Complaint Review: Lease Finance Group LLC - Chicago Illinois

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Name: Lease Finance Group LLC

Phone: (866) 781-0440

Fax: (888) 588-6230

Address: 233 N Michigan Ave Ste 1800

Chicago, IL 60601-5802

Original Business Start Date: January 1992

Employees: 110

TOB Classification: Leasing Service, Financial Services

BBB Accreditation: This organization is not a BBB Accredited business.

Additional DBA Names

Lease Finance Group

Global Leasing and Financing

Newcourt Financial USA, Inc.

Newcourt Leasing Corp

Nature Of Business

This company leases credit card processing machines.

Customer Experience

Based on BBB files, this company has an unsatisfactory record BBB Definition:

unsatisfactory record - A company has an "unsatisfactory business performance record" with the BBB is based on the experiences reflected in BBB files. This file condition results when the company has failed to resolve or respond to complaints, repeatedly failed to respond or resolve issues in a timely manner, failed to resolve the underlying issues for a pattern BBB Definition:

pattern - More than 2 complaints involving the same allegations usually within 12 months that are significant in relation to the company's size and volume of business.

of complaints, failed to honor their commitment to mediate or arbitrate disputes or honor mediated agreements or arbitrated decisions, failed to substantiate, modify or discontinue false advertising claims that are challenged by the BBB, or failed to discontinue unauthorized use of the BBB name and logo, a Federally protected trademark.

with the BBB due to a pattern BBB Definition:

pattern - More than 2 complaints involving the same allegations usually within 12 months that are significant in relation to the company's size and volume of business.

of complaints and has failed to correct the underlying reason for the complaints.

Consumer complaints allege misrepresented and objectionable sales practices, and/or unauthorized charges and debits from consumers' bank accounts, and/or lack of notification of end of contract and subsequent renewal and billing. Further complaints allege technical problems with the credit card processing equipment provided by Lease Finance, and difficulties in either obtaining help from the company or returning the equipment in a timely fashion. The company deems that returning its own equipment does not relieve consumers from their payment obligations per the lease agreement, despite the fact that the consumers may no longer have any equipment and/or receive any services. Additional complaints allege that the three day right of rescission and timely termination of contract have not been honored. Other allegations cite poor customer service, being hung up on by company representatives, the company pursuing allegedly unwarranted collection actions and contacting credit report BBB Definition:

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or other information that results from activity conducted by the BBB.

agencies despite consumers' continuous attempts to provide documentation to support their cases. Upon sending requested documentation to Lease Finance, multiple consumers allege that the company declines receiving it and/or claims it was sent to the wrong location. Additional consumers allege to have never signed contracts with the company and question where the alleged signatures baring their names came from.

When considering complaint information, please take into account the company's size and volume of transactions, and understand that the nature of complaints and a firm's responses to them are often more important than the number of complaints.

The BBB processed a total of 658 complaints about this company in the last 36 months, our standard reporting period.Of the total of 658 complaints closed in 36 months, 284 were closed in the last year.

According to the company, their leases are considered commercial debt.

Additional Telephone Numbers

Additional Phone Numbers

Tel: (866) 781-0411

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Report as of December 17, 2007

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