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Car Lease - LingsCars etc

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Do you have to have a credit check done if you are taking out a car lease?

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  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    Yes .
  • [Deleted User]
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    Shame.

    I thought what with it only being like a "rental" and handing it back after 3 or 4 years you wouldn't need one.
  • blacksta
    blacksta Posts: 919 Forumite
    Deleted_User wrote: »
    Shame.

    I thought what with it only being like a "rental" and handing it back after 3 or 4 years you wouldn't need one.

    I am guessing they will need to check whether you can actually make regular payment over a lifetime of the agreement.
    I owe £3233 @ 0%
  • colino
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    While they absolutely do carry out checks, I'm amazed at how some of my clients ever got their lease cars. Marginal profits, new start companies and some already up to their eye-balls in debt are cutting around in new X5s and the like and using their credit cards to put diesel in them!
  • blacksta
    blacksta Posts: 919 Forumite
    colino wrote: »
    While they absolutely do carry out checks, I'm amazed at how some of my clients ever got their lease cars. Marginal profits, new start companies and some already up to their eye-balls in debt are cutting around in new X5s and the like and using their credit cards to put diesel in them!

    Such is life - People want to be pretend that they are wealthy.
    I owe £3233 @ 0%
  • albionrovers
    albionrovers Posts: 2,028 Forumite
    Broken Britain . . it's disgusting
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