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Scam or what?

January 5, 2005 by leslie Leave a Comment

So tell me what you think? Turned in a leased car back to Toyota – financed through Southeast Toyota Finance AKA World Omni Finance – red flag #1 the car was not inspected upon turn-in. Yeah, yeah we read all the fine print but still. So weeks later we get a letter claimin there was $500+ of “excessive wear & tear” to the front end of this 2000 Celica that had a little of 57,000 miles on it. Reaction – what the hell?!? So we called asking for a more detailed explaination – wanted to know why it took 14 days and 70+ more miles on the car before we got this “bill”. They couldn’t say – all we got was the car was inspected by a “certified” inspector. Uh huh – certified in what? So we continued to ask for a detailed “damage” report. $500 worth had to have been damage. We do this dance with World Omni for almost a month – there was no tranport report on the vehicle either. Okay – someone explain to me why would some go to all the trouble to put brand new tires on a car if they didn’t car about excessive wear and tear? Did a little Googling – found some references to lease turn ins and how certain companies will jack up the excessive wear and tear to recoup losses.

Well the phone call that was promised yesterday never came in – gee that’s not a shocker. So I called them – after some discussion prior to my call seems the supervisor still was not going to wave the “excessive wear & tear” charges BUT was willing to reduce it by 50%. So does the garbage stink yet?

Wish I could afford to take this one to court.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

January 1, 2005 by leslie Leave a Comment

Another year has rolled in. One glass of champagne and I have a headache. Well, I’ve had a headache since October so I guess it doesn’t count. Yes, I have a doctor’s appointment to get this headache thing looked at.

Going to the father-in-law’s house today to watch the Cotton Bowl. There was a promise of steaks. The New Year’s diet starts this week – it’s more a support diet for Jeff.

Stay safe.

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Those of you who were betting that my knees would be the first "metal" replacements, you lost. I now have a bit of titanium in my cervical spine. I wonder if the doc will give me a pic of the post-op x-rays?

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Those who know me, know to send lavender roses and daisies.

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