Date Received: 2019-01-22
Issue: Managing an account
Subissue: Problem using a debit or ATM card
Consumer Complaint: I would like for the CFPB to reopen & review all the facts and evidence in my Debit Card Dispute # XXXX from XX/XX/XXXX on file with my bank, Ally Bank. The disputes are for about 50-60 seperate online transactions totaling about {$4500.00} from XXXX XXXX / XXXX Ally Bank says that i missed the deadline by a few weeks to file these disputes to be totally covered for all of the charges totaling about {$4500.00}. I was lucky to even piece together this fraud at all. After 90 days of waiting XXXX only refunded me via that dispute {$200.00} from the total {$4500.00} due. XXXX was not willing to cooperate. Due to the overwhelming evidence of fraud, that timeline should be waived, I should be 100 % protected as a consumer and a Government Agency needs to step in and have the computer system just refund me my money automatically. The CFPB needs to approve my complete chargeback and have the dispute team at Ally Bank & XXXX , Inc reverse all of the charges and refund me my {$4500.00}. Ally Bank says that its limited as to what it can do but I need the CFPB to step in here and resolve my case. XXXX should not even be allowed to have a credit card machine or bank account. I have reported this to over 15 Government Agencys Including : The XXXX XXXX XXXX : Case XXXX The Federal Trade Commission : Case # XXXX The California Dept of Insurance : Case # XXXX The Florida Dept of Financial Services : Case # : SR # :XXXX Dispute with My Bank : Ally Bank , Dispute # XXXX Also see my previous complaint to the CFPB regarding XXXX XXXX XXXX / XXXX / XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX which the CFPB said on XX/XX/XXXX that it has been forwarded to the FTC . * Complaint number : XXXX * Date submitted to CFPB : XX/XX/XXXX In my case with XXXX XXXX / XXXX / XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX my evidence & findings will show that Renters are provided with vehicles with serious defects, are not warned of potentially dangerous conditions that may exist or develop and are deprived of valuable information as to the true condition of their rental vehicles along with deceptive practices and unfair charges. XXXX XXXX / XXXX / XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX used deception, deceptive & unfair practices, fraud, false pretense, false promise, misrepresentation & concealment as well as suppression & omission of material facts. XXXX XXXX, XXXX rented me 3 junk title, salvage, rebuilt title cars for 90 days at {$50.00} per day with full price insurance for cars that should not even be on the road as if they were new/undamaged at full price / top dollar prices. Their website says no junk title, salvage, rebuilt title cars allowed. When I brought it to their attention with proof they said I'm lying. They gave me the run around & now they even blocked my phone number from being able to call their XXXX Customer Service #. These guys did fraud on me, gave me an unsafe vehicle, gave me a poor quality product that was not as described, they failed to protect me as a consumer, they failed to properly inspect, confirm & certify the products they allow on their platform, they never disclosed anything to me and when confronted with this they lie and deny it all and then when I sent them the proof they totally ignore me & block my phone number. I have proof of all conversations & of all the evidence. The full coverage they charged me for was with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX/ Policy # XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX , CA XXXX XXXX XXXX Also, I have reported these guys to every agency that exists. I need help to get my money back. My bank via dispute was unable to get me my {$4500.00} back because i missed the deadline to file a dispute by a few weeks. After months of giving me the run around XXXX finally wanted to arbitrate with their company XXXX / Dispute # XXXX / Arbitrator : XXXX XXXX XXXX, License # 193606, State Of California Bar I sent XXXX over 50 pages of evidence and proof that the damages I recieved were financial. After 2 weeks of wasting my time the arbitrator said that I lost the case and I dont even deserve 1 penny. Now XXXX is not honoring my request to have my decision appealed. I wrote this to XXXX & to XXXX : It seems only right that I deserve an appeal and or an award of some sort When you step back and see the bigger picture of what is going on internally with XXXX here you start to notice a pattern. The pattern is that XXXX is renting rebuilt, salvage, junk title cars with no disclosure on purpose to consumers as if they were undamaged at the highest possible price that you can rent a real undamaged car for per day at about {$40.00}. Plus they add {$13.00} per day of full coverage insurance for a junk car that is not even really insurable with full coverage. Their computer system must know these cars are junk but they turn a blind eye so they can make false profits. Then they sit back and wait to see who complains, they give them the run around for as long as they can, then whoever get to XXXX arbitration will never win the case or any money because XXXX has a nice scam going on here with the way they word their contracts. And they save all that money by just paying XXXX a monthly retainer fee. This is unfair and unethical behavior by a business. It really shows alot. XXXX also should not be associated with these fraudsters. I can't believe that the arbitrator did not even award me one penny. She said