Town & Country Jeep Chrysler, Levittown, New York Buyer Beware: Town & Country Will Try to Nail You When You Get to Finance Dept. Metuchen, New Jersey

aired on TV back in early December of 2003? I believe that the Sonic Automotive Dealer Group, which is the 3rd largest dealer group in the USA, owned the 'Town & Country' Ford dealership in that investigation, right? I can remember watching that Dateline NBC Investigation where a young woman's monthly income was altered by the finance manager. Her payment was also extended from 60 months to 72 months, without her knowledge. It was caught on hidden camera. I believe that investigation is at Stopautofraud.com on their website, right? Maybe it's still available at the NBC website too, huh? I'm going to see if it's still available & find out if there's a connection between this dealership & the one from that Dateline NBC Investigation that aired in December of 2003.

Town & Country Jeep, Levittown, NY 11756 I wrote before, but it gets worse. In T&C's zeal to get financing I didn't want (b/c it benefits them) scores of lenders showing on my credit report. Worse, one bank said T&C overpriced car by $1000. Internet Previously I wrote here about how Town and Country Jeep in Levittown, N.Y., tried every trick in the book to rip me off when I came in to buy a Chrysler Sebring. They offered me a reasonable deal when my husband was with me, and a fair trade-in on my old car. Since I was already preapproved for a reasonable rate, I told them I didn't need financing. They said they had "connections" and could probably do better. So on the following Monday, I made the 3 hour trek (after calling my sleezy salesman Gary who assured me the deal was looking good.) He was noticeably cool to me, taking me directly to the finance manager's dept. to meet a despicable man named Terrence Kelly. There I was assured they'd found a great loan for me -- but gee, it was 4 points higher than the one I had been pre-approved for. They couldn't wait a couple days for me to come in with my bank check, oh no. I had to take their financing on the spot. And since the guy who appraised my trade in was (miracles of miracles) re-appraising it, I'm sure the trade-in offer would have gotten lower. When I refused the higher interest loan, they demanded a $2000 downpayment from me if I wanted the car, on their loan terms. Otherwise it would go back on the lot. Naturally I refused, so as I was leaving, Gary approached me and told me not to "get crazy," and said if I paid a $199 loan processing fee (for a loan I didn't want!) all would be well with the world. They also tried to charge me for four years registration on a used vehicle (illegal where I'm from BTW). Bit the kicker came yesterday, when I looked at my credit report and found out there were tons of applications made in my name to auto lenders. Gee, great for my credit report, huh? And the funniest part of all? I also got a letter from Chase saying they'd approve the loan if Town & Country would lower the price by about $1000. They apparently had it overpriced and there wasn't enough "collateral" to make the loan viable. Oh, and if you go totheir website http://www.towncountryjeepchryslerdodge.com/index.htm you'll see a pic of three guys. The monkey in the middle is Terrence Kelly, the rude, obnoxious finance guy. This may be the only pic in his life in which he's smiling -- that, or he just saw his latest sucker leave his office. NEVER shop there, unless you're an investigative journalist doing a report on con artists. (BTW, the official Chrysler organization sent me a note saying they have -- and want -- nothing to do with them and have given me a survey to complete.) They can't help what happens at the independent dealerships, apparently.