Makes sense, they are only obligated to sell to me at the price stipulated in my lease.
I’ve seen posts that suggest that in Calif, where I am live, I can buy myself then resell within 10 days and avoid paying tax. Not sure if that’s true, nor if I want to hassle with a trip to DMV if that would be part of it tho.
I called VW credit learnt following:
Hello I just leased my 7th VW and very late in the game to discover that I ve been paying a disposition fee upfront every time I lease a new vehicle that is supposed to be returned with the invoice you get after the lease return. (It would be waived in the case that you buy the vehicle or refunded if you lease another VW.)
I started wondering about that because I do not ever recall getting refunded by VW Credit and I ve always returned the cars under mileage and no wear and tear. But I just now read my invoice from the past return a week ago and they definitely did not credit me the disposition fee. I am almost sure that I did not save my past 2 invoices and they erase them from the online system after you return the car so I probably can’t prove the 2 previous ones but I took screenshots of the invoice I just got and there is no credit.
Anyone have experience with this ?
I have never seen a disposition paid up front (and refunded). You normally get billed the disposition at lease end, along with any damages. You don’t pay it up front. If the disposition is waived because you lease a new vw, you just wouldn’t get billed for it.
Thank you for taking the time to reply.
I did pay the disposition fee upfront the past 3 times - it shows on my lease contract and I have saved all 3 contracts.
When I called VW credit they said this is normal (that I paid upfront at the dealership) and that the procedure is that you get refunded that fee with the invoice of the returned car - if you do lease a car from them again.
However the latest invoice doesn’t show any credits.
I am a little upset that I m just discovering this because I have only saved the latest invoice.
Could you post a copy of your contract that shows the upfront disposition fee? I haven’t personally leased a vw, but I am currently leasing an audi, which is through the same bank, and I did not pay an upfront disposition fee.
Look at the part just above the red circle where it says that’s not part of your payments.
They list the disposition so that you know how much the amount is and what the total lease cost is if you take it to competition, but you don’t pay it until the end. It’s not included in the payment/das amount.
The contract there lists 4 different numbers:
Those all add up to
4. The total lease cost
If you turn in the lease and get a new vw, they waive the fee, which is why you have never been charged and paid that fee separately.
It is not added in the scheduled payments, but it is added in the total payments (Total of Payments : The amount you will have paid by the end of the lease). It shows up as the item 4D. Am I reading it wrong ?
Yes you are reading it wrong.
That fee is paid when you turn in the car, you get a bill after the fact.
If you didn’t get a bill, you didn’t pay the fee.
That’s the total cost you would pay if they don’t waive the fee. Since they waive the fee, you don’t pay it, so your total cost is lower.
You don’t pay it up front, so there’s nothing for them to refund you.
Thank you so much !!! That puts my mind at peace.
