Why Would Anyone Want to Give Back a GM Car Within 60 Days?
Just received this email from John Sternal:
Hi Robert,
With GM’s decision today to offer a 60-day, money-back guarantee on new cars, we figured it would be fitting to ask what kind of reasons a person returns a car within 60 days? There are all kinds of reasons why a person would go through buyers remorse and we see it all the time here in our car lease trading marketplace. Keep in mind that LeaseTrader.com helps a person escape a car lease they no longer want, so we’d like to share the 20 most common reasons why a person would fall out of love with a vehicle – even as quickly as within 60 days.
Is it realistic to think that many people are dissatisfied with a car only 60 days in? That’s one heck of a short honeymoon period. Financial reasons and dissatisfaction may be two of the larger reasons why a person would want out before the honeymoon is over, but here is a list of many other reasons why people would do an about face on their car-buying decision based on actual reasons why people come to LeaseTrader.com to escape a lease:
1) divorce/breakup
These first five reasons make up 65 percent of all customer situations. Here are the reasons that make up the remaining 35 percent.
6) deployed to military
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I did it once, i was unsure about buying a saturn sl or ls in 2000. I finally signed for the sl (cheaper) while looking at the silver ls they had...used the sl for 28 days and brought it back at no cost (they had a 30 days satisfaction garantee). Drove off in my silver ls for a few bucks more a month...never regretted it!
Why isn't "I drove a competitor's vehicle" on the list?
This is a list of reasons associated with lessors having buyer's remorse, who end up using this lease trader service. May not apply to purchasers. Considering the length of the list other than dissatisfaction with the vehicle, GM's 1% allowance may be w-a-a-a-y underestimated.