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Re: Private Car Purchase--Horror Story

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From: Kenneth Herron
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1992 18:59
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eoates@us.oracle.com writes:

>Another technique is to take over the loan from the seller - most car loans
>allow this.  You go to the bank together and fill out the credit app; if the
>loan balance is less than the sales price (hard to find with these 60 month
>loans!), buyer pays seller the difference after the bank agrees that buyer can
>take the loan.  Then buyer can pay the loan in installments or in a lump sum as
>he sees fit.  If the buyer is not credit worthy, use the first method.

A word of caution:  If you see a car-for-sale ad that says "take over
the payments", most likely the seller got royally scr*wed by the salesman
and the car is worth less than the loan amount.  Generally you want
to stay away from these...
-- 
Kenneth Herron                                           kherron@ms.uky.edu
University of Kentucky                                      +1 606 257 2975
Department of Mathematics           "Thanks to the magic of the slow-motion 
camera, we can now show you how ugly the inside of someone's mouth can be."
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