I failed to prove any damages. The damages were to my pocket. The damages were financial. Not to mention how they lied about everything and put me on a mission instead of giving me back a 50 % refund of {$2300.00} or so in the beginning. My bank said if I would of disputed this in time I would of gotten back all of my {$4500.00}. So I can't believe that the arbitrator didn't give me an award. And I am sure a jury will side with me. I will be fighting this to the end and now today i will include XXXX as part of this full circle fraud lawsuit with XXXX. The top XXXX bosses must know about this pattern. XXXX and XXXX are putting people in danger and putting profits over human lives and zero regard for people financial stability or safety. They basically sold me on a nice chocolate bar wrapped up in a bow with 24k gold paper 4 times in a row but when you start to see, taste and smell the chocolates up close and you start to decipher the recipe and ingredients and you do some research and you stumble on something then you realize that you really just ate 4 bars of dog poop. And with no warning or disclosure on the wrapper or website. Read My Entire Story Below : XXXX Rented Me 3 Salvage/Rebuilt Title Vehicles as if they were new/undamaged at full price / top dollar prices. Their website doesn't allow these damaged cars at all. The representative said over the phone that the 3 cars seemed to fall threw the cracks and it made it onto their system 3 times in a row unchecked for salvage or rebuilt titles, where i ended renting them at top dollar prices for a junk car thats worth atleast 50 % less in value. They said that the car owner scammed them. I told them that, that is not my fault or problem. They put me in an unsafe vehicle. They never disclosed this to me and the product quality was not that of what i chose & agreed to pay for. I believe i paid off this guys junk cars with all the days that i rented it. Now he has a free car that i got ripped off on and i paid for. I rented 3 vehicles from the same owner on this platform. I rented these 3 junk cars for about 90 days in a row at {$50.00} per day for a grand total of about {$4500.00}. The rental dates were fromXX/XX/XXXX - XX/XX/XXXX. It came to my attention on about XX/XX/XXXX that these cars all had damage. I contacted XXXX about this. The first rep said that the vehicle owner and his cars would be kicked off the platform. Then i asked for a 50 % refund for having over paid and being ripped off for a subpar product. They said they would escalate it to the manager. The manager wrote back to me in 15 minutes and said that after careful review of the Florida DMV Database none of the cars had a rebuilt/salvage title. And he said that because of that reason my 50 % refund would be denied. I asked for proof of their findings and at the same time i did my own research and provided them with the evidence that all 3 cars were in fact rebuilt/salvage titles. They never responded to me after i sent them the proof. I then told them that they are giving me the run around and that i now want a full 100 % refund. I also tried to call them several times while i waited on hold for 15 minutes and an answering machine says to leave a message that no one will ever respond to. i finally got someone to answer on about XX/XX/XXXX and they said that the manager from the billing department knew about me and my problem and that they would be researching it. They never got back to me and no one answers the XXXX #. This Is The FREE FLORIDA DMV VIN # CHECK WEBSITE : XXXX XXXX XXXX These guys did fraud on me, gave me an unsafe vehicle, gave me a poor quality product that was not as described, they failed to protect me as a consumer, they failed to properly inspect, confirm & certify the products they allow on their platform, they never disclosed anything to me and when confronted with this they lie and deny it all and then when i sent them the proof they totally ignore me. I also had my bank helping me fight this. ( Update : On XX/XX/XXXX My bank via dispute was only able to help me recover {$100.00} for 2 rental days & another {$100.00} for another 2 rental days for a total of {$200.00} for 4 rental days. Every rental day with insurance was exactly {$51.00} ) I have attached that evidence as well. My bank was unable to help me recover anything more than the {$200.00}. I missed the deadline for the dispute protection timeline they say because I rented the cars from XX/XX/XXXX - XX/XX/XXXX but did the chargeback a bit to late towards the end of XX/XX/XXXX when I luckily found out about what XXXX did to me by putting 2 and 2 together and then I started asking XXXX questions. I feel that the dispute timeline should be waived do to the circumstances of fraud and deception that took time to unravel I have proof of all evidence and of the email conversations back and fourth between me and XXXX which has been attached. I also believe that they still have these damaged cars on their platform and are charging people top dollar and not disclosing this information to them. I know there are more victims out there even after it has been brought to XXXX 's attention. These are unfair business practices that all of the management and employess in that business are aware of and they practice everyday. They are putting profits before peoples safety. I believe that these are grounds for a civil / class action lawsuit if they dont refund my money and stop these unfair practices. They are in the stock market under symbol : XXXX, they cant be doing this to people. They are also reporting profits