Car buyers, let's narrow down what Auto Credit Express does with your credit information! (sells it)
1. If they told you it would "soft pull" your credit and you signed, Congratulations! You just agreed to let up to 5 dealerships pull your credit, therefore up to 5 hard pulls, and each dealership can have as many as 10 different lenders, so if all dealerships have 10 lenders, there's 50 hard pulls, all of which drop you credit score up to 20 points per pull.
2. You may be under the impression that you will/are approved for little to no money down, which is why you want to work with them, but in all actuality, all they do is tell you that, since the car dealership paid for these leads, and then the dealership won't approve you for $0 down, you're looking at maybe $800+ down. But now you're invested, so you want to entertain the idea of that, but it doesn't work on the vehicle you want, the vehicle you want requires $2000 down. Now you have at least one hard inquiry on your credit, wasted time for yourself, and the salesman, and you can't afford the car you want, so you have to settle for a car you hate, but ACE doesn't care, they've already made the money.
3. They are not giving you loans. They are SELLING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION to dealerships. The email you get saying you were approved through whatever dealership as long as you call them, is scripted email that is sent before the dealership even gets the lead, and now you're excited cause you were approved for $0 down, until the dealership tells you that the lender can't approve it.
ACE then puts this off on the dealer to save their name, but in all actuality, they know what they're doing. They know that this doesn't work as advertised.
For the people purchasing vehicles and looking to do it with an application through ACE, DO NOT DO IT! Your credit will suffer. You time will be wasted. They will tell you whatever they need to so that they can get money from the dealerships. If you're working with challenged credit, go directly to the dealerships that specialize in that. They are more willing to sell you a car. ACE just wants money from the car dealerships by lying to them and the people who are going to them for help. read more