I suggest that if you go to Hertz to buy a car you bring a lawyer! I went to Hertz to get out of a NEGATIVE EQUITY vehicle. I was negative $3000 in a Durango. Told them i didnt want a Ford, a minivan or a station wagon. They brought me out a $28k Ford Freestyle (minivan) and said if we took it and made payments on it for only 6 months we could trade it in and would have NO negative equity. The payments were $600/month!!! We told them numerous times that we could not afford this! (we are only in our twenties and this IS Bend!) They assured us to just bring it back to ANY dealership in 6 months and we would be even and able to get into the car we wanted, no negative equity! We believed the salesman, Dutch (Sales Floor Manager) and signed the papers. 6 months later we came back and tried to trade it in and the finance manager told us, ""I cant work miracles here..."" We went to 3 other dealerships to try and trade it in and were told by the others that we had $15,000 in NEGATIVE EQUITY in the Ford!!! WE WERE SO MAD!!! We were stuck in a $600/month car payment for the vehicle that we told them we absolutly did not want and could not afford! We were told by one dealer at another location that Dutch makes $20k a month and is the one that if you go in to buy a car and decide not to they bring him in and he has a 99% sales rate! He will mess you over like you would not believe. I will never again go to Hertz Car Sales and recommend to all my friends and family that they dont either! Now we cant pay our other bills and our credit is going to go downhill in a hurry because of this terrible sale! Please please please be careful if you go to Hertz Car Sales for a vehicle. Bring someone with you that is VERY knowlegable in the car business, and DONT SIGN ANYTHING until you know exactly what you are looking at! Take care of you and your family. Go to TS and S! They are good people!
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