earned that are based on these unfair and unsafe business practices. XXXX has put me on a roller coaster ride back and fourth for over 5-6 months trying to recover my money and resolve this. I have wasted an extraordinary amount of time & energy doing research, making phone calls, writing emails, responding to emails, copying and pasting evidence, waiting on hold, and spending countless hours writing, documenting and reviewing all of my writings, documentation and organizing evidence, etc all due to XXXX continuous lies and ways that they cheat & treat the consumer. I estimate that I have wasted about 75 hours of my personal time doing all of this work during this ordeal these 5-6 months. Not to mention that XXXX has dragged this on for almost 6 months for no reason when I have been trying to resolve this directly with them in good faith from the beginning. XXXX left me out in the cold and they made me feel violated and I felt taken advantage of. I felt as if no one can hear me screaming for help. On top of everything they played games back and fourth and made me feel voiceless and helpless. They blocked my phone number from being able to call their XXXX customer service number for help and they stopped responding to my emails. This caused me and is still causing me terrible stress. During this entire ordeal I have provided an overwhelming amount of evidence and proof of about 30-50 pages in length and XXXX has just replied with 3 sentences in total. This is what XXXX responded to the XXXX with : Thank you for the opportunity to respond to this consumer complaint concerning the vehicles they rented on our platform. Our rentals are offered for ride-share drivers, and the reason for not allowing Salvage or Rebuilt titles on the site is due to most areas not accepting these types of vehicles for use with XXXX / XXXX. As the vehicles are listed by the owners, not all states registrations show the salvage or rebuilt status on the documents used to verify a vehicle for the platform. All vehicles mentioned by the consumer, including the user who listed them have been permanently removed from our site. The price paid for these vehicles is set by the owner and the prices paid for rental of the consumers vehicles was {$30.00} - {$39.00} per day. During the entire duration of these rentals, the vehicles cause no issues for the consumer. We have no records of the consumer reaching out concerning these issues until after the rentals have ended. If issues with the mechanical functionality with these rentals had occurred, then a refund would be due, however the renter kept the vehicles without incident and at this time no refund will be honored. I did NOT accept XXXX response via the XXXX XXXX XXXX Case # XXXX and i wrote back to them explaining why below : There is NO excuse for allowing me to rent 3 seperate UNSAFE salvage / rebuilt tilte vehicles from the same person. My life was put in danger & so was the lives of my passengers. Your platform must have a robot or a human manually verify each and every vehicle that you have on your website by running the vin number on XXXX or XXXX. it costs money to do that and you guys dont want to pay for that safety check. Your response for not allowing salvage / rebuilt titles on your site is that : its due to most areas not accepting these types of vehicles for use with XXXX / XXXX. Instead you should say that you do NOT allow salvage / rebuilt title vehicles on your site because they are unsafe pieces of junk that have been totally damaged and no one knows if someone has even died in these vehicles, these cars are worth XXXX dollars and they are ticking time bombs. I was a driver for only XXXX. I was also let down by XXXX because they didnt catch these junk cars that made it onto their system. XXXX was the second line of defense to protect me and they also let me down. XXXX is trying to put the blame on the car owner that put his 3 junk cars on the website, but XXXX can not allow a random person to do that without fully verifying that the vehicle they have is not a junk car / death trap. They have no safety measures in place and that is totally unnaceptable. As the saying goes : " Trust But Verify ''. XXXX says that vehicles are listed by the car owners, and some states car registrations & documents do not show a vehicles title status when they upload a car to their platform. That makes no sense. They have to have a way of verifying the junk that people are putting on their platform. I did the research for 3 cars and found everything out in 5 minutes by myself. Now they say that the user has been kicked out of the platform and all of his cars have been removed, but it is too late for that, he already ripped me off and stole my money. And I was the one that did all of the research and provided the evidence that got him kicked out. I did all the work. XXXX also says that : The price paid for these vehicles is set by the owner and the prices paid for rental of the consumers vehicles was {$30.00} - {$39.00} per day. So XXXX allowed this guy to put a junk / salvage / rebuilt title car on their platform that is worth XXXX dollars or maybe {$190.00} PER MONTH at most so he can rent it to me for {$40.00} PER DAY which is equal to {$1200.00} PER MONTH. I believe that i totally paid of all of this guys junk cars, so now he has a free car that i paid top dollar for when it was worth XXXX. On top of the {$40.00} PER DAY car rental fee i had to pay {$13.00} per day for INSURANCE which is equal to {$400.00} PER MONTH for a junk car that the insurance should really be about {$75.00} PER