loopylorns

Yes I said it had to be made but not customized, this is because the international auto source only have agreements with certain dealers and they did not have one pre-made.

Finance for our ordered cars WAS NOT available straight from the dealer, which is why we used a agent! cant even buy without a license for which you need SSN and as I keep saying that took 10 weeks due to immigration

Good god if we could of come here and got instant finance it would of been wonderfull, sadly its not the case.

Further more to all the comments about buying off the lot, as I keep saying no finance or a lump sum of cash makes it kind of hard to do plus a lack of driving lisence

Perhaps we should of asked the company for several thousands to buy??????

loopylorns

At last a person who talks sense!

we waited 14 days before going to SS office but were still not in system and it took a further 10 weeks to get a number, we did call them and chase up but were told they would not discuss it and to wait.

No wec would not have been able to register a car you are of course correct.

Any way the car buying etc is not the thread question.

They told us to rent till our cars arrived and to submit final bill when we returned it, we have done so and now they say they not paying.

That is the problem.

loopylorns

[QUOTE=dakota44;4451792]just curious. because i don't know the answer..but..given her husband had a job, and therefore obviously the required work visa...this is what the SSN website says is required for obtaining an SSN.

If you are not a U.S. citizen, Social Security must see your current U.S. immigration documents. Acceptable documents from the Department of Homeland Security include your:

* Form I-551 (includes machine-readable immigrant visa with your unexpired foreign passport);
* I-94 with your unexpired foreign passport; or
* Work permit card (I-766 or I-688B).

would the OP's husband not have been in possession of those? Otherwise how would he have entered the country to work.[/QUOT

Of course we had required papers!

have you not read the thread?
we applied for the SSN, it took 10 weeks.

loopylorns

No we waited 14 days as our lawyer told us to but we were still not in the system

vegas

At that price you must have opted for the rental companies insurance which usually doubles the price. Could you not have used your husbands company insurance. We always do when we rent a car.

TruBrit

the problem is that the offer was not in writing

good luck, let's hope they cough up....it's easy to be wise after the event .....lesson learnt eh? all the best.

Deedee13

that is a lot of money for a lease..... seriously a hell of a lot of money..they might be saying that ur trying to screw them....what the hell did u order a top of the range bmw..??? lexus???? sometimes going cheap is the best option if u aint got the cash in ur pocket ... why didnt the firm arrange the cars for u.... they probably could have got a better deal.. I think this is a case of running before u could walk.... i lease a car and i paid a tenth of what u paid for the past 4 months.....

Just Jenney

I'm curious if the company was aware on a current, ongoing basis of how long you were renting the car. In other words, did they know week-by-week that you were still renting the car? Or did they only find out how long you had rented the car when your husband gave them his expense report after 4 months that you had been renting this car the entire time?

Because that's the only thing that makes sense to me. I highly doubt the company anticipated that you'd be racking up 4 months' worth of rental fees for them to pay. Which leads me to think that they only found out that you had rented the car for more than 2-3 weeks when your husband gave them the bill. Instead, they probably thought it just took him a while to get around to submitting his expense report, not that the delay was caused because the rental was still ongoing.

So, did your husband keep them informed of the rental charges consistently over the four-month period? Or did they only find out of the long rental period (and the charges) after it was over? Knowing the answer to this question might help us be able to provide you with better feedback on how to approach your negotiation with them.

~ Jenney

loopylorns

Yep they knew,
this is the point of the matter, they told us to rent a car, they knew how long it was going to be before we got ours.

The only thing I can give them credit for is that Im sure they dont actually realise that you cant buy a car here withiout a license and that to get that you need a SSN, and to be 100% honest why would they? after all they are all American and have never been through this.

loopylorns

The expenses bill is not for a leased car, its for a rental, hired from Newark airport on our arrival, Im guessing that approx $500 per week is about the norm for a suv? I dont know we might of got a crap deal but they were the only ones that would take a debit card all others wanted a credit card which in the Uk we never had. (another thing Ive found you deffo need here).

loopylorns

The company does not as far as Im aware have car insurance that we could of used, but at the end of the day they should of perhaps rented for us to obtain a better deal, they gave us no help except the lawyers bill and actuall shipping costs.

loopylorns

Oh I just realised.

A lot of people are passing comment on how long our cars took to be made etc.

It would not of made a difference if they had been available of the lot straight away as some of you keep saying as you cant collect without NJ driving license for which you need SSN and as already stated that in total took 12 weeks from us landing. So in MHO we had no option to rent a car as the company did not provide one.

Bob

But as already posted, you could still have used your UK license to have gotten the car, that NJ license is for people that are already resident, and have a US license, that would need to transfer to a NJ license.

Good luck all the same, but it does seem like you'll be SOL as it's not written in your contract, so best bet is to try and get back as much as you can by being nice about it.

loopylorns

You must have not read it correctly Bob.

We were only allowed to drive on UK license for 30 days after that we would be illegal, and you can not buy a car on a UK license.

You CAN NOT buy a new or used car in New Jersey without a NJ license.

The tranfer of license thing: If we had a different state license we could buy a car but not with a different a license from different country.

I dont know how to say it any clearer than this:

To buy a car in NJ you need a NJ lisence.

To get a NJ lisence you need a SSN.

loopylorns

Sorry to clarify:

You can buy a car but you cant collect it without the NJ lisence.