Vehicle repossession may appear justified in a situation where a person is generally irresponsible and otherwise able to provide this financial obligation. But what about those hard working man or woman whose car note dutifully paid for three years, and missed a payment? Why should their car be repossessed principle, the lender owns your car until it is fully paid. It is therefore a missed payment is considered a breech of your contract. It gets worse. After they car, they can sue you for what is called deficiency.
Failure is not an amount still owed on your contract after your landlord sells your vehicle back to – say – an auction. Often they sell the car for less than they expect you to pay your car back. What do they care if they are going to sue you for the difference anyway? I will explain this way: Imagine paying $ 18,000 for a vehicle at the time with maybe $ 5,000 left before the car is yours. You lose your job and fall behind a few months with the payments. Your vehicle is reversed. Now you must pay triple the amount of two months that you are delinquent because of the added repossession and storage costs.
You can not come up with the money, so your car is sold at auction for $ 1,500. The worst part: you’re sued for the remaining balance of $ 3,500, plus the repo costs! What is the point of this? If you do they will sue for the unpaid balance, why not just give you the opportunity to pay the bill? Would not it be better them in the long term? Duh! The repo man does not ensure that your finances are in limbo because you recently divorced or that your employer you informed of the eleventh hour that you were fired.
The repo man does only on the income they will receive when they recover your vehicle. So you must protect yourself. Here ’s an old-fashioned solution to combat the repo man: If you know you will be able to come up with the money needed for your outstanding car note to pay in a few months or so, switch cars with a friend until your finances right. Better yet, hide it in someone else’s garage for a while. Make sure someone you are not listed as a reference on the credit application because the repo man will definitely have to check their addresses to find your vehicle.
I know a guy who switched cars with his brother, who lived in another state. Within three months, he is entitled to his finances and paid his three months delinquent car note to date, plus late fees. He saved himself the high cost of repossession and storage fees, deficiency costs, and the embarrassment of having his car repossessed (neighbors watching). The trick is to stay one step ahead of the repo man. Know their moves before they strike. This will help you avoid repossession, and the cost that goes along with it.