MONTH. So in total i paid {$1600.00} per month for a car that was really worth at most in good condition about {$300.00} PER MONTH. I was scammed and overcharged by about 500 % every day / month for those cars. All 3 rental cars did cause an issue for me. The nissans transmission broke. The XXXX 's brake system was broken and making a terrible screeching sound and the XXXX XXXX had a tire that exploded and has no spare tire, jack, or lug nut removal tool in the trunk. And all 3 cars were junk / rebuilt / salvage title. XXXX says : During the entire duration of these rentals, the vehicles caused no issues for the consumer. We have no records of the consumer reaching out concerning these issues until after the rentals have ended. If issues with the mechanical functionality with these rentals had occurred, then a refund would be due, however the renter kept the vehicles without incident and at this time no refund will be honored. Everytime a car had a problem i would contact the car owner directly and he would say to not tell XXXX about it that he would just get me another better car. I obviously had 3 seperate mechanical problems with 3 seperate junk cars and a refund is due. Also, I made no money buy using these junk cars for XXXX. I paid an average of {$53.00} PER DAY for the rental car with the insurance PLUS {$25.00} per day in gas that these junk cars were excessively consuming. So i paid for the car, insurance and gas daily about {$80.00}. On an average day with XXXX i would only make $ XXXX- {$75.00} in a 8 hour - 10 hour period. I was just working to pay the car, i never made any profit from this. i lost all the way around and i want a 100 % refund. You failed to protect me as a consumer in every way possible. Financially and safety wise. Your website says NO salvage / rebuilt title cars allowed. You failed to deliver as promised for a product that was not as described on your website, aside from all the other thing you have done wrong. I also just checked the XXXX website and the guy that rented me 3 junk cars has a partner that i remembered he told me about, and that partner has a car dealer and he has a bunch of junk / salvage /rebuilt title cars on the XXXX website right now as i type this note. Im sure that on the XXXX website today atleast 55 % of all the cars on their platform are junk / rebuilt / salvage title. XXXX must be audited by an independent company to confirm that they are not still doing this to innocent people that work hard for their money. They are putting profits before saftey and they are playing with fire. i want 100 % of my money back. I have also been warning people on other consumer websites and all over social media, XXXX and XXXX and all of the car related groups. No matter what XXXX says they need to fully verify & validate each vehicles information that a person uploads onto their platform in order to protect the consumer. If they fail to do so they need to fully compensate the person that eneded up renting these junk cars at full price. The XXXX websites says : " No Junk, Salavage Or Rebuilt Titles Allowed '' plain and simple. They should put a Warning Sign on their website that says : " We sometimes mess up and allow people to upload their junk, salvage, rebuilt title cars on the platform where unaware consumers pay full price and risk serious injury. '' XXXX keeps saying that i never reported any problems that i had with each car to them. Car # 1 broke in 2 weeks because the transmission broke. So i called the owner directly and told him the car broke. He said ok no problem I will upload a new car to XXXX and i will put you in a new car. Car # 2 also had problems with the brake system and the car owner said again ok no problem I will upload a new car to XXXX and i will put you in a new car. Then Car # 3 broke when the tire exploded and had no spare tire or tire removal tools and again he said ok no problem I will upload a new car to XXXX and i will put you in a new car. At this time i was NOT aware that each of these 3 cars were all junk, rebuilt, salvage titles. XXXX also failed to disclose this to me each time. Obviously each car had a problem. Obivously XXXX never did any verifications on each car. XXXX always says to contact the car owner directly when there is a problem with the car. After all XXXX says they are only a platform, so what can they do for me if a car breaks? Nothing. The car owner said he has 10 cars i can choose from, so that was the fastest solution for me. The next step & the first step should have been for them to tell the car owner : " sorry we cant accept your cars on our platform due to the invalid title that came up on our inspection ''. For Car # 3 The XXXX XXXX On XX/XX/XXXX I Contacted the XXXX Claims Department because a person very lightly hit the mirror of the car i was driving. I got a police report from the Florida Highway Patrol ( Crash # XXXX ) for the incident that happened XX/XX/XXXX. The estimated amount of damage was around {$100.00}. I also notified the car owner at the same time so he can contact XXXX and so he can work it out with the driver at fault and their insurance. He was going to pay for the replacement top cover of the drivers side mirror. That was the only cosmetic damage & it did not require a stay at the body shop. The mirror top was going to be painted and then installed. It took about 4 days from XX/XX/XXXX -XX/XX/XXXX for me to hear from the car owner because he said he was out of the country on vacation. The car owner was unavailable and was on vacation out of the country almost every weekend. At this