I had purchased a car from Drivetime in April 2008 and made every payment on time, and of $202.02 bi-weekly because of my bad credit! In June 2009 I called and spoke with Drivetime's finance company-DT Credit Corporation to notify them I had been laid off and was looking for work. I should have know from that moment on this would be an awful experience! The Manager said that because my account was in good standing and I had always paid on time, she could not help me.

2 weeks after that I found work and by this time DT Credit Corporation Collection Representatives were calling. Eventhough I was out of work for only 3 weeks I got majorly behind on all of my bills. Also, my husband quit recieving commission so we lost most of our household income for our family of 5. From June to August 2009 I would recieve 2 phone calls a day and so does my husband from there collection reps threating me with repocession and talking to me like I was a dog, like that kind of behavior will make me pull money out of my wallet that I dont have.

Between my husband and myself DT Credit Corp. Collection Reps call us 4 times a day! Once to me and my husband around 9am when they first open and then they call us both again around 5pm before they go home, like in between that time I've managed to come up with an extra $1500?? Thats harrassment!

I went to the dealership and decided I could not afford the car and I would return it, despite the reprocussions of having a voulentary repocession on my credit-my 3 boys eating was more important. The Manager at the dealership said there was no one there that could help me and that they just sale cars here. It was funny because this same Manager was the guy who was so nice, helpful and kind when I went into there dealership 1 year ago and bought the car, just like a sucker! He gave me the phone number to collections, which I called and worked out a payment arrangement with a Collections Manager. If I made a $202.02 payment in good faith, she would defer my 2 months past due (in other words give me a payment extension to make me current where the 2 months past due would be added to the end of my loan with them) I had to waid until that Friday when i got paid and I called in to make the payment and a different Manager told me that because of the ways there billing periods worked that I needed to hold off on making my payment that day, but to call back the very next day to make the payment, that way I would qualify for the payment extension and it would give me an extra week to make my next payment and that she would note on my account to wave the $10 or so they charge to do a check by phone. The very next day at 11 am I called in to the same Manager who was off that day, but the guy who answered said that he couldnt wave the check by phone fee, so I was upset, but since I wanted the extension so badly I went ahead and bit the check by phone fee and made an extra $25 to my standard payment making it a total of $140.00 or something like that. He went over all the payment extension information and got my fax number and email to send the papers to sign and fax back.

4 days went by when the guy called me back and told me he was sorry but the Manger who promised the payment extension made a mistake and that because I had not made 6 payments within a 90day period I was not elidgable for the payment extension. Which remember, in June when I was first laid off I knew I would have problems with the car payment and I asked them to help me which they refused to do and keep in mind I paid the last 1 1/2 yrs on time without any problems! I was furious, because by this time I was $800 past due and with all the utility bills, other car payments, healthcare expenses for 5 un-insured people, and food for 5 there was no way I could catch that up and pay my regular monthly payments of $404.04!!

The other day the collections people called my cell phone, which I had left with my 10 yr old son while I went to the hospital with my other child and the collections rep thought she was talking to me and cussed out my son and also said he was lying. This rep used the F--- word!

I had fraud on my checking account which made my checking account overdrawn and I bounced a check because Wachovia was investigating the transactions so they called my work and threatened me over $87.00. Over the last 4 months I talk to atleast 2 reps everyday who either agree with me after reviewing the notes on the account and they apologize, or they continue to lie to me over and over. They cuss, they yell, they are just awful! Sad thing is I also have a car with Americredit and all I did was call 1 time and ask and they helped! With Drivetime it is like pulling teeth! I dont avoid there calls either! If I miss there call and they get voicemail, I dial them right back and tell them I am sorry but Im at work. I keep in constant communication with them and even have made all my payments the last month in a half, so its not like I am dodging them! And all these promises of extensions and help have been thouraly noted on my account information so its not like my word vs. theres, they just flat out lie and then say they are sorry there is nothing they can do, "When can you make your next payment", and every day I have to tell both reps that call me that I get paid on the 1st and the 15th, my paydays do not change so quit asking! I take about 45 minutes of my work time to talk to them and also even went to the Emergency Room because after the rep talked to me harshly and cussed and threatned me for 20 minutes, I had an terrible anxiety attack and passed out from the stress of it all! I know its not worth it, and you would laugh when I tell you I really dont need the car, I have 2 that are paid for that just sit in my drive way, but because they did sell me a wonderful, dependable car I do want to try and work with them to keep it so I have something reliable to drive my 3 children to and from school in! I am sure DT Credit Corp. is suffering along with all of America during these hard economic times, but come on...when your willing to pay and you just need a little help getting back on your feet a company needs to be able to work with you, otherwise they will end up just loosing money if they repo it and it just gets sold in an actution.

I am now $1500.00 past due and have been making my payments of $202.02 on Aug 1, Aug. 30 and Sept. 15 and they still have me as 59 days past due and have now referred me to a repo man. I have called and talked to manager after manager and went up to the dealership and emailed the corporate office 3 times to get some help. I am not asking to skimp out on my financial obligations, just to move my past due amout to the end of my loan. I had all the nessisary paper work to prove I was laid off and that now I make 1`/2 of what I use to make, my husbands pay was cut with him now not getting commision, and my X husband quit paying child support. I have robbed peter to pay paul and now paul is broke! I have downsized and pawned valuables in my house just to be able to put food on the table. At this point since Drivetime refuses to work with there customers they can come get the car!

