[Lurking in Kansas]

The problem is sometimes customers, and that includes nonmilitary, have less than good credit, and when it is discovered, “they already have been put in a car,” he said.

That then means either a person cannot have the vehicle under a contract that was initially written or must come up with additional money for a down payment, Johnston said.

LOL, that's an old, old dealers trick. When I sold cars 25 years ago the dealership I worked at pulled that trick.

[steveo]

LOL, that's an old, old dealers trick. When I sold cars 25 years ago the dealership I worked at pulled that trick.

It's still happening today. A person who works with my wife had her son go through the same ordeal. The kid got to drive around the car for a week and then got all his money back, went to another dealership got a brand new vehicle for $20 a month more.