SCAM ALERT! Just like all the other reviews say, do not go to this bait and switch used car dealer. DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY CASH!! They will LIE, LIE, LIE to you to get you on the lot, and try to talk you into giving them cash down on cars they do not even have on their lot.
I called this place Friday, inquired about a car I saw on their website at a low price. My instinct was that this was another shady car lot trying to scam people. So I called them. I spoke to Giuseppe, who said he was a salesman, and I asked him about the all the fees and for him to give me the out-the-door total price including tax, tag, and title, and I was bringing a plate to transfer, and I am paying cash, no financing.
The $16,300 car would be in the $17k range, and absolutely NOT over $18k out the door everything included. I again asked him specifically about the dealer fees, internet pricing, and the paying cash fee. He said don't worry about those, it will be under $18k total. They can waive those fees. He said the car was sitting outside and looks beautiful and I could drive it away today if I came in now. I told him I'll call back Saturday and come then.
I asked him about these fees because on their website's fine print, that probably no one but me reads, it says they may add a $1000 dealer/ reconditioning fee, and the advertised prices listed are after $2000 down payment, plus add up to 20% more based on the total price, if you are a cash buyer. This 20% additional fee for cash buyers is to make up for the lost interest and kickbacks they get when selling the car via financing.
Next day I called and spoke to GiGi?? and they said I need to set an appointment or I can't come in to buy the car. I gave her my info, told her what I wanted to buy, only 1 specific car, and I asked if the car was still sitting on their lot, she checked and confirmed it was sitting out front and ready for me to test drive then buy. Since I buy a lot of vehicles, I am good at spotting scams, so I still felt uneasy about these fees being waived and asked her what the price was. She confirmed it would be no more than $18k out the door, all in, total.
I showed up for my appt, there were a lot of shade looking people hanging around the lot that looked like crack heads, enough to give you a very uneasy, unsafe feeling, like you need to watch your back and your wallet, and maybe need to be packing a gun. The lot was packed 4 cars deep bumper to bumper.
No one was wearing a Covid-19 mask except for me and the extra driver I brought with me to drive my new car home.
We walked the small lot packed with about 50 cars total, not 165 like their website advertises they have in stock. We did not see the car I was coming to buy. Thought maybe they're still prepping it.
A young lady named Maggie greeted and asked to assist me. I told her I'm here to see and buy a car and had an appt. After about 20 minutes of talking to her, and her going to talk to the owner a couple times, she told me the car has not made it to the lot yet, that it was at a mechanic shop nearby getting certified and ready, and that shop was closed, but I can put down cash to hold the car and come back in 3 to 7 days to see and buy it. I said I'm not putting cash down on any car they don't even have on the lot and I can't inspect. She also said the out the door price was $22k cash, not the $18k the other 2 reps lied to me and told me.
I asked Maggie why the other reps lied to me to get me to drive an hour there, she said she did not know why they did that, but she hears the same story from a lot of people that come to buy cars there.
This car lot lies and tells you anything to get you on their ghetto hood rat lot, then try's to get cash down from you for a car they don't have on the lot.
This car lot is only there to rip off people that their sales staff can con into giving them money. They will lie about cars they don't even have, tell you fake out the door prices, and ask you for cash deposits, that I am sure the buyer never gets back.
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