Dodge Of Bellevue took advantage of 1st time car buyer, promised to fix things and wont return phone calls Ripoff Bellevue Washington

Angela...

There are some things to learn from this experience. Did they take advantage of a first time buyer? Yes! The good news is this doesn't need to ever happen to you again. The bad news is if you don't learn or refuse to learn from this, then you are doomed to be one of the many, many others who haven't a clue of what they are doing when they buy a car. Additionally, they don't have even a speck of business sense to have even a miniscule amount of business savvy to protect themselves from the slime in the car business.

Now, lets move on!

1. Always, always, always arrange financing ON YOUR OWN before you go into the dealership! You can do this without regard to your credit status, good, bad or none. When you do this you avoid many of the scams involving dealer financing, especially when you buy a new car. (The Spot Delivery Scam, for erxample.)

2. When you buy a used car, always, always, always have that car checked out by a mechanic YOU SUPPLY. If they won't let you do that, WALK OUT! However, if you and/or YOUR MECHANIC find something wrong and YOUR MECHANIC advises you it is worth fixing, tell the dealer you will buy the car ONLY AFTER THE CAR IS FIXED and YOUR MECHANIC checks out the repairs. DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT, repeat again, DO NOT sign any papers, put any money down on that car UNTIL and UNLESS it is fixed. If they tell you they can't fix it unless you sign an agreement to buy, WALK OUT! If they want you as a customer they will fix the car. Your mechanic did them a favor by pointing out the problem even if you don't buy the car. But once you take delivery, what incentive do they have to fix it, they already have your money!

Angela, you have a FANTASTIC opportunity here! The things you can learn from this experience will help you for the rest of your life. If you take these lessons and help inform others, you will be a blessing to many! I hope you do that.

Take some time and read thru other rip off reports. You will see time after time the customer plays the role of doormat, sucker or chump and when the light finally comes on, they blame the dealer. Look forward to a time when you will be a bright example of business savvy when it comes to buying a car.

I know you can do it!

Your not appreciating my previous response is just too bad. What you SHOULD appreciate is that this is coming out of YOUR pocket, not mine.

And this will happen AGAIN, unless you correct your attitude right now. YOU are responsible for taking care of you. Nobody else. Welcome to our world.

Like I wrote before- the dealer is NOT your friend. And what you thought about how a dealer should treat you is irrelevant.

FLASH BULETIN:
The salesman works for the dealer,
the dealer signs the salesman's paycheck,
so the salesman had better do what the dealer WANTS the salesman to do.

If you want to wonder about in this world thinking the world will take care of you, then do that. But understand that ignorance is a defense for nothing.

Example: You can be arrested and convicted for breaking a law that you never knew existed.

My advice about spending quality time at those websites stands. You ignore taking the time for this activity at your own financial peril. There are a lot of people posting here who are getting very badly hosed on automobiles. Some are needlessly losing more than $10,000.

On the other hand, I bought my previous Buick new, drove it for 14 years, and then got rid of it for a total cost of $1200 in repairs, plus tires, and $5500 in depreciation. And I am still running a fully equipped '91 Camry that I bought new for less than $13,000. How are you doing?

I dont appreciate your rebuttal. Insinuating that I am stupid and this is my own fault. Like I said I am a 1st time car buyer and I knew nothing about buying a new car. I assumed that the dealer would work with me and NOT rip me off. And yes I bought the car anyway because they promised they would fix the problems. I didnt find out about the dip stick until I took it to a different dealer to have it serviced. The origional dealer I bought the car from said that the vehicle with the wheel damage and no dip stick said it shouldnt have gotten through their own safty inspection. So why did it? So the salesperson can make his house payment???

Why oh why do so many people think "dealer" means "friend"?

How about I fire up my $30 TI BA2Plus and calculate your loan:
Amt=12,000
Int/yr = 24
Months -Payment-Total-[Total-12,000 = interest]
36- 470.80 - 16,949 - [4949]
48- 391.22 - 18778.66 - [6778.66]
60- 345.22 - 20,712.94 - [8712.94
72- 315.92 - 22746.38 - [10,746.38]

So it appears you have a 72 month loan.... this took less than 3 minutes on my $30 TI BA2Plus.

Who should have talked to their banker about auto loans before EVER venturing out to buy a car? Who?

There are MANY how-to-buy-a-car websites. Edmonds (.com), Car Buying Tips (.com) and so on.

That car had a bent wheel? And you bought that car????

Yes, the engine needs a dipstick if for no other reason than to keep dirt out of the engine oil. You see, engines have oil filters to keep the engine oil CLEAN. Not having a dipstick installed kinda defeats the oil filter. Have you priced a new engine? Maybe $4000?

Spend several hours at "Car Buying Tips" on the web.