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Via The Consumerist

Hi Consumerist,

I’ve been reading your website for quite a while and need some help for my brother. He went to Bay Ridge Nissan in Brooklyn, NY to lease a Nissan Pathfinder. He negotiated the deal to 311 a month and 1200 out of pocket costs. When I went with him to the dealership on Wednesday to pick up the car and sign the paperwork, the numbers were all changed. They added a bunch of fees, including a mysterious prep fee. After much negotiating, we decided not to buy the vehicle. My brother had left a $500 deposit earlier, and they said he would get it back.

Today, the salesman called and begged him to come take the car. After he said no, the salesman said he’s not getting his deposit back. The salesman also intercepts any phone calls to the manager and says we must only speak to his manager and his manager will be in tomorrow. He said we’d be surprised at what he can make up to keep the deposit. I’m wondering what to do to get the deposit back.

I wont be shopping there.

State Senator Martin J. Golden (R-C, Brooklyn), Congressman Vito Fossella (R-13th District), and City Councilman Vincent Gentile (D-43rd District), today are announcing that the New York State Department of Health has granted a reprieve that will maintain an operational emergency room at Victory Memorial Hospital for an undetermined amount of time, beyond the planned closure scheduled for February 1, 2008 as part of the final recommendations of the Berger Commission.

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The 107-year-old Bay Ridge institution Victory Memorial Hospital is preparing to shut its doors. Hospital officials say they are now attempting to close the building by February 1, 2008.

• Victory Memorial Hospital
• A Loss for Victory (Brooklyn Paper)
• Victory Hospital on death row (Bay News)