I have a dispute with Ally Financial over a lease for vehicle that has ended. Ally is demanding payment of {$640.00} because of scratches on a vehicle I returned to the dealership at the end of the lease. The term lease was for three years and XXXX miles. I took very good care of the vehicle throughout the three year term of the lease, and returned it with XXXX miles, XXXX XXXX less than I essentially paid for. Ally Financial is claiming that the XXXX scratches ( mainly on the roof and hood of the car ) amount to " excess wear and tear '' because the XXXX scratches are more than XXXX inches in length. 
Ally 's lease is, by its own terms, the entire agreement between myself and Ally. The excess wear and tear provision in the lease is quite specific and detailed. Nowhere within the excess wear and tear provision is there any indication that scratches a certain measurement amount to excess wear and tear. 
This is not an argument on a technicality. I reviewed and relied on the lease and its terms before returning the vehicle. I also visited the dealership with the car for assistance in making sure there were no issues with excess wear and tear. The dealership representative told me the car was in excellent condition and that because I was returning the vehicle with less miles than I was allotted ( XXXX less miles ), I was pretty much returning a vehicle with more value than could have been expected. 
What Ally is doing is attempting to enforce its unilateral determination - outside of what is described in the lease - of what constitutes " excess wear and tear. '' That unilateral determination is performed outside the presence of the consumer, without the consumer 's knowledge, on terms not agreed to by the consumer. I have no doubt that Ally has collected monies from other consumers under similar circumstances and it is in my view a bully practice. 
I have written a letter to Ally and it has not responded. In fact, I have never received any final notice indicating that I owed the amount referenced above. Instead, I was sent a " reminder notice '' of the owed amount, and after I called to confirm this was a mistake, the representative told me I did owe the amount and could not explain why a final notice was not sent to me. 
I am concerned about my the amount that Ally claims I owe. I am concerned about this affecting my credit at this point. I am also concerned about this type of bill collecting. I am troubled by Ally 's failure to respond in a reasonable manner. Despite my best efforts to resolve this with Ally, it does not appear to be going anywhere. 
