Pelican Auto Finance LLC is a subprime auto lending company, which receives a lot of consumer complaints to our law firm for debt harassment. Find out who they are, why they might be calling, and how you can stop them.
What is Pelican Auto Finance?
Pelican Auto Finance, LLC (Pelican) is a third-party subprime auto and consumer loan company headquartered in California. Pelican has received consumer complaints alleging improper communication and collection tactics. If you have been contacted by Pelican Auto Finance, make sure you understand your rights before taking action.
According to information from the Delaware Secretary of State and the Better Business Bureau (BBB) websites, Pelican Auto Finance was founded and registered as a limited liability company in Delaware in 2012. The BBB established its profile page in 2015. It lists Pelican as a financial services company.
According to its website, Pelican offers its dealer partners “industry leading service” and “a unique opportunity to sell more vehicles to customers that otherwise would not qualify.” For car buyers, “Pelican provides an opportunity for “customers that deserve a second chance” to obtain “basic automobile transportation” by helping them “qualify for auto financing” and “in rebuilding their credit.”
Pelican’s website provides information for car dealers and car buyers. Its dealer pages inform site visitors that Pelican “is a leading deep subprime lender, servicer, and portfolio management partner that can help independent and franchise dealers succeed.” Pelican’s “various dealer programs enable dealers to engage new customers and markets in ways that deliver profits, referral business, and customer satisfaction.”
Pelican Auto Finance sheets and more information about Pelican’s dealer programs are available by contacting Pelican.
The car buyer pages provide payment and contact information for existing customers. Pelican also offers tips for managing credit” and for customers to improve credit scores, including paying bills on time, only applying for credit they need, and obtaining their credit reports every year. It also includes a video from the Federal Trade Commission that discusses car ownership and paying off car loans, and links to other governmental money and credit resources, and third-party credit report resources.
The Pelican Auto Finance website does not provide a lot of detailed information about its business practices or compliance policies. It does include standard, legally mandated information about information privacy and security.
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How many complaints are there against Pelican Auto Finance?
The BBB has closed 22 complaints against Pelican Auto Finance in the past three years, with 14 closed in the past 12 months. Most of those complaints allege problems with billing, collections and customer service. Justia lists at least 2 federal civil lawsuits involving Pelican Auto Finance
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According to information available on the BBB website, complaints against Pelican Auto Finance raise issues with billing, collections and customer service. Consumers complain, among other things, that they are unable to resolve loan payment problems even after following the direction of company employees. They also complain about harassing collection tactics.The 7 negative reviews on Pelican’s BBB profile support these allegations.
In September 2017, a complainant indicated that Pelican Auto Finance collections employees were still “harassing” him weeks after he traded in his car, telling him to make a payment that was not due. The complainant alleged that he purchased a car financed by Pelican in 2015 and traded it in towards the purchase of a new car in 2017. According to the complainant, the payoff amount received from the trade-in resolved the debt to Pelican, including a monthly payment that otherwise would have become due. Nevertheless, a few days after the complainant purchased his new car, Pelican called him and insisted he needed to make the regular monthly payment. When the complainant advised the Pelican representative that he had traded in his car and that the payoff amount included the payment that they sought, the representative “started badgering him to make the payment” anyway. The complainant indicated that although he explained the situation “calmly and nicely”, the Pelican representative was “rude” to him. The complainant confirmed with the dealer to whom he traded his car that Pelican would shortly receive the payoff amount and that it included the payment Pelican sought from him. The complainant indicated that he did not “appreciate how he was spoken to on the phone by Pelican” and that he was “still being harassed” by Pelican weeks later, even after filing the BBB complaint.
In June 2016, a complainant indicated that he had had “multiple negative experiences” with Pelican and “difficulty with this company since the beginning.” The complainant alleged that Pelican representatives failed to verify his account information, gave him information on someone else’s account, questioned his truthfulness, and were rude to him on the phone. According to the complainant, he contacted Pelican multiple times for account information, to advise them that a payment would be late, and to set up payments. When Pelican Auto Finance representatives were unable to verify his account information and the complainant asked to speak to a manager or supervisor, the representatives had “hung up on him more than one time.” Shortly before filing his complaint with the BBB, the complainant had called Pelican to let the company know that his payment would be late. The Pelican representative told him that his address was wrong and asked if the complainant really lived there. The complainant explained that he had already spoken to a manager about this same issue, that the address they recited was an apartment complex and that the person they had listed at the address could have been a prior tenant. The Pelican Auto Finance representative told the complainant it “was a struggle” to get information out of him and questioned whether the complainant knew someone by the name the company had listed. When the complainant asked to speak to a manager, the representative “laughed.” Although the complainant then spoke to a manager who told him the account information and payment he set up would be “taken care of,” the payment that the complainant set up was still not showing up in the system.
Pelican Auto Finance Contact Information
Pelican Auto Finance, LLC
9444 Farnham Street #200
San Diego, CA 92123
Telephone: (866) 989-9688
Pelican Auto Finance Calling You?
Understanding Your Debt Collection Rights
Consumers are protected from abusive debt collectors from the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). By way of instance, the debt collector must identify himself or herself, who they’re working for, and what debt they’re collecting. The FDCPA claims that debt collectors can’t use any deceptive or misleading representation, like implying the debt is secured by the USA or any particular state. Additionally, they can’t use a badge or uniform to pretend they’re a government employee collecting a debt. Misrepresentation is a violation of the FDCPA and could be reported as such.
In case you’ve been a victim of a debt collector’s wrongdoing, then you can search for justice under the FDCPA. You have the right to pursue a claim against the debt collector; if you prevail, you can collect up to $1,000, plus attorney fees and court costs.
Want to Stop Pelican Auto Finance Debt Collection Harassment Now?
Your debt harassment checklist:
You are receiving multiple calls per week from third party collection agencies
You are receiving early morning or late night calls from debt collectors
You are recieving calls at work from a debt collection agency
Debt collectors are calling your friends, neighbors, or coworkers
Collectors are threatening you with violence, a lawsuit, or arrest
A debt collector attempts to collect more than you owe
You are being threatened with negative credit reporting
A debt collector attempts to intimidate you
Criminal accusations are being made towards you
Use of obscene language during an attempt to collect
Automated robocalls are being made to your phone in an attempt to collect
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About the Author:
Sergei Lemberg is an attorney focusing on consumer law, class actions related to automotive issues, and personal injury litigation. With nearly two decades of experience, his areas of practice include Lemon Law (vehicle defects), Debt Collection Harassment, TCPA (illegal robocalls and texts), Fair Credit Reporting Act, Overtime claims, Personal Injury cases, and Class Actions.
He has consistently been recognized as the nation's "most active consumer attorney." In 2020, Mr. Lemberg represented Noah Duguid before the United States Supreme Court in the landmark case Duguid v. Facebook. He is also the author of "Defanging Debt Collectors," a guide that empowers consumers to fight back against debt collectors and prevail, as well as "Lemon Law 101: The Laws That Lemon Dealers Don't Want You to Know."
