Karl
Clovis,#2Consumer Suggestion
Sat, November 03, 2007
As soon as the dealer pulled the bait and switch offering you the Sentra vice what you went in for you should have bid them good day. This was compounded by telling you that the first Sentra was sold. This was another reason to walk. Letting you drive away without financing and then calling you back weeks later and telling you that the bank disapproved you is against the law in many states. Check with an attorney in Chandler and see if it is against the law in Arizona. I read lots of these reports where potential buyers subject themselves to hours of "negotiation" and then leave with a contract that they read at home and discover that it does not reflect what the salesman said. If I can't work a deal in an hour or less I leave. Normally I get the facts over the phone. If a dealership is evasive about price or availability I don't bother with them. Why people take this abuse voluntarily is beyond me. Do they feel that their credit is so poor that they are grateful to the dealership for selling them any car at all? If you have a job arrange your financing in advance next time or pay cash for a car that you can afford -preferably a used Civic or Sentra or something that has a good reliability record - and look for it from a private owner who has service records and a history of the car.