Scammed By DART TRANSIT/HIGHWAY SALES.

I did an online app,going to several companies;DART sent me this along with an app.
If you want to lease purchase:
year truck type engine payment months buyout 2002 freightliner raisedroof 12.7 detroit $950.00 12 $8.000
2004 columbia raisedroof MEB pre epa $1200.00 18 $11.000
2005 columbia raisedroof det 12.7 $1350.00 30 $14.000
2005 international 9400 2 bed isxcummins $1300.00 30 $14,000
2006 columbia raisedroof MEB 435/10 $1475.00 30 $22,000
2007 volvo670 2bed D12 465 $1500.00 42 $20,000
2007 international9400 ISX $1500.00 42 $20,000
2007 columbia raisedroof 2bed MEB $1550.00 42 $20,000
they sure are making $ on the payment part.And depending what shape the truck is in, for the buy out;if it doesnt need major repairs not too bad.
Now for the charges,on just about everything.
description monthy charge
occ/accident insurance $167.00
physical dammage insurance $300 to $400.
bobtail $40.00
satellite $35.00
satellite installation $190.00 partial intallation $50.00
escrow (max $700) $100.00
trip pak optional $12.00
flyin j scan n go optional $5.00
cargo inforcer locks $95.00
1 set of straps $25.00
toll cards optional $55.00
trk disability (hwy required) $40.00
fuel tax $0.12 per mile
This isnt for me,but you be the judge.

 

darn I had a nice little chart made, it didnt do right.
suppose to be...year of trk...engine...mo payment...an buyout.

 

I think the fuel tax is $.012 a mile not 12 cent IIRC

 

FORGOT FEW FEES???MUST BE ONE THOSE SCAM DART ARTISTS 1900 TO 3000 YEAR FOR ALL PLATES PERMITS TOLL CARDS .PREPASS COST TO YOU...HEY DART BOY WHAT ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE ACCOUNTS.BRAND NEW TRUCK.DART WILL SCAM OVER 8 TO 20 CENTS MILE TO THEIR BANK THEIR INTEREST PAID.AHHHHH???TRUCKS BRAND NEW DART BOY 3 YEARS FULL WARRENTY 5 YEAR POWER TRAIN AND ENGINE..HMMMM 1+1=2 HMMMM 3500 DART DRIVERS X 20 CENTS MILE X130000 MILES PER YEAR.WOW I COULD SIMPLY FLOAT THE CASH ON THE CURRENCY MARKETS AN MAKE A COOL 2 MILLION..OHH YEA DONT BELEIVE A WORD DART TELLLS YOU IN SAFETY CLASS.DO BELIEVE EVERY TIME THEY SAY THEY WE WILL CUT YOU LOOSE TERMINATE YOUR LEASE IN 1 SECOND.NOOOOOOOOOO NOOOOOOOOOOO NOOOOOOOO NEVER DART....YOU SHOULD ONLY BE PAYING FOR INSURANCE FUEL MAINT.TRUCK PAYMENTS.THERE THE ONES WANTING YOU???WHY ARE YOU PAYING THERE WAY TO OPERATE THE TRUCK ON THE FEDERAL HIGHWAYS..BWHAHAHAAAAAA THEY WANT QUALCOM,THEY PAY.ON ON ON ON ON..CALL YOUR MINNESOTA STATE SENATORS AN HOUSE REPS.FORCE DART TO BECOME THE COMPANY DRIVER CORPORATION THEY ARE.CAN YOU SAY TEAMSTERS AFTER THAT....

 

yep thats it,$.012

 

Some people are not cut out to work for themselves.
Why don't you go get a job with a union company and let the teamsters take care of you.
Like most companys they shake out the ones that don't fit their system, or spend all their time at the yard crying and complaining because thy didn't read the contract.
You can be fired from any company for any reason. It called freedom look it up.

 

YOU MUST MEAN THE CONTRACT DART HAD TO MODIFY IN 2009,SO THEY COULD RIP O/O FOR MORE MONEY...???LOOOLL COMON DART BOY.THAT SAME CONTRACT THAT MADE CHANGES TO DE CERTIFY YOUR DRIVING FOR DART IN ONE SECOND..THOSE FAT OLD SLOB,CHILD SUPPORT OWING,NO STATE OR FEDERAL TAX PAYING O/O DONT READ????ISN'T THAT THE SOLE REASON THE STATE OF MINNESOTA WANTED TO PASS LAW TO MAKE DART A COMPANY EMPLOYER IN 2007,2008...COMON DART BOY,CANT DEFEND A SLIMEY LIL GREEDY CORPORATION LIKE DART.CALL YOUR MINNESOTA STATE SENATORS AN HOUSE REPS. EXPLAIN TO THEM HOW YOU WORKED AT DART,DID NOT PAY ANY PERSONAL FED/STATE TAXES.I'M SURE THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.DONT PAY FOR THINGS OLD DARTBOY WANTS YOU TO PAY,LIKE HOW DART, AND DART BOY, WANTS YOU TO OPERATE ON FEDERAL HIGHWAYS.

 

It boggles my mind why anyone would want to lease a truck in this day and age. Essentially if you lease a new truck, you are setting yourself up for failure sooner or later, on top of making your companies truck payment for them. And you have to work twice as hard as a company driver just to make ends meet. Even if you survive the lease, you end up with a rig that is worth probably half of its original value, if you're lucky.

And staying away from a company like Dart, England or Knight goes without saying. They are nothing more than Swift or Werner by a different name.

If you lease a new truck and don't have a good amount of money to put down, you are asking for bankruptcy. It's no different than buying a new house, car, or anything frivalous. If you can barely make payments running good paying loads with high miles, how do you expect to survive the bad times like the past 3 years have been?

Why not just save some money up as a company driver for a few years, then buy a decent used truck for under $50,000? I've seen guys make a killing in old freightliner and International Cabovers that cost them under 10K. But no, we have stars in our eyes and want that shiny long nose Pete or KW, just like da big guys... There are plenty of outfits that will hire you if you have an old, reliable truck. Just don't look for these companies in the truck stop toilet paper magazine rack. Good companies almost never advertise, they hang on to good drivers.

I got news for you, If its a big truck, It WILL break down sooner or later, no matter what kind of hood ornament it has, or how new or old it is. I would much rather deal with breaking down in a 2004 International thats paid for, has a simple (by 2010 standards) Kitty Cat, Cummins or gremlin under the hood. A guy would go broke in seconds dealing with a new truck with 2010 emissions that's sure to be a moneypit, headache, and nightmare and fuel slurping pig.

 

Basically the same thing happened to hubby with JB Hunt. I sent an email to their web masters blasting their web site for false advertising. It was forwarded to the VP of their leasing department. He tried to tell me it was my husband's fault but I shot back at him and told him that we want out of the contract with NO early termination penalties or we will sue. I told them we had an attorney already who was just waiting for us to give him the word to file. The end result was hubby was let out of the lease with no penalties. I would cc every email to our attorney.