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Hello i recently purchased a
Hello i recently purchased a used 06 Impala on a Friday 1/25/08 night. I am young and this was my first car purchase and i think the salesman could sense this. As soon as i got to the dealership he started showing me cars and said he could get me a deal and lower the price on one for me. This sounded nice at the time, so we got into the office and he handed me some papers to sign and said he would be right back, one was a credit app., i signed the paper and when he came back he started filling in my information. Before i could say anything he put my income as 2100 a month which is not true. He said since i was young he had to do this so that the bank would approve. He also raised my time on my job to a year which is also not true. Also, he told me that he was going to tell the bank that i put 1500+ down so i could get approved. I told him i could put 600 down and that i would bring it in the morning 1/26/08. He also said that he would need my proof of income, and proof of residence and told me he knew a person that could make check stubs to reflect a 2100 income. He asked did i have a check that he could hold for me that night and i said NO thank god i dont write checks. So he said he would tell his manager that i put the 600 down that night so i could take the car home. I signed all of the papers and took the car. The next morning 1/26/08, i called the dealership and asked could i bring the car back because i had a bad feeling about the whole deal. I made up a lie about my mom having a better credit score and that we wanted everything to be in her name. I spoke to the salesman that morning and he said that nothing was final until they received my proof of income for the bank Capital One. In my head i was thinking, if i dont bring my proof of income, the bank will deny the loan and i can bring the car back. When i got to the dealership i spoke with the finance manager and told him the story about my mom and could he cancel everything we had done the night before. I told him that the salesman said that the deal wasnt done until my Proof of income was received and he said " So you're going to commit a federal offense by not bringing your proof of income?" I said no but this is what your salesman told me. (keep in mind the salesman told the finance manager i had already put my money down and that he had all of this information) The finance manager told me there was nothing he could do and that the deal was done because he had submitted my information to Capital One already that morning 1/26/08, which i think is a lie. He said the car was mine. I left the car at the dealership that day but after thinking i came and picked the car back up that night 1/26/08. After i told them the story about my mom wanting EVERYTHING in her name and to take mine off they said they would only do so if they could get her information over the phone. I told them that she would be in town on MONDAY 1/28/08 which is untrue, so i could hopefully find a way out of this deal because Something has to be illegal. When i signed the papers i did not receive a copy of the contract or title or anything but a buyers guide warranty paper, an odometer disclosure statement which is also incorrect but ill get to that in a min., and a WE OWE service appt. paper. The odometer statement read 33606 on 1/25/08. When i came back to get the car on 1/26/08 it said 35115. I took a picture of this for evidence. I live about 5 miles away from the dealership and the car was at the dealership from Sat 1/26/08 morning until that night around 8 pm, so how is it possible that 1,509 miles could have been added between that time. Even though the salesman told me that the deal was already final, AFTER telling me that he would need my proof of income for it to be final, he is still calling me for this information. I also forgot to add that since the salesman told the finance manager i had already paid the down payment of 600, the finance manager was looking for the payment and since i had not paid the money yet the salesman told me that it is going to be taken out of his check because he lied and said i had already paid it. He said he would be fired if they didnt take it out of his check. I am not giving any MONEY, PROOF OF INCOME, OR PROOF OF RESIDENCE because i do not want the car. It is bad timing and i feel like i have been taken advantage of and would like to do more research before just going out and buying a car. ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED IN THIS MATTER.