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Concerning title loans
This title loan company knew that I was not working and still gave me a title loan without means to repay the loan. They also gave me interest free for the 1st month making my 1st payment 51 so I would take the loan and I made that 1st payment on time. The payments were suppose to be $276 a month and I called asking for more time, the payments were on the 24th of each month and I didn’t make August payment so on the 28th I got this letter saying that I had to pay $560 in 7 days or they would repossess. According to va laws they were suppose to collect income verification and the didn’t. What can I do?
Asked on September 18, 2017 under Business Law, Virginia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
You can't do anything other than pay the loan. In this context it doesn't matter if they should or should not have made the loan: they did make it, you agreed to the loan (even though the law holds that *you* should know what you can and cannot afford; i.e. it is your legal responsibility to know what you an afford), and you received the benefit of the loan. Because you agreed to the loan and because you received the benefit as well (i.e. you did get, drive, and use the car), there are two different reasons you are held liable for the loan. You can't keep the car while avoiding the obligation to pay the loan: if you don't pay, they can reposses.
For future reference, remember that you are accountable for what you sign or agree to: it is *not* a defense to an obligation to say they should never have offered it to you in the first place.
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