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03-27-2014, 02:49 PM | #1 |
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Re: Horrible lease transfer
I'm currently dealing with a guy who I'm taking over lease payments from. First, he is the type that has a mentality take it or leave it. So I said sure he has personality issues but that doesn't mean this deal isn't great. He told me he has sold 6 bmws in past 6 years and he never provided any documents. The person interested have to contact BMW for everything. So I got all the paperwork myself. So we engage a lease process and takes about 2 weeks. Now he tells me he will be going away for the weekend and the whole week. Makes me think....is he going to take the car? I told him that now that you are intended to sell the car, stop driving it around and such. He told me its still under his name still and has the lease miles to do it and just made the payment etc. Fine I moved on from that issue. I then engaged a lease transfer, now today I just spoke to BMW financial. They said he held up the lease transfer for a few days for no reason and today put it back in rolling.
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03-27-2014, 02:51 PM | #2 |
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Sounds like an ass clown to me.
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03-27-2014, 03:26 PM | #3 |
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If you think he is treating you badly, can you imagine what he is doing to the car you are trying to acquire from him?
There are plenty of above board car deals out there. If you haven't put any money into this yet - you should move on.
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03-27-2014, 03:44 PM | #4 |
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Move on, its not worth it. Plus there is no telling what he is doing with that car. I have sold a lot of personal cars in the past few years. Its always good business to present a good attitude to make the potential buyer feel good about his/her purchase.
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03-27-2014, 03:52 PM | #6 |
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Well the car he brought by last week. He kept saying BMW covers it all so just get wipers replaced and such. He wouldn't even let me test drive the car. The deal will go in 3rd stage by tomorrow and it will be too late to back out. Hopefully this other seller responds to me today. If not I will go with what I have.
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03-27-2014, 03:53 PM | #7 |
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I'm thinking to do that but I've already cancelled one deal because the car was accidental. This will be the second deal. That is my only concern. I don't know what he might be doing to the car.
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03-27-2014, 04:40 PM | #11 |
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I honestly don't like or understand the appeal of lease transfers. In very few instances do they work out for the person getting the lease transfer.
Here's the fact of the matter that most people forget - you're leasing a USED car. To use round numbers, let's say Joe leases a car for $900/mo. That lease price is based upon the price of a NEW $80,000 car for instance. 18 months later, Joe wants to transfer his lease to Bob. Well, the car is now 18 months old and may have 15k miles on it. It's value is considerably less - maybe $70,000. You need to ask yourself, if I leased a two year old CPO car with a $70k sticker, would it cost me $900/mo? The answer is inevitably no. By taking on a lease transfer, you're getting a used car at the lease rates of a NEW car. Who would want that? Unless the car is impossible to get, is unique in some way, etc... I don't see the value. The other potential allure may be that the former lessee put significantly less mileage on the car for the time under lease, leaving you with a greater number of miles/month than what a lease would otherwise cost. If that's the case, fine... but I still think the risk of other issues in the process outweighs it. Go to BMW and lease or buy a CPO car... or lease a brand new car. If you're going to get a used car, a lease transfer seems like THE riskiest way to go about it. It may make sense between family members, you know the car well, the former lessee, etc... but with a perfect stranger? Sounds like high potential for trouble. Lease rates on a 2014 550xi aren't bad at all right now... people getting them between $7xx - $8xx routinely depending upon options. Or again, if you want CPO, you can buy OR lease. Not sure I'd buy a pre-LCI 550xi, though, considering the issues they've had with injectors unless you're getting a solid number of years of warranty remaining.
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03-27-2014, 04:50 PM | #12 |
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Lease transfer is good because you don't have to put any money out of pocket. You just take over the payments. But of course just like anything you just have to find the right seller.
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I don't see any advantage in terms of money out of pocket.
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So I got a brand new car @ .9% interest on lease for $250/less on a 39 vs 48 month lease. I'll keep it until the 2016 models are being cleared out and then jump to a new one.
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03-27-2014, 10:44 PM | #15 |
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If you're letting someone out of a lease they no longer want or can afford, you're helping him out greatly.
You shouldn't have the "suck it up" when he's being an ass. Screw him. Just go find another car. |
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