how much I would down, so we came to $2,500.00 down plus $750.00 cash back, which means $3250.00 was the total down payment. When looking at the contract, which, now that I look back, was prepared very quickly, the amount of $15,000 was nowhere to be seen, but instead i saw a number similar to $18,900.00 I was told that I should not look at that number because I still need to subtract the drive off cost, in the amount of about $2,800.00, which they told me I DO NOT NEED TO PAY. Ok. I signed the contract, but then, after couple of hours, starte to have a bad feeling about this contract and looked over the numbers again. In fact, I DID pay the drive off cost with my down payment, so they made me THINK that i did not. That part they completely skipped, and in fact, the car's worth is not the $15,000 i agreed upon, it indeed is the $18,900.00. I went back to talk about this and they tried to explain, but it did not make sense. The next day I showed the contract to a friend/lawyer and he agreed, that I was not charged correctly, the amount is too high, and I was told not to look at that, that I am fine. I went back and explain them the situation and they wanted to change the contract by about $1,500.00 but I told them that that is still not the price that I agreed to. The finance manager asked me several times who told me that price and I said the sales person, and he said that can't be it. Then he simply said: I don't care which contract you want, I already got paid, I have my money.
I left my car keys on his desk and left the car at the dealership, because I know that I was told one price and showed on the contract that it would be the higher price but to subtract the drive off fees, and this all does not make sense and is not true.
I am not sure what is going to happen now, but I stopped payment on the check, and I left the car. Although I signed the contract it is not what we agreed on, because they confused me with the numbers. What should I do? Will I get sued? And what would be my next step? Please help....