point and time during the Claims Process, the XXXX claims department blocked me as a driver while they investigated everything on their end for this incident they said. After 2 or 3 days of me being blocked from renting, XXXX reinstated my ability to re rent the same vehicle, Car # 3 after everything was squared away with the other drivers insurance and the car owner and XXXX all at the same time. DURING THIS CLAIMS INVESTIGATION AROUND XX/XX/XXXX NO ONE FROM XXXX CHECKED OR FLAGGED THE VEHICLE FOR HAVING A REBUILT, SALVAGE, JUNK TITLE. THEY JUST LET ME RE RENT IT AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN THEY FAILED TO PROTECT ME. Also, for Car # 3 The XXXX XXXX on about XX/XX/XXXX I did a chargeback request to my bank for {$51.00} for the day of XX/XX/XXXX because the car tire exploded while i was driving. The car had no spare tire in the trunk, no lug nut removal tool and no car jack to lift the car. It took me about 4 hours to resolve this tire problem on my own. I had been asking the car owner for several weeks before the tire blew up when was he going to buy new tires because they were looking bald and he would just delay and stall me for time with excuses. I lost this dispute on XX/XX/XXXX for {$51.00} ( Ally Bank Dispute # XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX ) because i failed to properly fill out all the forms my bank requested on time because i was just too busy with alot of things going on at once. I felt that i should have recieved this credit for the mission i was put on. I had to push the car by myself on a saturday night as the sun was setting all by myself. Basically that same day the tire blew up I decided to no longer deal with XXXX or the car or the car owner. I could no longer concentrate, focus or trust the vehicles that I had been given. I did not feel safe on the road anymore. I lost all faith and felt unsafe and unsure of using these cars that i was being given. I kept feeling worried and afraid that i would break down again in the middle of no where at night all by myself. I emailed XXXX and the car owner that I would no longer be renting the vehicle and I instructed the car owner to pick up the car at my house. It took him about 4 days to pick up the car because he was out of the country on vacation once again. XXXX seems to not care or not understand that i did everything correct as a consumer. I followed all of the rules and i played fair. I was the one scammed here. XXXX also said that they immediately kicked out the car owner and his cars from the site once they were alerted. Yea, i was the one that had to investigate everything by myself and i am the one who brought this to XXXX attention after they first said that they did a full review and said that all the cars titles were good. I then showed them proof that each car was a junk title. Its incredible how i am the one being scammed here and i have had to do all of the work and show all of the proof that XXXX never did. Its like if i am doing a better job then everyone that works at XXXX. I am the one that got scammed, i am the one that figured this whole mess out, I am the one having to provide proof of everything while XXXX wants to sit back and put the blame on me and say that i did not do things correctly. They want to deny my refund because they say : " The consumer claims to have been put in danger, however they chose to continue with the rental, and continue making extensions with the rental. '' Well if i would have known that each car was a junk car i would of never of rented it or used it. XXXX XXXX says that i should of done this or done that, but they did zero to protect me. I called XXXX on XX/XX/XXXX to speak to a manager about my case. They told me on XX/XX/XXXX that a manager would call me back on XX/XX/XXXX. Mid day on XX/XX/XXXX XXXX still had not called me back, so i called them, the customer service rep said hold on one second while i find a manager, 2 minutes later the rep hung up on me, i called back the XXXX number and they have blocked my phone number from being able to call their XXXX number for customer service. This company is up to no good. Mid XXXX of XX/XX/XXXX I tried to contact at XXXX : XXXX XXXX. Phone : XXXX to let him know about my case. i got this number from the XXXX report. I called the # and this number i am still able to reach but it is just a recording that goes to an answering machine that no one answers or responds to. I will keep the XXXX updated on if they block me from this # as well. I have attached a snap shot of the video & The Video Link to watch the video that shows and plays the recording of me calling the XXXX XXXX customer service number on XX/XX/XXXX at XXXX and it says that I am still blocked from being able to call them and then it hangs up on me. Watch The Video of this on XXXX : XXXX XXXX XXXX I also ask that XXXX provide & release evidence of all phone records & logs, email communications and recorded phone conversations regarding my account from every single conversation they have had with me. You will hear in these phone conversations the frustration & pain in my voice and the feeling of overwhelming confusion and mental & emotional abuse that I endured while everyone at XXXX played games with me, gave me the wrong information and did sneaky things & lied every single time to try to get rid of me and at the same time try to sweep everything under the rug. All of this abuse took place while I was genuinely trying to resolve everything in good faith with them. I have heard 5 different reasons & have as evidence & it is documented