Hello there. I currently live in Arizona but am having an issue pop up from when I lived in Colorado. I had purchased a car from a large dealership. I traded in a car and put down $1000 cash. While we were doing the paper work I had mentioned that I only had my job for less than a month. I found out later on they had put down I had worked for 3 months and the bank I was financed through would no longer finance me when they found out I had only worked for a month. So in order to be financed elsewhere I would have to put down another $1000 cash. I didn't have that kind of cash so I went to talk to the dealership to see what we could work out. They basically said I either pay the $1000 to keep the car or they would take the car back and charge me the difference between my trade in and the amount I had on that loan. I had my mother call and speak with them because I kept trying to explain that I didn't have $1000 to pay so obviously I wasn't going to have $2000 on hand either. I tried to work out them returning my trade in and I'll take back out the loan for it, but they had already sold my trade in. After much discussion and not getting much leniency from them I left giving them the keys. So in summary they got my trade in, they got the car I was trying to purchase, $1000 cash and my first months payment towards my car loan and I got to own the newer car for one month then left with no car.
It's been a year and half without any communication from the dealership and I have moved to Arizona. Today, I got a letter in the mail from the "Fourth Judicial District Attorney – Bad Check Restitution Program." Saying I either need to pay this dealership the $2000 or go to jail.
I was wondering what my options are. Or information on an attorney that I could speak to about this. I don't feel like I should pay because the dealership changed my employment information to get a sell, which ended up back firing all over me and they still got both cars.
It's been a year and half without any communication from the dealership and I have moved to Arizona. Today, I got a letter in the mail from the "Fourth Judicial District Attorney – Bad Check Restitution Program." Saying I either need to pay this dealership the $2000 or go to jail.
I was wondering what my options are. Or information on an attorney that I could speak to about this. I don't feel like I should pay because the dealership changed my employment information to get a sell, which ended up back firing all over me and they still got both cars.