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brini
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In 1994 I brought a car from a used dealer in Smyrna GA. The car was a total lemon. It kept breaking down and I kept taking it back to the dealer who kept charging more to fix it. Finally I decided to take the car back. The day before I moved out of state I talked to the salesman that sold me the car and we had an agreement that I would bring the car back and I would owe them nothing and they would owe me nothing. When I got to the dealership the saleman was not there and I had to leave the car because I was on my way to airport to catch a flight to Chicago. Which the saleman knew and I am sure that's why he wasn't there.
About 3 months later I got a letter in the mail from the dealership that I owed them $3000 for a repossesion of the car. I tried calling the salesman several times. When I finally talked to him he lied to me about sending me papers and lied about their finance company, then he hung up on me. I tried calling and writing with no reply. It now shows on my credit report as repossesion. I have tried the Better Business Bureau and they never got a response from the dealer. And Equifax says they cannot remove it because the dealer reported it. The dealer has never tried to collect and I have never recieved anything else from them. How can I get this off of my credit report. Because the dealer and I agreed on me to bring the car back would this constitute a verbal contract? I know that this will probably fall off the report in year or 2 but, I want to buy a new car this year and I know this is going to effect that. I would appeciate any advice.
Thank you
Brini
About 3 months later I got a letter in the mail from the dealership that I owed them $3000 for a repossesion of the car. I tried calling the salesman several times. When I finally talked to him he lied to me about sending me papers and lied about their finance company, then he hung up on me. I tried calling and writing with no reply. It now shows on my credit report as repossesion. I have tried the Better Business Bureau and they never got a response from the dealer. And Equifax says they cannot remove it because the dealer reported it. The dealer has never tried to collect and I have never recieved anything else from them. How can I get this off of my credit report. Because the dealer and I agreed on me to bring the car back would this constitute a verbal contract? I know that this will probably fall off the report in year or 2 but, I want to buy a new car this year and I know this is going to effect that. I would appeciate any advice.
Thank you
Brini