from 5 different people at XXXX as to why they did not want to honor my refund, while at the same time no one addressed my concerns. I have also contacted and reporting eveything that XXXX has been doing to the SEC ( U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission ) online via the investor compalint form. CASE NUMBER : XXXX. Their stock symbol is XXXX. i feel that their stockholders and board members and others would like to know that XXXX daily profits involve lying to consumers and the rental of illegal unsafe vehicles to the public with no disclosure. I RETURNED THE LAST RENTAL ON XX/XX/XXXX. I LET XXXX KNOW ABOUT THESE JUNK, SALVAGE, REBUILT TITLE CARS ON 8/21/18 IMMEDIATELY AFTER I FOUND OUT ABOUT ALL OF THIS BY LUCK WHEN I WAS LOOKING AROUND THE XXXX WEBSITE ONXX/XX/XXXX BECAUSE I WAS INTERESTED IN BUYING A CAR AND PUTTING IT FOR RENT ON THE XXXX WEBSITE PLATFORM SO OTHERS COULD RENT IT FROM ME. I THEN WENT TO THEIR CAR INSURANCE & REGISTRATION SECTION TO READ MORE DETAILS & I SAW IT SAID : " NO REBUILT OR SALVAGE TITLES ALLOWED ON XXXX. I THEN WENT TO THE TAB FOR MY PAST CAR RENTALS AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE YEAR, MAKES AND MODELS OF THE CARS I HAD RENTED. I THEN SAW THE VIN NUMBERS & SOMETHING INSIDE ME TOLD ME TO XXXX : HOW TO CHECK A CAR VIN NUMBER FOR FREE ONLINE & THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, VEHICLE INFORMATION CHECK WEBSITE CAME UP. I ENTERED THE VIN NUMBER FOR 1 CAR IN THE SYSTEM AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT IT SAID : " REBUILT/SALVAGE TITLE ''. MY FACE TURNED RED AND I COULDNT BELIEVE IT. I THEN ENTERED THE OTHER 2 VIN NUMBERS AND THEY WERE ALL THE SAME JUNK AS WELL. I WAS VERY UPSET & I IMMEDIATLEY CALLED XXXX & EMAILED THEM WITH MY FINDINGS AND THATS WHEN THIS WHOLE PROCESS BEGAN ON XX/XX/XXXX OF XXXX LYING TO ME AND GIVING ME THE RUN AROUND AND MISDIRECTING ME, ETC. XXXX is complaining that i took about 50 days after i returned the last vehicle to reach out for a refund. I would of reached out & made the same complaints & refund requests wheather i would of found out about this within 1 day or 1 year of having returned the last rental. I was lucky to even be able to find out about this whole mess, cover up & misdirection that XXXX put me through with these junk, salvage, rebuilt titles. XXXX & their Insurance company & The XXXX Claims Department failed to pick up on this scam as it was happening to me live in real time. And it happened with 3 cars in a row. And plus they let me re rent the same car after i was blocked as a driver for the incident on XX/XX/XXXX without disclosing anything to me. And there is no excuse for the way XXXX treated me or handled this incident once i brought it to their attention. Their repeated lies, misdirection & total ignorance to this serious problem leads me to believe that they totally knew about this from the beginning & that they have done this in the past & will continue to do this to unsuspecting victims such as myself in the future. XXXX has to have a network/computer security team in their back office that has some sort of computer program that flags these cars on their platforms once it runs the VIN # s. I have tried over and over again from the beginning with XXXX to try and resolve this in good faith but even up till now they are just giving me the run around and there is no excuse for it. XXXX did fraud on me, gave me an unsafe vehicle, gave me a poor quality product that was not as described, they failed to protect me as a consumer, they failed to properly inspect, confirm & certify the products they allow on their platform & they never disclosed anything to me.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: FL
Zip: 33193
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-01-22
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-01-20
Issue: Struggling to pay your loan
Subissue: Denied request to lower payments
Consumer Complaint: ALLY FINANCIAL, they have done this to me twice, they call 3-5 times a day after you are late 5 days, they offer you a loan extension to place the owed payment on the back of the loan if you pay right away, once you pay, you get a call usually about 10 days later, but in my case they called about 7 days later requesting back payment, I informed them of the extension payment and they tell you that you had to sign and return by mail, not fax, or email this letter, once I told her that its not been 10 days, shes says my extension request was denied ..there was never a mention of any letter, just payment
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: NC
Zip: 27597
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-01-20
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-01-17
Issue: Getting a loan or lease
Subissue: Confusing or misleading advertising or marketing
Consumer Complaint: I purchased this vehicle XX/XX/2018 under the impression that there was a 3 day return policy which was advertised on the website and conveyed to me prior purchased. I returned the vehicle XX/XX/2018 they then advised me that the warranty didnt apply to this vehicle which I was unaware of. I took the car back and they threatened me that my credit would be at risk. They refused to take the car back and basically forced me to take the car after I advised them I didnt want the vehicle. They forced the vehicle on me only to find out there was over {$1500.00} in repairs that was undisclosed. And this was discovered 2 days after purchase. I want them to take back the loan and to make me whole again.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: PA
