Mid Western Auto Sales taking advantage of single mother and diabetic son Middletown Ohio
i am writing this in reference to myself and my 16 year old son. My son recently turned 16 and like any other 16 year old wanted license and a car immediately. I told him to get a job and start saving which he did and i would help where i could being that i am a single mother of 2 doing it alone. After he saved a sufficient down pymt we started to look on the internet as well as a few personal owners. He found a vehicle at mid western and we went there feeling comfortable since i am a previous customer 3 times over. Well long story short we got took for every bit of our savings and then some. He had trouble with the vehicle dying almost immediately an after 5 failed attempts of mid western supposedly "fixing" it we took it to our own mechanic who basically said it was beyond repair. Mid western promised us 2 times to swap evenly for another vehicle which ended up each time with us paying more money up front and longer pymts. In my book that doesnt constitute "evenly". My son is type 1 diabetic and never complains with his illness. He didnt deserve this type of treatment nor to have such a bad first time carbuying experience. After paying them $1800.00 of pymts he worked hard to earn himself and getting apporx 2 1/2 weeks driving out of the vehicle he paid on for almost 3 months we finally just took it back and dropped it off to mid western. I refuse to continue to allow my son to be treated this way!! BUYER BEWARE!!!
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FloridaNative
Palm Beach Gardens,Florida,
Something isn't right with this report
#4Consumer Comment
Fri, November 14, 2014
No 16 year old can legaily sign a contract to purchase a vehicle. Who signed the contract, the 16 year old or his Mother?
If the 16 year old signed the contract, then take it to an attorney and have the deal unwound legally. The attorney may even be able to have all of the funds returned to the 16 year old because no 16 has the legal capacity to sign contracts.
However, if his Mother signed the contract that is a different story and the voluntary surrender (also call voluntary repossession) may appear on her credit report.
You can't get out of a contract by just dropping off the collateral. There is much more to it than that. When a vehicle is financed all the funds are due for the loan, even if you surrender the vehicle.
There is an exception though if the signer is underage and you may actually have a case for a return of the funds if the 16 year old is the one that signed the contract.
Gpa
Trenton,Ohio,
2 Errors?
#4General Comment
Thu, November 13, 2014
I am the Grandfather of the victim in this case and I disagree with the individual that said 2 Errors were made. I do agree that the vehicle should have been checked out by a qualified mechanic before purchase, but I don't agree that she is sending the boy the wrong message by releasing himself from a signed contract. She was trying to teach the boy responsibility by making him work and pay for his own vehicle and the expenses involved with owning a vehicle. He was faithfully making his payments every two weeks, using most of the money that he earned from his part time job, even though he didn't have the vehicle to drive. After every effort was made to let the sales lot repair or replace the vehicle and constantly being lied to, there was no alternative but to give the vehicle back and stop paying for something that couldn't be used. The car lot got almost $2000 dollars from a diabetic 16 year old boy plus they got their car back to sell again. Which they will undoubtedly do. How many times do these vehicles get sold over again? It was an expensive and hard lesson for a 16 year old to learn, but I'm sure that it will stick with him for the rest of his life.
coast
Florida,Wrong Lesson
#4Consumer Comment
Wed, November 12, 2014
You made two major errors. You failed to have a mechanic check out the vehicle prior to purchase and you taught your son it’s ok to walk away from a signed agreement.