About a year ago, I filed for the Goodwill package in November. I also filed for it in January, because it never arrived. I never got the package, even though they said it had been sent.
I could swear that I sent the information about the car months ago. I went back and forth about whether to receive the buy back or just select a repair for the emissions control.
It was more recently that they asked for the legal documents. It seemed an eternity to get a response, even though it was supposedly a ten day window. Thankfully, uploading photos of the documents speeded the response.
Today, I received the final offer letter.
It was necessary to print, sign, have it notarized, and send it back as a .pdf format file. Once again, uploading will speed the process.
The next step seems to be the exchange of money and the car. They are offering to electronically send the funds, which is quite a bonus. It would have been quite a walk from the Volkswagen dealer to the bank and then, to look at cars. Funds availability is my question. Hopefully, they'll be available nearly as soon as they will have been received.
Update 2016.12.02: Got a notification to schedule an appointment to finalize documents. There is no word of payment to me.
The first appointment was on the 17th of this month, which suggests to me that the buy back will happen ever further out, maybe in January.
Update 2016.12.17: Finished with the appointment very quickly.
The designated person from the dealership worked the software, took photos to confirm everything, and took my car and information.
There was no check or EFT, and being that it is Saturday, I guess I shouldn't expect anything until Monday. After that, I will still have to wait 2-3 days for availability most likely.
Someone from the dealership was nice enough to drive me the 15 miles back to my city, since there is no public transportation between counties.
Volkswagen has taken receipt of my car, and I have nothing. I just left a review on Yelp for the headquarters in Auburn Hills, MI.
Update 2016.12.19: This morning I was disappointed to not find an e-mail telling me that money was on the way. I called the phone number related to the court settlement and the hard to understand woman was kind and reassuring, but she couldn't help much. She told me that once I responded to the e-mail with my banking details, it would take about 24 hours for the money to be deposited. Then, it would be 2-3 days for it to be available. This didn't help my emotional state.
It arrived this afternoon, 27 minutes after the 5 p.m. EST this-will-be-processed-tomorrow deadline. I might have money Thursday but I should have money Friday. If it comes too late, Christmas Eve arrives, and the Egg Nog hits the fan. Two days without a car has been enough.
Update 2016.12.20: It's finished.
When I checked this morning, the money was in the account. It didn't say pending, but I wasn't 100% sure and I called the toll-free number to check. The available balance included the money from Volkswagen.
I contacted the salesperson from Saturday and he picked me up and we finalized the transaction. I now have a 2015 Hyundai Accent GS. It's a step down, to be sure, but it's not a bad car. It's just not the car I wanted as my final car. I've been kicking myself for weeks, thinking that I should have bought an inexpensive used car and driven across the country, traded it when I bought a new, California-compatible car, and I'd still have that. Oh, well. It's done.
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