Most unprofessional company I have ever worked for. They are very dishonest and wil do and say anything to sell you a car. I have watched them switch a customer off of one car that they qualified for and switch him to another car with that they needed to sell because it was an old age unit. Then to really make him take the car they need to get rid of they made the down payment higher on the one he wanted and lower on the one they need to get rid of. More stories to come.

I AM PRETTY UPSET WITH THE PEOPLE AT DRIVETIME.. I HAVE HAD MY CAR SINCE FEB. MY PAYMENTS ARE 185.00 BI WEEK AND I PAY 200.00 I CHOOSE TO PAY MORE SO THEY WOULD NO I REALLY WANT TO BUILD MY CREDIT UP.. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I FELL SHORT ONE PAYMENT AND GOD FOR BID EVERYONE ON MY LIST WAS CALLED TWICE AND AS TALKING TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS THEY TOLD THEM I WAS LATE AND I SHOULD HAVE NOT GOT THE CAR IF I COULD NOT PAY ON IT. THEY CALLED ME REPEATEDLY TELLING ME TO BORROW MONEY OR GO GET A LOAN OUT TO PAY THEM 122.00 THAT I WAS A WK LATE ON. I HUNG UP ON THEM AND TOLD THEM I WOULD PAY THEM ON FRIDAY AND THEY SAID IF YOU DONT PAY NOW I WILL CALL YOU ALL DAY EVERYDAY TILL ITS PAID! BELIEVE ME THEY DID AND IF I DIDNT ANSWER THE PHONE CAUSE I WAS WORKING THEY CALLED MY WORK STATING TO MY BOSS THEY WERE FRIENDS THAT NEEDED TO TALK TO ME!! THAN IF I DIDNT GET ON THE PHONE THEY WOULD CALL EVERYONE LISTED. TELLING THEM CRAZY THINGS! IT PISSES ME OFF THAT 1 LATE PAYMENT AND YOU GET HARRASSED EVERYDAY FOR IT! EVERYONE I SPOKE WITH AT DRIVETIME WERE RUDE AND HATEFUL SAID SOME HARSH THANGS! I WOULD NEVER REFER ANYONE TO GET A CAR THERE THEY MAKE IT SEEM A FRIENDLY PLACE CUZ THEY WANT YOUR MONEY.. THEN THEY TRIP YOU LIKE YOUR SCUM IF YOU MISS ONE PAYMENT OR A DAY LATE! THIS MORNING I WALKED IN TO DRIVETIME AT 8:00 AM TO PAY MY PAYMENT THEY HOUNDED ME FOR.. THEY DIDNT OPENED TILL 8:30 AM I ASKED THE GUYS IF I COULD PAY THEM CUZ I WAS HEADED TO WORK AND I DIDNT WANT THEM HARRASING ME TODAY! HE SAID GET A MONEY ORDER AND I WILL PUT IT IN SO I DID HE SAID I PROMISE THEY WONT CALL YOU AGAIN I LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID ARE YOU SURE? HE JUST LAUGHED! WELL GUESS WHAT I WALKED IN WORK AND A MESSAGE FROM A FRIEND CALLED AND I CALLED THEM BACK AND IT WAS DRIVETIME.. WHEN I ASKED WHAT THEY WANTED NOW! THEY SAID OH YOU MADE THE PAYMENT OK AND HUNG UP!! THESE PEOPLE ARE UNPROFISSIONAL DONT GET A CAR FROM THERE I WISH I COULD TURN BACK TIME! A WEEK OF HELL IS NOT WORTH IT THEY WILL D-R-I-V-E YOU INSANE!

I had gone to DriveTime to co-sign for my brother. He had recently filed bankruptcy and was in need of a vehicle. DriveTime specializes in ripping off people with less than perfect credit. My brother picked out a 2006 Kia Spectra with 57000 miles on it. The car was priced at $12, 900. When I went the local Kia dealership website, I discovered that a brand new 2009 Kia Spectra would be $700 cheaper! My brother decided not to get the car.

Three weeks later they called us back. The car had been reduced! The salesperson showed him a paper that had the exact biweekly payment amount and the APR on it. My brother felt comfortable with payment and moved forward with the process.
When he sat down to sign the paperwork, the numbers had changed all of a sudden! When I asked the Finance Manager about it, he stated that there was a glitch in the system and that after signing all of the paperwork with the incorrect amounts on it, he would receive an updated coupon booklet in the mail that would reflect the terms that he was originally quoted! After the scam artist saw that he could not convince us to sign a legally binding contract that did not reflect what we had agreed to, he got the manager. The manager tried his best to keep the lie going about some type of lie about a computer glitch. I was highly insulted! We talk about predatory lending in housing but government needs to look into this as well. Stay away from Drive Time in any city!

This company is horrible! They prey on those who have already been had by our ecomony and other decitful companies. Interest rates are radiculious! 25% Shouldn't that be illegal. Oh and don't think about being late! They will call you family, friends, boss, neighbors... doesn't matter. You can call corp and file a complaint, but that is a waste of time and breathe. Corp doesn't know anything about any accounts. In fact, when we went to have a deferement on the account, corp called informing us they were turning our account over the repo because we are 10 days late! I immediately recanted and provided all the paperwork needed to prove we had submitted and been approved for the deferement. These people are rude and persistant. Even if you are the person who pays all bills on time, expect that call several times a day "reminding you of you payment." The store manager is something else too. He doesn't follow through with conversations either. It is companies like DriveTime that puts our ecomony in the red! Shut them down! Dont' do business with Drivetime, you will regret it.