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Bad Credit Fee - Quick Question

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Bad Credit Fee - Quick Question

My fiancee has bad credit from left from his previous divorce.  He doen't have any debt, just bad credit.  He is trying to finance a car to rebuild his credit, they approved him for $9K and on top of it the dealer is charging him a "FEE"  of $995 for having BAD CREDIT... Has anyone ever heard of such thing?

 

Thanks Smiley Surprised

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cdtotten
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Re: Bad Credit Fee - Quick Question

Is he financing this in house through the dealer itself? How bad is his bad credit? Do you know his FICOs? What are the terms of his loan...


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IOBA
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Re: Bad Credit Fee - Quick Question

Maybe he should walk away from that deal...the bad credit fee is outrageous!

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Odiseous
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Re: Bad Credit Fee - Quick Question


@Anonymous wrote:

My fiancee has bad credit from left from his previous divorce.  He doen't have any debt, just bad credit.  He is trying to finance a car to rebuild his credit, they approved him for $9K and on top of it the dealer is charging him a "FEE"  of $995 for having BAD CREDIT... Has anyone ever heard of such thing?

 

Thanks Smiley Surprised



Is the sole reason of financing the car; to build credit? If so, I think adding $5 to that (total $1k); and dumping it into a secured credit card, would go a lot farther to rebuilding his credit (and he'd get the money back when it became unsecured, or he no longer needed the card). 

 

Now; if he *needs* the car for some other reason(s); that's something else to consider. 

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