"Bryan doesn't drive a 1M" (bryantakespictures)
03/02/2015 at 11:22 • Filed to: Lease, this is why people call them stealerships
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"Bryan doesn't drive a 1M" (bryantakespictures)
03/02/2015 at 11:22 • Filed to: Lease, this is why people call them stealerships | 0
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Ok, here's a follow up to the story about my coworker and her very expensive Honda Accord.
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Some of the comments on the previous post suggested that she was an idiot and that she deserved being saddled with this loan for being so bad with money. That's a bit harsh, but understandable based on the information I shared. As for the math, yeah the extra cost was mostly various charges related to breaking the lease (along with the purchase price of the car being more than the $10k that I remembered). She realizes that she should never have cancelled the lease, and has received plenty of shit about it from other less tactful coworkers.
Here's the upsetting new information I got. Her boyfriend didn't go with her to the dealership, but was on the phone for some of it until the batteries died. To his credit, the last thing he said before the batteries died was "get out of there." According to her, she was crying in the finance office, and trying to back out of the deal when the sales guy came in and they both pressured her into signing. At this point, her boyfriend had already told her to leave and not deal with them, so she definitely screwed up by not walking, but not everyone thinks straight in high pressure situations like that.
In the end, she knows she screwed up, and it wasn't really a problem of math, but a problem of intimidation and not standing her ground (or walking away). Pretty big price to pay, and one she'll be paying for a few more years.
bob and john
> Bryan doesn't drive a 1M
03/02/2015 at 11:29 |
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well, lesson learned. moving on.
crowmolly
> Bryan doesn't drive a 1M
03/02/2015 at 11:32 |
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What the fuck kind of limp dicked slimy piece of shit pressures a distressed crying woman into signing a lease? How is that even considered remotely acceptable?
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Bryan doesn't drive a 1M
> bob and john
03/02/2015 at 11:38 |
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Yep, I think that's where she's at, luckily.
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Bryan doesn't drive a 1M
> crowmolly
03/02/2015 at 11:43 |
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Seriously. Here's the place on Yelp: http://www.yelp.com/biz/honda-of-f…
Looks like it's business as usual there.
Snuze: Needs another Swede
> Bryan doesn't drive a 1M
03/02/2015 at 11:58 |
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Is there any way for her to back out? This might be more of a Steve Lehto type question, I don't know squat about consumer law, but is there any recourse for this sort of thing? I mean, in general I think people need to be careful and responsible with their money, but also, taking advantage of a crying woman in a high pressure sales situation is pretty wrong. Has she talked to the BBB or anything like that?
Tapas
> Bryan doesn't drive a 1M
03/02/2015 at 11:59 |
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Man that's cruel.
To intimidate a person till they're reduced to tears, just so you can rob them.
I'm sure there are police interrogations that go less painfully than this.
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Bryan doesn't drive a 1M
> Snuze: Needs another Swede
03/02/2015 at 12:01 |
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I seriously doubt there's any way to back out now. It's been almost 2 weeks and it would just be her word against theirs. It sucks, and they were in the wrong, but ultimately it's her responsibility for not researching the dealership beforehand and for not walking out when they revealed their true level of assholiness.