Car lease signed before I got the car
I recently found a car online I wanted to lease; it had been ordered by the dealer but hadn't arrived at the dealership yet. It was the only one I could find in my state, so the dealer said that if I wanted it, I should put a deposit down on it so no one else got it.
Upon arriving at the dealership, they put all the paperwork in front of me for the lease contract, and I figured there was no harm in signing it since I was sure I wanted this car. They even had me sign some odometer form that said the current odometer reading, which I signed even though I of course couldn't verify it was correct, which I thought was weird. Then when I was reading the lease contract, it said the lease was starting that day. I said "So the lease is starting even though I don't have the car yet?" They said "yes" as if this was a normal thing to do. I ended up signing it, which I know I should not have since I wasn't really comfortable with it. I also paid the first months payment. They said the car would be in within 5 days, so I figured it wasn't that big of a deal. But now that I think about it, I'm paying money for this car every day and I don't even have it. Now I'm worried they will push back the delivery date of the car and I'm not sure I have any recourse since I signed all the papers already.
This is my first time leasing a car, so my question is: is this a typical scenario? To start a car lease before the car is even in hand? Has this happened to anyone else?
Upon arriving at the dealership, they put all the paperwork in front of me for the lease contract, and I figured there was no harm in signing it since I was sure I wanted this car. They even had me sign some odometer form that said the current odometer reading, which I signed even though I of course couldn't verify it was correct, which I thought was weird. Then when I was reading the lease contract, it said the lease was starting that day. I said "So the lease is starting even though I don't have the car yet?" They said "yes" as if this was a normal thing to do. I ended up signing it, which I know I should not have since I wasn't really comfortable with it. I also paid the first months payment. They said the car would be in within 5 days, so I figured it wasn't that big of a deal. But now that I think about it, I'm paying money for this car every day and I don't even have it. Now I'm worried they will push back the delivery date of the car and I'm not sure I have any recourse since I signed all the papers already.
This is my first time leasing a car, so my question is: is this a typical scenario? To start a car lease before the car is even in hand? Has this happened to anyone else?
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