The check was cashed on June 17^th 2002. All was quiet until July 22^nd 2002 when I received a FEDEX envelope with a new lease. The original term of the lease was for 36 months at $1,349.62 which comes out to $48,586.32. The new lease was for 48 months at $1,232.47 which comes out to $59,158.56. The 1^st problem wasn't the $10,572.24 of additional cost, but the length of the lease exceeded the time agreed to. So, we rejected the lease and called Preferred Lease to ask that they honor the original lease or return the deposit.

They said NO!

We were told that we weren't getting any of our money back! On July 26^th 2002 my lawyer wrote a letter “withdrawal of lease offer and demand for return of funds previously tendered” with no response! So now Custom Built Systems will be Suing Preferred Lease for the return of funds. During a phone conversation with Rob Kalinowski (Preferred Lease) I was told that he worked too hard on this and that I wouldn't get back any of my money. Our response was that we never agreed to the 2^nd lease, and since they couldn't honor the 1^st lease, what was the basis for them keeping our money. He, Rob Kalinowski, started to yell at me on the phone, insisting that I didn't give him enough of my financial information so this was the best he can do! We even called Quinton Berry, the principal contact according to the Better Business Bureau (BBB), and only sent into voicemail. We still haven't received a response! I suggest you check the BBB web site to see they're propensity to commit this kind of act.