Complaint Review: SC Auto Sales - Ladson South Carolina

 If I were you, I would do more homework on the signing process than anything. They give you a contract to sign, and then he gives you a paper to sign that trumps the contract and forfeiting your rigts, and giving them to repossess anytime they feel. Also, tried to accuse me of not having insurance. I showed him bank statements and proof of insurance. Says he called the insurance company hisself, offerring to "pay" the insurance, but of course, they have no record of him calling them. When the real problem was, we decided to change insurance companies. My husband made an arrangement with one of the ladies in the office, that we would make our first car payment when we got back from our honeymoon. Of course we should have gotten it in writing. He told her as soon as we were back in town, we would be by there to pay the payment. It was due on the 15th of Sept. We came back from our honeymoon on the 20th. A Sunday. My husbdand went to the dealership to drop off the money. Which we knew they were closed, but was making an effort to have it taken cared of. 1.) They have no drop box. My husband even tried to shove it in the crack of the front door. 2.) they come get our 2001 CRV that Monday. When I approached him, he tried to make these claims he called the insurance comp etc. etc. When what he was really upset about, is that we change our comp. Becuase we were paying $300 dollars for FULL COVERAGE with a PERFECT driving record. We changed. After the discussion he tried to say we made no attempts to come to the dealership to pay. I told him that is not true, we did. He TRIED to say he was there and no one came to the door. My husbands hand prints were STILL on the glass where he looked inside to see if anyone happened to be there. 3. I noticed a sign that says, " 24 hour Surviellence over car lot." So I brought this to his attention. If we made no attempts, then my husband wouldnt be on that tape. He quickly said that I had no RIGHT to look at the video. WHich, he is wrong. I looked up my rights and A.) I have EVERY RIGHT to look at the video. I WORK for lawyers, and unfortunately, nothing I can do because of that little paper he had me sign, but I DO HAVE EVERY RIGHT, to look at the footage. Also, he tried to charge me $1000 for towing fee. Again, wouldnt show me the invoice. And AGAIN, I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO SEE. Now here is #3. ANd its a kicker. He sends me a letter in the mail stating that he will be selling the CRV within 10 days. And that he can jack up the price. Um, no you cant. First of all, jacking it up, would be way more than its value on KBB. And second, after the money I put into it, there was about 4gs left on it. He said he would be selling it about aprx 5gs or +. And whatever it sells for, whatever the difference is on the asking price, I would have to pay. No, sir. I dont. ANd I wont. So, if you want to deal with this guy, be my guest. But, the paper you sign after your contract, trumps anything on that contract. So I would advise you to take precaution. I went to CarMax. Got a vehicle big enough for my family of 4, less than 100,000 miles on it, 6 years old, instead of almost 15 years old, for less on the principal, AND the same a month I was paying for the 15 year old CRV. With warranty. Do what you will with this information. I will say this, the car we had, ran fine. Til right before he took it. It woulnt crank without us having to get under the hood the whole week we were on our honeymoon. We think it was a bad battery connection. But otherwise, the CRV did run well.