This is a bit long.
First of all, my problem was NOT Asif's (the salesman) fault.
Asif picked us up at the airport and we arrived at the dealership about 1:00 pm Tuesday. And, I did pick up my Prius Wednesday PM.
From the beginning I had told Asif and several times over the weeks just prior to my arrival, I had talked to their finance department about the following facts:
1. The car needed to be titled in the company name.
2. We did NOT want the front license plate holder to be installed.
3. We were paying CASH for the car.
We asked the finance department how they desired to receive the funds. We even offered to WIRE the funds to their account prior to our arrival. The finance people repeatedly stated that all I needed was a cashier check.
When we arrived, the license plate holder was on the car. That should have been an indication that things were not going to go well...
Here is the crux of the issue. You tell me why they did this! I have my own opinion.
The dealership tried to insist that they put "backup financing" in place and they insisted that I be also on the title! The excuses used were ... the cashiers check could be a forgery, could bounce, could have a stop payment put on it etc. Now this is AFTER them telling me that this was the desired method to receive "cash". Even a letter faxed from the bank did not satisfy them.
We argued about this until 9:00PM. We left in their loaner car for the night heading to our bed and breakfast in Santa Cruz. We did not check into the Inn until midnight.
The next morning I called to inform them that we were on our way and that they need to let us know if we needed to arrive with a rental car for the drive back to Scottsdale.
A follow-up phone call before we left resulted in the question: "Can we deposit the check now to see if it clears?" I told them yes.
Before reaching Stockton, I called to verify if I needed to arrive with a rental car and was told that everything was resolved and that we could get the car.
We got out of the dealership about 1:00 PM Wednesday with the Prius.
We arrived exhausted in Solvang about midnight. (CA-1 is not fun at night).
From San Diego to AZ state line 53MPG. Once I got to the speed limit of 75 and set my cruise at 80 mileage dropped a bit. The end of trip mpg was 47.
Jim
First of all, my problem was NOT Asif's (the salesman) fault.
Asif picked us up at the airport and we arrived at the dealership about 1:00 pm Tuesday. And, I did pick up my Prius Wednesday PM.
From the beginning I had told Asif and several times over the weeks just prior to my arrival, I had talked to their finance department about the following facts:
1. The car needed to be titled in the company name.
2. We did NOT want the front license plate holder to be installed.
3. We were paying CASH for the car.
We asked the finance department how they desired to receive the funds. We even offered to WIRE the funds to their account prior to our arrival. The finance people repeatedly stated that all I needed was a cashier check.
When we arrived, the license plate holder was on the car. That should have been an indication that things were not going to go well...
Here is the crux of the issue. You tell me why they did this! I have my own opinion.
The dealership tried to insist that they put "backup financing" in place and they insisted that I be also on the title! The excuses used were ... the cashiers check could be a forgery, could bounce, could have a stop payment put on it etc. Now this is AFTER them telling me that this was the desired method to receive "cash". Even a letter faxed from the bank did not satisfy them.
We argued about this until 9:00PM. We left in their loaner car for the night heading to our bed and breakfast in Santa Cruz. We did not check into the Inn until midnight.
The next morning I called to inform them that we were on our way and that they need to let us know if we needed to arrive with a rental car for the drive back to Scottsdale.
A follow-up phone call before we left resulted in the question: "Can we deposit the check now to see if it clears?" I told them yes.
Before reaching Stockton, I called to verify if I needed to arrive with a rental car and was told that everything was resolved and that we could get the car.
We got out of the dealership about 1:00 PM Wednesday with the Prius.
We arrived exhausted in Solvang about midnight. (CA-1 is not fun at night).
From San Diego to AZ state line 53MPG. Once I got to the speed limit of 75 and set my cruise at 80 mileage dropped a bit. The end of trip mpg was 47.
Jim
