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June Shivers took her 2005 Lincoln LS, which was fully paid for, to a Blue Island car dealership in September to get it serviced. When the 85-year-old Chicagoan left the lot, she was driving a used 2014 Ford Fusion and was on the hook for monthly payments of $398 over six years.
I feel bad for her--but if she has memory problems should she still be driving?
As much as I want to call dealerships "sleazy" this is how the game works. It's how it's always been, one dickers on price and deals. Be it cars or other big ticket purchases.
I feel bad for her--but if she has memory problems should she still be driving?
As much as I want to call dealerships "sleazy" this is how the game works. It's how it's always been, one dickers on price and deals. Be it cars or other big ticket purchases.
Could be the dealer is a sleaze ball or she has buyers remorse. Or a combination of the two.
As much as I want to jump on the dealer here, there's a few things that stand out to me.
#1, she's driving a car, and #2, she has a credit card and pays the bill for it. So her family feels she has enough mental capacity to undertake those two responsibilities without feeling like they should have taken them from her...not to mention she brought her car in for service, and signed off on performing the work. So her family feels she has the capability to authorize nearly $1k in service, but not purchase a car?
I just don't buy this as a case of duping someone into buying a car. I almost get a sense this is some sort of buyer's remorse capitalizing on the fact that a lot of people despise car dealers so always looking to stick it to a dealer.
This is one of those "His story, her story and the truth" sort of situations.
Fair price for the $20,000 Ford Fusion should have been $12,000 - $16,000
$600 trade-in credit for her Lincoln with 63,000 miles had a fair value of $2,000 - $4,000
She was led to believe she could drive the Fusion until her car was done.
The son said one of her friends called him and said, 'I think they're trying to sell your mom a car'. He called the dealership and was assured that his mom was just taking a test drive.
If you have spent any time with somebody who is 85 years old you would know that their ability to understand is not always intact. They fooled her.
If you no longer have the ability to understand the difference between buying a car and borrowing a loaner, you probably shouldn't be driving. Its pretty damn hard to accidently buy a car.
If her cognitive function was so impaired as to inadvertently buy a car, why didn't either the friends or son tell the dealership she was incapable of legally signing P&S documents? I bet the dealership would have backed off if they'd heard that red flag. And why didn't the friends who were present get more involved? Dealers may be scum, but I think there's more to the story here.
The dealership screwed this old lady like she was a cordless screw gun. My wife bought and drove a NEW 2014 Fusion with everything on it except a moonroof and she didn't pay any where near the $30,000 they're hammering the old lady for. The car didn't cost that much new and what about her trade in? This bunch needs to be hammered by the law and by Ford. Ford should jerk their dealership to a different dealer. Obviously this one is as shady as any criminal out there.
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