Comments on: Consumer Messages to Congress on CARS Program

By: Therese

Therese — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:19:25 +0000

ONCE AGAIN THEY HAVE FAILED TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY, REALLY NEED HELP!!! We are the millions who have a skilled talent “We live within our means”….We don’t buy homes we cannot afford and we don’t spend money that we do not have…at shopping malls…on things we do not need. Remember us, the responsible ones!!! We are the ones who really do drive “clunkers”, but cannot afford a new car. A commercial comes to mind about a teenager who doesn’t want to use “unused” minutes because they are old. We have managed to, once again, justify the narcissistic mentality of entitlement that we have in this country that we must have it “now” and “new”. Congratulations..on doing your part to continue this madness into the next generation!!

By: Scott and Lori Russell

Scott and Lori Russell — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:58:28 +0000

My husband and I were allowed to drive our new car off the lot the same day we signed the loan papers for the full amount with the agreement we would be reimbursed our $3,500 via check. To date, we still have not received the $3,500. They did have to re-submit our paperwork because during a move from MI to MO we had lost the original title to our clunker and had to re-apply for a new one, which took a while, but we finally received it and took it into the dealership on 9-5-09. Now, we are just waiting to hear back. It has been almost two weeks since they re-submitted our paperwork with the new title. They have had our clunker since day one–a 97 Ford Crown Victoria. What happens if the gov’t denies our application again? Isn’t there some liability with the car dealership? I have heard that dealerships were supposed to verify that all cash for clunker paperwork was in proper form and that the customer(s) actually qualified for the program before they close the sale. If the money doesn’t come from the government, will there be a class action lawsuit for people like us, still waiting for our money.

By: JENNIFER

JENNIFER — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:30:56 +0000

I have a question, I found out my local dealership is selling/giving whatever it’s called, to our local scrap yard and that they are getting paid scrap value which is well over $50.00 will I get the extra applied to my down payment or pay off value or will the dealership get to keep it. I thought that they only got to keep $50.00 and the rest went to consumer