Scary time to buy, but I just might do it

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I bought my truck at Off-lease Only. Great prices and no dealer BS. I really like their business model. Huge fenced lot and all vehicles have the keys in them with price on the window. No salespeople on the lot. Washing and cleaning the interior is the only reconditioning they do so you see them as they were purchased at auction. They don't even change the oil.

Want to test drive? Go inside and they copy your license and have you sign a test drive agreement. Off you go, no salesperson in the car. Like it and the price? Go inside and they have DMV like counters for completing the paperwork. You do go into an office with the finance person but it was very low key. They offer extended warranty but if you say no they move on with finishing the sale. No pressure tactics.
 
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I bought my truck at Off-lease Only. Great prices and no dealer BS. I really like their business model. Huge fenced lot and all vehicles have the keys in them with price on the window. No salespeople on the lot. Washing and cleaning the interior is the only reconditioning they do so you see them as they were purchased at auction. They don't even change the oil.

Want to test drive? Go inside and they copy your license and have you sign a test drive agreement. Off you go, no salesperson in the car. Like it and the price? Go inside and they have DMV like counters for completing the paperwork. You do go into an office with the finance person but it was very low key. They offer extended warranty but if you say no they move on with finishing the sale. No pressure tactics.


"off lease only" is that like a rental place that is selling previously rented vehicles? Never heard this term before.
 

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This is just my personal opinion here but I wouldn't be borrowing money or making any large purchases during this Corona Crisis.Your source of income could be gone tomorrow.Also, 7 year interest free loan on a used vehicle just seems to good to be true
 

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"off lease only" is that like a rental place that is selling previously rented vehicles? Never heard this term before.

That is the name of the company, OffleaseOnly. http://offleaseonly.com They buy fleet lease vehicles at auction and resell them on the retail market. They also do private fleet lease liquidations as well. When you look for a vehicle there you will notice they have like 3 or 4 RAM 2500's all identical equipment. Mostly SLT, Big Horn and Tradesman's in white. Occasionally, a higher trim or color other than white shows up.
 
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This is just my personal opinion here but I wouldn't be borrowing money or making any large purchases during this Corona Crisis.Your source of income could be gone tomorrow.Also, 7 year interest free loan on a used vehicle just seems to good to be true
I may be wrong, but I've heard on NEW cars and trucks, 0% for 84 months, with a A+ credit...not sure it as on used.
 

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Very nice looking truck as I am also partial to white. Might want to get rid of those tires though and go to a nice smooth all terrain tire. If those are the SRA's you will come to the same conclusion.

TRUCK PIC.jpg
 

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This is just my personal opinion here but I wouldn't be borrowing money or making any large purchases during this Corona Crisis.Your source of income could be gone tomorrow.Also, 7 year interest free loan on a used vehicle just seems to good to be true

I'm going to be looking, but I've also only had my current truck for 11 months so I'm going to have payments for the foreseeable future either way. So if I can steal a newer truck for way lower than it should be, I'm going to try to do it. I'm also in good shape on my current truck though (it books for about 17-18k more than I owe on it) so that helps too.

I have been trading up every 2-3 years so this would be quick for me, but I figure if I can just restart my loan (same amount/same amount of years) then there's not much harm to upgrading if the opportunity comes up. If I can't get a deal that doesn't require me to either shell out some cash out of pocket, or finance more than my usual amount, I will pass.

Lots of variables with this of course, I get what you are saying that for some people it might not be wise to do so at this time. I won't be doing so unless it has very minimal effect on my current situation.
 

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Congrats, and personally, I appreciate your ..courage? faith??....in making a purchase like this in these times. (Me, I've been agonizing over buying a new guitar....a mere $650....)

Doesn't look like it has the tow package, does it? If you're considering towing anything of substance in the next # years, may be worth considering....just sayin'....
 

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Like to hear this, looking at buying a Grand Cherokee pretty soon and 0% sounds good. :)
got flier, its the lower line of Jeeps and Ram 1500, not Grand Cherokees :(
 

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Well dont matter now my wifes company just laid everyone off so I wont be doing anything soon anyway. Dam virus
yup, my wife too....sad situation.
 

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Congrats, and personally, I appreciate your ..courage? faith??....in making a purchase like this in these times. (Me, I've been agonizing over buying a new guitar....a mere $650....)
^^THIS!!!
Congrats OP!! Scary time to buy, but if you have the means and the will, enjoy! Good luck with it.


I'm holding out on spending $3,500 on my car this year. If none of this ******** was going down, I would be doing it in a heartbeat.
 
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