TLDR: Scam alert!!! Responded to ad on mainstream car sales search website. Asked all standard questions and they tell me car is available. They ask us to come in; they follow up via text an hour before we get there making sure we're still coming, then magically upon arrival, the car "just sold" without them bothering to text us to tell us not to come in, BUT they have a bait and switch they can sell us. Several days later, the fake car is still up online. This folks, is a straight up SCAM! * * * * Just had a very negative experience at Sharon Hill Auto Sales. Drawing business with fake inventory displayed on popular car-buying sites is NOT a good business model. I really hope they decide to rethink their practices. Called ahead, they confirmed car we found online was there, no other interest. Went over doc fees and other standard questions. They texted us just after we left home at 3:30pm, asking if we were still coming. Our prompt reply stated yes. They replied that they'd be there until 6pm. An HOUR in DelCo traffic hell later, and we arrived. Guy comes out (did not introduce himself) asked if we were us (used our names), and asks how we're going to pay (right there in the lot before we saw the car). No, not using their financing, we're all set with payment ready. Then he asks us to go inside. First he tells us the car is "on another lot". Then he tells us there is a dent shown in one photo that isn't there anymore. Then he says the car will be there in a "couple" minutes, then a "few" minutes. I ask how long because my time is already wasted. Then he says we should go get something to eat and come back in an hour. Nothing added up. What kind of downtrodden people does he deal with that are willing to hang out in congested (sometimes dangerous) Sharon Hill for an hour doing nothing? We left to get in our car, feeling annoyed and lied to. Then the guy comes out after us, saying oh actually the other car "just sold" because it "has a deposit" and do we want to look at his other similar options? He's kidding, right? I'd have left immediately but husband wasted time to bite. The "similar option" had double the mileage for same model year and same price. Hell no! TOTAL SCAM!!! I'm very confident their listings are all or mostly all fake scams to draw buyers. For example, the car we saw advertised is still posted several days later, which clearly is BS, and actually fraud. I think the dent story was to try to make it sound more believable like this car did exist and that maybe another option was better? It was all very odd superfluous info that definitely showed me how much effort they put into their sales game BS. Regardless of their make believe stories, I definitely don't touch dealing with crazy nonsense from untrustworthy people. Decent dealers don't lie because of principles, and because they know it just earns them sh!tty online reviews, so I guess Sharon Hill Auto chooses to learn the hard way. How you know a dealer is lying and bottom-feeder creepy: -Why text us to make sure we were coming if there was no car? (Because it was a fake car and a scam) -Why not follow up text us if it "sold" so we didn't waste the trip they KNEW we were making? (Because it was a fake car and a scam) -Why lie and tell us to waste an hour of our night hanging out waiting for nonexistent inventory? (Because it was a fake car and a scam) Over 2 hours plus mileage wasted for nothing. I would never trust actually buying a car here. If the inventory is a BS make believe game to them, you can bet the cars themselves are full of issues! This useless waste of our time ruined our entire evening and my son missed 90% of a school event because we NEEDED to replace our car, and trusted this place, but they LIED! Hope these folks get treated in kind wherever they go! They deserve it! read more

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