Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-11-04
CARS
Dealer Aims to Keep
BUYER From Reodinq
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paid 5000 in cash and $500 In a
cashiers check. When he offered
a personal check for the $685.
balance, he was told the dealer
did not accept personal checks.
He agreed to mail a certified
check for the 1895 as soon as he
got back to Roanoke. He was
asked to sign a form. which
appeared to carry some extras"
on 1t, but he was assured that
this was merely insurance
protection, would not obligate
him in any way and would be
kept in a desk drawer till his
certified check was received. He
sent his certified check on
schedule, but it was returned.
The next day. he received a
notice from a finance company
saying he had to make IL
monthly payments of $62.70.
The paper he had signed did
not stay in the dealers desk
drawer.
The other paper trick - A
sailor agreed to pay $500 down
and the 5000 balance within two
months. Before he signed the
contract, the dealer wrote out
on a sheet of paper the terms Of
oayment-$55.40 one month and
$144.60 the next. When he tried
to read the contract itself. the
dealer told him: "As long as you
make the payments stated on
this sheet of paper. you don't
have to worry about the con-
tents of this contract" He did
make the payments as they
appeared on the sheet of paper.
The dealer demanded what
appeared on the contract.
The cash price of the car had
been upped from $1,000 to ST.
395.
The glove compartment trick
This Virginia car purchaser
read the original contract but
did not read the six or seven
papers which he was told were
duplicates. After car repairs
had been made, he returned to
the Office and asked for his
copy of the contract. He was
told that he would find 1t in
the glove compartment. When
he saw a sealed envelope there,
he didn't open it because 1t
was now after dark and he
couldn't read it without return
ing to the office. He opened 1t
as soon as he got home. He
found the price of the car
changed from $2,295 to $2,595.
His monthly payments had
been increased from 500 to
1884 a month. He found he
had been charged $254.41 for
credit life insurance which he
had specifically told the deal
err he didn't want. The final
straw was a $500 pickup pay
ment, payable four days after
he bought the car.
The switched car trick-A
visitor made a $400 down pay
ment on a 1856 Ford. The sales
man told him that he could
not get the insurance on the
Ford that night and did not
have a spare tire or jack avail
able for it at that time. He
said he would take care of those
things the next day. Mean
while, he suggested that the
visitor take a 1851 Buick for
Transportation overnight. The
salesman wrote out a car order
and bill of sale for the Buick
for the visitor~to sign sin case
he was picked up by the po-
lice" The next day, the visit
or drove the Buick back to
the lot and asked for the Ford.
He was told, you didn't buy
a Ford, you bought this Buick"
The verbal assurances trick
"A man paid $500 on what he
thought was an all-cash deal.
He noticed on the contract q
provision for eight payments
of $50 each. When he asked
about them he was told that
some earlier customer had
owed that but he wasn't to
pay any attention to it. He
didn't until he found he
couldn't get the title to the car
until he paid another $400.
The tricks are endless.
There's the one about the