Nikki
Coconut Creek,#2Consumer Suggestion
Mon, October 29, 2007
Go online, find a loan amortization calculator (I like Bankrate) and plug in your original loan amount, the length of time and the interest rate. It will give you payments in terms of months, but you will see that you probably only did pay off $1500 - $2000 after making a total of $4000 worth of payments. Welcome to the wonderful world of financing. When they got your car back, they tacked on repo fees, cleanup fees, etc, then probably sold your van again. Or, they sent it to auction to sell it. They then were to subtract the amount they sold it for from what you owed (plus the fees), and you still owe $10,000. Yes, they can still come after you for that balance. Welcome to the wonderful world of repossession. You can't just give a car back without owing the balance. This is true of all auto finance companies.
Steven
Jacksonville,#3Consumer Suggestion
Sun, October 28, 2007
If they resold the car. You should be able to find that out. You will probably owe the difference between what they sold it for and the amount you still owed plus any fees they may have thrown in. Judging from the info and considering JD ByRider is probably sub prime you paid a higher interest rate then going thru a traditional lender. No reason why you should pay the whole difference depending on the info I provided above. Check your legal options thru a consumer lending site.