Why is it such a mission at the end of a lease with VW to get a Dealer payoff. VW won’t give it to you online because they say due to a state legal or regulatory requirement they can not give you a payoff. Then I call the local dealer to get the payoff and its a mission to speak to a finance manager because unless you are buying a car from them they won’t take your call.
And if last option you call VW credit they also wont give you the payoff because they say the dealer that is buying the car has to call for the payoff.
I am having such an issue trying to trade this car in and find out the payoff in Florida. SOMEBODY HELP ME!
Just practice a couple times in the mirror so it sounds believable.
“VW Financial this is Steve”
“Hi Steve this is Francois Tibula from VW of Venus, I’m calling to get our payoff for a customer’s lease. I have their account number when you’re ready”
Make some dumb smalltalk if you want. “Steve are your offices at HQ in Herndon? That building on Ferdinand Porsche drive is something else.”
What are you trying to accomplish? Sell to carvana, many people have had success with three way calls. You can try to pretend to be a dealer, might need their dealer code though, and I’m doubtful that many call for that, VW dealers can get it online I’m pretty sure. You could pm someone on here that’s a VW dealer and ask really nicely
Despite what the Fallwell’s “business partner” would have you believe, joining another couple is more often than not a chemistry experiment that will explode and leave you scarred. Stick to two strangers. Allegedly.
Fair to assume this is headed up in evening hours (after bar closes) and not on the way down to breakfast?
As Hiltons go: bars and elevators especially in St Petersburg (aside: if you are ever in a Hilton lounge LONG after close, and the nicest single father you ever met starts crying and admits to a war crime: just sit quietly, keep refilling his drink, and make sure he gets back to his room and doesn’t pass out in the lounge).
I think HGIs in College Towns should just start advertising it’s “where to stay on a Tue or Wed night” - otherwise why abide stale mini muffins in the morning?
Oh and w/r/t Embassy Suites: if you walk past a room and the front curtain is open into the hallway, no matter what you might catch a glimpse off, eyes forward and keep walking. Do not make eye contact.
Why it is such a big deal to not have VW give you a dealer payoff? With Carvana I waited for them to get it from VW and then saw it while uploading docs in their cloud. No obligation to finalize the deal so if you don’t like the payoff you can just move on.
VW is giving higher payoff amount to third-party dealers like Carvana and not giving any payoff information to the owner. Asking them to go to the dealer. I Will try to go to the dealer tomorrow, seems like dealers are trying to make selling the vehicle back to the owner impossible as user car prices are up this year.
My dealer (selling) contacted me about returning to start a new lease (current inflated value puts it at $18K) but when I told them I wanted to keep it an buy it out ($14K RV), they said would like to finance me at $3,000 more (extended 3rd party warranty) and charge me 5% interest rate for 60 months.
I said no thanks as I have my CU ready to buy it up at the agreed upon RV for 1.9%. I would pay the 9.5% tax on the RV thru DMV when I get it re-titled…
Amazing, some dealers have a bunch of new tricks up their sleeve taking advantage of this market. Quite remarkable to hear some of the crazy stories exposing dealer shenanigans that get posted here. I’ve heard Broncos can’t be leased, etc. etc.
Sad thing is how much they likely get away with as 99% don’t pay close attention to lease details, contracts and the return process
in evening hours (after bar closes) and not on the way down 
to breakfast?
especially in St Petersburg (aside: if you are ever in a Hilton lounge LONG after close, and the nicest single father you ever met starts crying and admits to a war crime: just sit quietly, keep refilling his drink, and make sure he gets back to his room and doesn’t pass out in the lounge).