Zip: 150XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-01-17
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-01-17
Issue: Problems at the end of the loan or lease
Subissue: Problem with paying off the loan
Consumer Complaint: My wife had a lease thru ALLY Financial. On XX/XX/2018 a driver struck my wife 's XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX creating a total loss. The lease was still midway thru a 3 year lease. After the other driver was cited and contacting our insurance company they directed us to contact ALLY to get a payoff amount so we could search for another vehicle promptly. On XX/XX/XXXX I contacted ALLY financial informing them of the accident and requested the amount owed to ALLY for the vehicle so we could tell the insurance company. They provided us an amount of {$26000.00} was owed on the vehicle. XXXX XXXX valued the vehicle at {$30000.00} which would pay {$29000.00} after deductible. This made somewhat sense considering i put over {$3000.00} down on the vehicle on top of taxes and fees and we receive employee pricing with XXXX. We in turn had to immediately purchase another vehicle as once the vehicle is deemed a total loss the rental car is no longer covered. We took the amount ALLY provided us and used the {$3500.00} difference between that and what we would recieve from the insurance company towards another car. This is where myself and the insurance company are dumbfounded as ALLY would not give the insurance company a payoff amount. They said the insurance company must provide them with there payout evaluation so ALLY could provide a payoff amount. XXXX sent them the payoff amount of {$29000.00} and in turn ALLY sent them a letter of guarantee to release the title for the car for {$29000.00}. ALLY very conspicuously said there accounting department valued the car to the penny the same as XXXX 's payoff amount. We contacted ALLY notifying them of the error and this is where the predatory practices get really bad. ALLY transferred us to there total loss department. That department confirmed the payoff amount was {$26000.00} but once the vehicle is deemed a total loss it is there policy to collect the full amount the insurance company is willing to pay. I point blank asked them if the amount i owed them at the time was {$1000.00} would they be requesting the {$29000.00} from the insurance company and to my chagrin the female employee stated yes that is our policy. To be clear while leasing a {$35000.00} car whether you put XXXX dollars down or {$30000.00} down ALLY 's standard practice is not to accept what is owed to them it is to financially XXXX victims of accidents of the entire settlement amount to replace there vehicle. We have contacted ALLY with the insurance company many times and the adjuster is mindblown that ALLY wont give them a payoff amount and will only state they will accept the entire check for the vehicle to provide a letter of guarantee. I believe ALLY FINANCIAL is financially bankrupting, assaulting and taking advantage of consumers in there toughest times thinking these consumers will just take give in. I am more then happy to pay them what is owed which they confirmed on XX/XX/XXXX and XX/XX/XXXX to be {$26000.00} so all parties can move on from this but ALLY now will not discuss the matter with myself, XXXX XXXX or anyone else besides to say we sent a payoff letter and you can pay that. I have instructed my insurance company to put the claim on hold until this matter can be amicably resolved. But these predatory practices needed to be brought to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 's attention so that the thousands if not millions of ALLY costumers aren't at risk of this fraudulent activity. I dont know how to pay ALLY and move on from this situation and either does XXXX XXXX. Hopefully this process will alleviate this issue.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: OH
Zip: 44145
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-01-17
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-01-17
Issue: Problem with a lender or other company charging your account
Subissue: Transaction was not authorized
Consumer Complaint: On XX/XX/2018 I got a loan in the amount of {$900.00} from XXXX XXXX. They advised on the phone before I received the money that don't worry about the amounts displayed on the screen we don't charge like that so I then decided to take the loan. Over the course of the loan they had withdrawn more than {$2300.00} without my authorization from my checking account and the money owed never went down. I advised my bank to refund their money back and to refund me all money taking on false pretense from the merchant Ally Bank advised they were in the process of returning the original amount deposited if I would continue with the dispute I advised that was fine. I call back and Ally refused to refund me my money for the unauthorized charges due to misleading people who would speak to you before you received your money, XXXX XXXX agents lie to consumers advising one thing and putting another on paper in order to continue to call harass and debit a customers checking account. They charge more than 300 percent in interest which is against the law to the consumer regarding a loan. Ally Bank acted like they were going to refund my money did a dispute and no money was received lost over {$2300.00} in unauthorized charged which I called the bank and advised them.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: MS
Zip: 39212
