My lease experience has been a total disaster. - hmskevin
My lease experience has been a total disaster. They said I had to go with a local Credit Union associated with CULA (Credit Union Leasing Association) to get the $200 dollar payment I was looking for with $10,000 down payment. I even had to join the credit union with $10 in a saving account. If I didn't go with the credit union that day that, Williams said the vehicle I wanted would not be available the next day. They did not give a quote for Toyota Financing or time to review the lengthy agreement with this credit union.
When I lease, I normally pay all lease payments in one lump sum. The credit union would not let me do more than 3 months in advance. When I would go with manufactures financing, they had no problem with that because it is a fixed cost spelled out in detail in their contracts.
The credit union sent me an email to view my e-statements. I clicked on the link, it sent me to a site asking for my wi-fi password to continue. The credit union would also share my email address with third parties.
I requested a quote with Toyota afterwards to lease the same vehicle with same down payment, the monthly quoted payment would have been $125 per month for the same length of time. I told friends where I got the lease and they all said that this dealership is not fair and very misleading. Do not go to this dealer unless you get a lawyer to review the proposed agreement from someone other than the manufacture. Trust is earned. I filed a dealer complaint with Toyota.
I blame myself for this not doing my homework and recognizing the lies being spewed but I assumed that Williams being a Toyota dealer it would be a very trustworthy and transparent organization. Boy was I wrong.
Bottom line is: DO NOT DO BUSSINESS WITH WILLIAMS TOYOTA OF ELMIRA, NY
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