Gurley Leep Automotive Familly - Gen Mgr Troy Young Very unethical car dealership that wants to take my husband to court to sign off on car title Elkhart Indiana

I am not exactly a big fan of Gurley Leep. I worked for them as well as several other dealers in area. I have been in the industry for about 15 years. The reason I am responding to what I read is to say that people need to start taking a little responsibility for themselves. Nobody understands the concept of "Axe to Grind" more than me. I could go on and on about the Leeps. I just can't agree with the two people who commented before me. I actually found this article accidently when I was looking at Ripoff Reports. Since I am not a fan of Gurley Leep I was anxious to see what they did to piss someone off. Unfortunately it was another "axe to grind" by someone who did not even take time to read a simple interest rate on a contract before they signed. It is kind of hard to miss. I am to believe that the finance person when going over the paperwork neglected to disclose the interest rate. RIGHT!!! If in fact the finance person did neglect to go over that very important and hard to miss part of the contract, did you think to ask what it was before you signed. The person mentioned that there were some credit problems they were dealing with. My experience is that people with bad credit always want to blame someone for thier lack of reponsibility. As is the case in this situation. Bottom line is I would not believe this person.

The second person does not know what the heck they are talking about. Gurley Leep has nothing to do with the loans once the contract is signed. They are not sitting around waiting for you to get behind on your car so they can pounce on it and take it from you. Ridiculous!!!! They do not "OWN" thier own service contract company. It has changed recently and is now being administered by Resource Automotive. That is the same company that services hundred if not thousands of dealerships. This person is probably refering to the financial pool that the dealer keeps to pay claims under the policy. Gurley Leep holds this money and yes gains interest on the balance that is kept. With Gurley Leep this fund is quite large because of the amount of dealerships it has.

In defense of the first person, Gurley Leep did not act in a very professional manner. But if this person was even the least bid savy they would know that you cannot possibly own or be liable for a purchase of a car you never drove off the lot. It is the law! Next time contact a lawyer and have them help you with your purchase because it is obvious you cannot handle it!! Sounds like it would be money well spent. I am sure you will continue to be the "victim" your whole life!!

My significant other works for the leeps and I can tell you they suck. What most people don't know is they are going around the Country and spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year buying up other dealerships..That money is actually saved by tax write offs making their tax rate equal to yours or mine..esentially they get free dealerships by doing this... Most people don't realize they own over 35 dealerships....including what you think are their "competitors" down the street with a different company name...

They recently bought up my significant others dealer and are trying to purchase at least 3 other dealerships locally...(But this is all under tight wraps to prevent the media from getting involved) They bought "Lujacks Northpark Auto Plaza" last year...A very large dealership.. They came in fired off dozens of people, including HR personnel who have worked there for 20+ years, closed down the cafeteria and employee gym.

In reply to this complaint I can say that the leeps are crooked. They have a pretty good reputation of giving loans when noone else will. They then wait till you default and do nothing until you are just about caught back up. After paying $3000-$4000 dollars in late fees and monthly bills for a car that was purchased for $2000 they repo the car when only $200-$300 is left until the customer has cuahgt up on late charges.. If you are falling behind and are making small payments they will not repo the car...They simply wait until you get really deep then start threatening to collect tons of money from you...They wait until they ring you out then repo it when you owe only $200-$300 in late fees from the $3000 you used to owe...Then repo it just before you get caught it...

Next is their "aftermarket warranty plan".....They own their own warranty plan...That's right..They don't sell someone elses warranty plan...The own a warranty company and sell their warranty plans at their dealerships....Talk about conflict of interest...All I can say is if you plan on buying a car from the creeps (leeps) think about buying a warranty from fidelity or someone else reputable...Buying a warranty from the company who works on your car is never good and writted very specific to not cover very much....HUGE conflict of interest...

I could go on and on about cars that they've sold that they knew had problems...The car comes back a few weeks later with a complaint and the salesman has to tell them they didn't know the problem even existed and there is nothing they can do....."How could we possibly find EVERY problem when they didn't even know there was a problem for 2-3 days."..."We will do everything we possible can to help you, but ultimately we are a businees and can not afford to fix your car for the price we sold it for and lose money.."

There's plenty more, but I'll stop there.