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-01-17
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-01-17
Issue: Written notification about debt
Subissue: Didn't receive notice of right to dispute
Consumer Complaint: At this time I want to inform you that because your office is reporting invalidated information to the 3 major Credit Bureaus this action constitutes fraud under both Federal and State Laws. Due to this fact, I will not hesitate to bring legal action against you for the following : Violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act Violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Defamation of Character On XX/XX/2018 I opened the following case with the CFPB XXXX. This case was closed today, but the information required by law was not provided in the answer from the company. I received the original instrument, according to state law ALLY financial has to provided deficiency notices in order to report a repo on my credit report. This was not received per FCRA this has to be removed because 30 days has passed and the company has not provided the legal requirement to have the right to report this on my credit history. There have been several miss-applied payments to the account in question. Each time a call was made to ALLY financial when each misapplied payment was made. IN addition to this, I have disputed the information on my credit file and ALLY financial should have notice of this information as well. The request to provide a notarized copy of the deficiency notices mailed to the address on file has not been satisfied. Legally this would be considered fraud. I will open up a case with the FTC and file a ID theft notice and seek legal action against ALLY financial for violation of FTC up to {$1000.00} per occurrence. Once again in a timely manner please remove this information from my credit report
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: GA
Zip: 30238
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-01-17
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-01-17
Issue: Other transaction problem
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: I attempted to send payment to my landlord via XXXX, which I had done five or six times before without a problem. The transaction was scheduled for XX/XX/2019, and it reported as successful on my end. The money never arrived at my landlord 's bank. I re-sent my rent, again via XXXX, and it went through, but now I have been double charged for rent and have not been refunded for the initial missing payment. My landlord and I have both contacted his bank, XXXX XXXX XXXX, and they have no record of an inbound payment. I have contacted my own bank, Ally, several times. They closed the ticket the first time after giving me some confirmation numbers that were of no help. I contacted them again twice, with no resolution. They say they are reviewing it and that it can take up to 90 days, but I'll be missing {$700.00} from my account while they pass around my third ticket in their offices with seemingly no recourse. Summary : I sent {$700.00} from Ally Bank via XXXX to my landlord. It never made it to him, but it was deducted from my account. I want my {$700.00} back.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: VA
Zip: 244XX
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-01-17
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-01-16
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Subissue: Debt was result of identity theft
Consumer Complaint: Creditor is reporting accounts that are invalid and unverified. XXXX have investigated this account and they concluded the account was not matching my records of being assigned to me. I would like proof these accounts were disputed per FCRA/ FDCPA. This is causing me anguish and its slandering my good name. Please block this account from my report so I can breathe again.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: FL
Zip: 33162
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-01-16
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-01-14
Issue: Applying for a mortgage or refinancing an existing mortgage
Subissue:
Consumer Complaint: XX/XX/2018 - I was provided a link to a website to pay for an appraisal. I paid {$830.00} to appraisal service. XX/XX/2018 - Appraiser came to home I have repeatedly called appraiser company asking for a copy of the appraisal and I have been told I must obtain that through Ally. I have repeated emailed and called loan officer Ally who states that the loan is still being worked on and will not provide me a copy of the appraisal.
Company Response:
State: WA
Zip: 98006
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-01-14
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A
Date Received: 2019-01-14
Issue: False statements or representation
Subissue: Attempted to collect wrong amount
Consumer Complaint: I have disputed with Ally Financial numerous times that they show I owe them for 2 loans on my credit report. However, its actually the same loan being reported twice. I have submitted 3 disputes through the bureaus directly stating that they have a duplicate trade line but they respond that it is accurate. I do not owe them for 2 loans. It is severly impacting my credit because it shows that I have a higher debt ratio than I truly do.
Company Response: Company has responded to the consumer and the CFPB and chooses not to provide a public response
State: FL
Zip: 32935
Submitted Via: Web
Date Sent: 2019-01-14
Company Response to Consumer: Closed with explanation
Timely Response: Yes
Consumer Disputed: N/A