Jones Motor? Mercer?

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  1. blacklabel

    blacklabel Heavy Load Member

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    Anyone know anything about them? Looking to lease purchase through them or Mercer. Qualified for Jones now and Mercer in Feb.

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  3. MJ1657

    MJ1657 Road Train Member

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    Since when did Mercer start doing the lease purchase scam?
     
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  4. blacklabel

    blacklabel Heavy Load Member

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  5. KenworthGuyNH

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    Any real reason you don't just BUY a cheap used truck and do a straight up o/o lease?? Of the 2...........Jones would be my choice.........I pull an occasional load for both as an outside carrier.......but would never entertain the notion of a "lease purchase" with either. I'm a little disappointed they are going this route to get help in the door.
     
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  6. blacklabel

    blacklabel Heavy Load Member

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    Mostly because I don't live in a perfect world and have $25k stached away. I tried traditional finance, 730 credit wanted 25% down. Don't own a house was another reason. First time buyers have lots of stipulations.
    Poor folks got poor ways.
     
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  7. tsavory

    tsavory Road Train Member

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    Don't know buy talked to a mercer driver today that said they had some he was saying his truck and trailer was paid for and still having a hard time no clue how them lease purchase guys can make it.

    My first truck three years ago was $7500 and this one same year was $8000 both took a little TLC and fixed a bit each week but they was DOT compliant. Just takes some looking to find a fairly good one under 10k.
     
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  8. Cluck Cluck

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    Lease Pirchases should be Illegal.
     
  9. tsavory

    tsavory Road Train Member

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    Yes they should.
    By the way going to be near your home 20 tomorrow got a suggested place to have my kitty cat scanned?
     
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  11. KenworthGuyNH

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    You live in the same world the rest of us do. There are no poor folks; just poor ways.

    Good choices = good results...........poor choices almost always lead to poor results........please, please......do some more thinking and research before you go down a l/p path. They SELDOM have happy endings.
     
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