Helaas een teleurstellende ervaring. Vooraf heb ik expliciet bij LeaseSwap nagevraagd of een private-leasecontract bij Mercedes-Benz Financial Services via hen kon worden overgenomen. Dit werd bevestigd, waarna mijn auto ongeveer twee maanden op het platform heeft gestaan.
Uiteindelijk werd er daadwerkelijk een geïnteresseerde overnemer gevonden, maar pas op dat moment bleek dat Mercedes Financial Services geen contractovernames meer accepteert. LeaseSwap gaf vervolgens aan dat hun laatste aanvraag bij Mercedes eind vorig jaar was geweest en dat de informatie dus niet actueel was gecontroleerd.
Erg jammer, want als ik dit vooraf had geweten, had ik die twee maanden kunnen gebruiken om naar andere oplossingen te zoeken.
De communicatie was verder netjes, snel en er zijn uiteindelijk geen kosten in rekening gebracht.
Leaseswap doet precies wat er beloofd wordt, ontzorgt en bij vragen/onduidelijkheden snelle afstemming
Er werd na het plaatsen van mijn auto al snel een overnamekandidaat gevonden en hierna ging het proces erg vlot. De communicatie verliep prettig.
Hele fijne website en super ininatief, snelle reactie tijden en nog leuke persoonlijke briefkaart na levering.
Around January/February 2026, I first contacted them showing my interest in car to swap the lease and explained that my current lease would end in May, meaning I am in need of another car from 1 June. At that time, I was sent back saying it was too early to start the process and that I should contact them again in April.
I followed the advice and reached out again in April. I was then informed that the process could be started and that it would typically take approximately 3–4 weeks. I promptly provided all requested information and was told the process had been initiated.
A couple weeks later(in May), I was contacted by them and asked whether I had heard anything from the Car Dealer, but I had received no communication.
Since then, I have followed up a few times and have received indications that some approval was pending and will be done soon. However, almost two months after the process was initiated, there still was no confirmation, no timeline, and no indication of when a decision can be expected.
The most difficult part was that my previous lease had now ended, leaving me without a vehicle. I had to start looking for other options.
Eventually, I did receive an update(somewhere 3rd week of June) but it was a bit too late as I had already made up my mind and committed elsewhere to own a 2nd hand car instead.
3 stars for their effort in trying to speed up the process, however, my experience has not been super good.
Only suggestion is: Do not send back a potential client, saying "it's too early", instead just initiate the process anyway making the client aware about the timeline and let them decide if they would like to wait or not. I believe it can prevent a lot of procedural unpleasantness.