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Complaint Review: Viking Dodge - Crystal Lake Illinois

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  • Viking Dodge Rte176 &14 Crystal Lake, Illinois U.S.A.

Viking Dodge - It has been years since I was ripped off and they are STILL there?!?! Crystal Lake Illinois

*Consumer Comment: What a Joke

*Consumer Comment: 14 Years Ago?

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After driving past Viking Dodge the other day and seeing the sign on the car for this website, I think to myself, perhaps I will go join him and maybe more people would stop and join this guy to make it all more obvious. Not that he isnt doing a GREAT job alone. His sign stands out loud and clear but why are people still going in to shop at Viking Dodge?

Ok, so my story was back in 1994. Had 2 kids, needed a van. Go to Viking Dodge and I knew what my payments would be for a 5 year loan/interest rate in order to be getting the van for the price I expected to pay and not be screwed around on my trade in.

Well, they got me to those payments and of course after being there for what felt like a week negotiating, I signed the papers, went home happy. A few days later, I opened the envelope with my paperwork to think.. now where did the CONTRACT go? It wasnt in the envelope. VIKING DODGE never gave me a copy. They denied it and after finally a week later getting a copy when I went in and stood there until they ran a copy off for me, I NOTICED the months of the loan had not been entered as 60 months, but as 72 months ! TOTAL SCAM. I called Dodge, complained. They only said they would take the van back and replace it with something in my price range. My trade in.... what about my trade in??? nothing could be done according to them. My trade in value would stay at how they entered it on the contract. I dont remember exactly what they put down in the contract for my trade in.. I will have to go dig up the paperwork downstairs. Nothing seemed to help or get me out of this transaction. I kept the van and battled the anger for a very long time. I wanted to go in there and scream out loud to all the prospective customers to beware. Of course I didnt, I would be labeled a nut right? Or would I have considering the amount of people they have scammed for all these years?

My relatives referred to the salesman's name (as a joke for many years) by calling him my "Uncle Phil" because this salesman named Phil said I should just trust him like he was my uncle. HA !
"I DID get you into a Caravan like you wanted" said Uncle Phil @ Viking Dodge.

Yvonne
mchenry, Illinois
U.S.A.

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#2 Consumer Comment

What a Joke

AUTHOR: Whatajoke2000 - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Monday, July 14, 2008

This dealership is known for forging signatures, so to say that the contract that was signed on the day of closing, might not be the contract that was sent to the finance company.

Letting this one go.... hmmmm.... sure after 14 years they may not be still upset but is it not the purpose of this site to warn others of bad business and rip-offs? It is obvious by the vast amount of references to Viking Dodge that this company is in fact filled with con-men.

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14 Years Ago?

AUTHOR: Robert - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Tuesday, July 08, 2008

You know it is probably time to let this go. Even a 6 year car loan would have had this paid off in 2000, that is 8 years ago.

You go in knowing everything to be sure you are not getting screwed. Yet you some how forget to read the contract you are signing? On top of that it takes you days until you realize you don't have a copy of the contract?

You don't even remember what they gave you for your trade-in. Since you were so sure of what you wanted to get for your trade in you probably felt it was a good deal at the time.

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