Well, It is Now Tuesday, but let me catch you up on my weekend. On Saturday, we (Spencer and I) went car Shopping... Yea! Um not really. We went to Brent Brown Chevrolet and the sales guy there was really pushy, trying to get us to take a van for two people... NO thanks, then he showed us a Ford Focus and it was alright but it was small and had a small engine. So we decided to leave and look a little more. We went to Orem and stopped at Ken Garff Honda and the sales guy seemed really cool but in the long run... I'll get there.
Anyways, we found a Toyota Camry that Spencer liked cause it is like our old one except it is three years older and and it was gold. Our conditions were clear, we said we didn't want to buy it until our mechanic (Spencer's cousin) looked at it. The sales guy said that's fine but it probably won't be here on Monday so why don't you sign paper work and and on Monday, when your mechanic looks at it, if there are problems we will rip the contract up. Spencer believed him of course and we signed our lives away on a contract for this 1997 Toyota Camry and walked off the lot.
Now we didn't pay a thing cause our bank would not give us the money on Saturday so we are driving off the lot not paying a cent. Monday came and already we have problems, the check engine light is on, the car hesitates from from 0 MPH and on the way to the Mechanic in Lindon it hesitates on the highway. Our mechanic says that it could be the computer and/or the timing belt and that it had a few other problems. Well we did what we were told, we brought a list of all the things the mechanic found into the car dealership and conveniently, the sales guy went home sick, and the floor manager said the deal was not contingent, he called the sales rep and he told the manager he didn't say it was contingent since supposedly, they were only making $200.00 off the car.
Well stupid us, we didn't get it in writing and we signed the contract. Well, here we are stuck with a car that could break on us anytime and no money to repair it. Spencer and I were both furious and he made some calls to his dad, his uncle who is a car sales guy and his cousin the mechanic. In the end we took the car to the dealership, gave the manager the keys and walked away (cause we don't have a car anymore) Well after we left, I was in tears, mad as mad can be and Spencer was furious cause I was so upset. We had my sister-in-law come pick us up and we watched Heros.
In the mean time I asked Spencer if he still had our checkbook, he said it was in his bag which was at home and when we got home, he looked in his bag and it wasn't there. It is in the car we gave the keys up to. Hooray. He had to go to the dealership this morning to get it and boy I hope he gets it. On Sunday, I wrote the check to the dealership and signed it in case we were going to pay for it and now the checkbook is in their hands. If they find it and look in it are they allowed to take the check out and deposit it without us giving it to them? I am worried.
Well, that is my soap box, I had a job interview yesterday at Shopko and today, I am going to interview where Julie works at The Generations Network, so hopefully, I will have a job soon.
I just got the call from Spencer, he got the Checkbook and the check was still there WooHoo. Now we just have to wait to see if we get summonsed to Court. Spencer said that the car was in the used car detail parking spot, so we might be OK.
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Just remember...you guys are doing lots of hard things at once...new apartment, new jobs, new car...that's a lot on your plate. You have to be patient with yourselves. And above all, remember that Heavenly Father will never give you more than you can handle. He's always watching out for you; and He will answer your prayers. Just be glad that these are your problems, and not something worse. We love you!
Hey, Nic, the HR guy here talked to me this morning and says you made a really great impression at your interview! Yippee! What position did you apply for? TGN has really good benefits.
Bummer with the car. Since you gave the car back, and the sales guy lied to you, I don't think they can do much to you if it goes to court - which it probably won't. DON'T go to Legacy Mazda. They play the same games there. They let Jason buy and finance a car before a credit check, and he didn't even have a job! The car went back there pretty fast! Jason had also signed contracts, but they let it go when I called to say there was a $2000 lien on the $500 tradein!
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