DriveTime Ripped Off Tallahassee Florida

I want to thank all of you that complained about drivetime. Sometimes you may wonder if it does any good, it does!  My husband and I had medical bills that caused a drop in our credit score. Our (paid off) vehicle was totaled over the last holiday, so we were put in a situation of needing to purchase another car. We scheduled an appointment (for today) at 1pm at our local Drivetime dealership. We ALWAYS read consumer reviews before we make any major purchases and decided to check 'Ripoff Report' for Drivetime. I found over 400 reports and my husband doing an online general search found over 1,400! Needless to say, we immediately cancelled the appointment, so we are one of the one's that got away and it's all because all of you took the time to post your experiences. I am very sorry however to hear about the terrible experiences you have had, but rest assured, your posting has made a BIG difference to someone, and I hope Drivetime realizes they are losing ALOT of money by not being straightup with people. Thanks Again!

Okay so you went with their "Cancel Anytime" lease....so what is the problem here?

If they were this bad and were refusing to work with you, why didn't you just cancel the lease and give the car back? 

It's not rocket science we are dealing with. 

Either you are not so bright or lying about several details in this report.  So which is it?

I decided to try DriveTime because of their new lease program (return at any time with no penalties). They don't report to the credit bureaus and there's no penalty for returning or it being repossessed. With all of that and the warranty they were offering I figured it was the best way for me to go. I was actually told during the process that they DID report to the credit bureaus but when I purchased my home in May my vehicle was no where to be found on my credit report. This company is a sham and that's the bottom line!!! 

First of all the only thing your "proof" shows is that you sent texts to them and they said that they can't change your due dates.  There is NO proof that they ever said they could change your dates in the first place.  As for your repair bill, the fact you had a repair is not in question. 

Other facts here are you are with a Sub-Prime lender.  This means you have not proven you can handle credit and they are one of the few lenders who are willing to take a chance on you.  Of course you can come here and write a 20 page essay on how your past credit issues were not your fault, but guess what.  That does NOT matter, all that matters to the banks(any bank) is that you had past issues, and your actions here show you are continuing down that same path.

When you purchased the car the salesman in all honestly will tell you just about anything they can to sell you the car.  However, I think you took their comments and stretched them into thinking what you want.  Now, I am sure you are jumping up and down saying..."See they ripped me off, they lied..oh now I got them".  

Perhaps, BUT and this is the big issue when your pay dates are has NOTHING to do with when you can make your payments.  As if for example your payments are due every other week on a Friday, and you get paid twice a month.  You need to do a few things.  First of all on your pay date put money aside for your next payment.  Yes this takes discipline on your part, but this is what millions of people do who don't have credit issues and take responsibility for their accounts.  Now, because there will be two months a year you have an extra payment you then need to take an additional step of putting additional money aside each pay period to cover that extra payment.  The fact is I can bet you failed to do that and because of YOUR lack of responsibility you find yourself in this situation.

Now, if you are going to try and come here and say your money is so tight that even a pay date change causes issues like this, then I am sorry to say you made a mistake in getting the car because you can NOT really afford it. 

As for your repair.  When you purchased(leased) the car you did it "As-Is".  Meaning YOU are responsible for anything that goes wrong.  As long as they are following the terms of the warranty they are doing nothing wrong.

By the way, unless you get your car back they will sell it at auction for a fraction of the cost, and YOU are still responsible for the balance.  This means that they can come after you and eventually sue you if you fail to pay it off.  Where you will have more bad news...the judge really won't care about your story all they are going to look at is what is in writing.

Here's my proof. No need for me to lie. The company is garbage.

Only person to blame is DriveTime for their jacked up business practices. Sounds like you may be an employee but either way you can go dig a hole and have someone bury you alive in it. 

Oh yes...it was THEIR fault YOU were late, right?  That was the contract term YOU agreed to!  Then you come here with this smokescreen tactic of how bad the car allegedly is when in reality this is NOTHING MORE than the typical deadbeat wail because YOU don't like the COLLECTIONS MACHINE which YOU turned on because YOU are repeatedly late.