This Financing company has given me and so many other people ***, I financed a 2000 Lexus back in November 2006 from European Auto Brokers on Hillsborough Avenue, since I’ve had the car I’ve put roughly over $3000 dollars into the car, the transmission went out January 2008,Flamingo has a repair program that I went through, they paid Jesto's Transmissions $1,800 to rebuild the transmission(that was a blessing)I would start making payments on the mechanical loan my next pay period, My car notes were suppose to be frozen and I would start making payments on the repair, that never happened, Mind you, I am still making payments, where the payments were going I don’t know, Flamingo repossed my car in Feb. stating that I defaulted on my mechanical loan and put a repossession on my credit, I spoke with the president of the company(Marty Chapman) that same day he stated that I would have to pay $1,300 to redeem the car the same day, which I did, and an extra $20.00 a week on my mechanical loan, so the first 3 weeks I busted my behind and paid them every week $100.00, afraid that they would pick my car up if I didn't pay them every week, When I went to get the car back, I had my mom drive me to Brooksville to pick the car up from a gas station, and pay the towing company $100(Asset Recovery Specialists),they stated that was their fee for processing and bagging up the items in my car, when I got in the car, nothing inside nor the trunk was bagged up. I have talked to so many reps @ their corporate office and advised them I do not get paid every week I get paid every 2 weeks and that’s when they will receive their full payment. They wont except that, their not understanding people at all, the CSR's are very rude, I have pulled up complaints off the complaint board and on rip-off-report.com on this company, My last payment of the repair was in the month of April because I had some things come up I wasn't able to include the extra $40.00 every 2 weeks, I called the corporate number (954)512-**** and explained that, I advised them I would start making those payments the first of May and get myself caught up. May 20,2008 I traded in the 2000 Lexus for a 2006 Chrysler 300 at the blowout sale at the Raymond James Stadium, I had that car approximately 3 weeks, then they told me they couldn't finance me for it, So I was behind on the Lexus June 11th I took them a payment of $328.00, then they told me I had a late fee charge of $12.50, so I cancelled that check on the June 12th and wrote them a check for $340.00 they received that check Monday morning on June 16th. I pay them every two weeks on Fridays, I would pay over the phone with a credit card but the fee has went up to $5.00, and my money is very tight, I was going to pay them this week, until June 26th they reposed my car, stating that they applied the check for $340.00 to my repair loan and applied $12.50 late fee charge to my car loan, now my past due is $530.00,the repo fees are $350.00, and for me to redeem the car it is $969.00 not including I have a photo of the towing company(Asset Recovery Specialists) driving the car around, while they made another pickup, then I’m pretty sure they drove it all the way to Brooksville, this company since I’ve had the car has given me ***, they harass you, their CSR’s are rude, I’m so wore out over the crap they take me through, when I signed the contract on 14835 N. Florida Avenue I told them that it was most likely that I would have to pay them every 2 weeks, my job didn't pay every week, Belinda who has been there forever, stated that was fine, I’m pretty sure many other people who are financed through this company are going through the same thing, but I want to be the one to make it public, that they can't treat people this way, we have rights.
i stood one day out in front of at that time flamingo finance in tampa; inwhich they closed down,and there were 7 customers that had collected outside and had similar if not worst situations with them. they set people up to fail