Audi A5 - buying experience.
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Topic: Audi A5 - buying experience.
Posted By: beken
Subject: Audi A5 - buying experience.
Date Posted: 04 March 2015 at 10:29am
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I helped somebody buy an Audi A5 last week. We cut a
pretty good deal until the check was handed over and then everything went wrong. After signing the contracts, the dealer said she could have the car that day. So she put a down on her credit card and we went home to get the cheque (paying by cash/cheque). So we went back in the afternoon to finalize the transaction. They put us in the room with the finance guy to try and sell her extended warranty, and I felt they all looked kind of nervous. The salespitch lasted a long time and I had to go home. So left my Sister in law at the dealer to finish transfer to the insurance and hand over the 50K cheque. Well, at 7:00, SIL called to say she was still at the dealership. While the car was waiting to be detailed, it got vandalized. The seats and tires got slashed. We're rather burned because the dealership didn't say anything until after they took the money. It probably wouldn't have been any issue to delay the delivery. But they took the money and SIL had to put a stop payment on the cheque. Lots of business process problems at this new(ish) dealership. The dealership already has SIL's old car, and downpayment and the insurance was already transferred. They also did not have a courtesy car available for her so the sales manager loaned her his car (SUV). -------------  Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |
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Posted By: Dr.Fiero
Date Posted: 05 March 2015 at 5:15pm
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Wow... I'm really thinking names need to be named here.
I'd be taking 100% of my money, and walking out the door. Threatening to sue as I left! I went and looked at a car a few years back (dealer). They asked for my drivers license, and took it to get 'copied'. They then pretty much held it hostage while we negotiated a deal. After I decided I really didn't want anything to do with the deal, they virtually refused to give it back until we did the deal! I started to get REALLY loud, and threatening to call the cops and reporting them for theft and taking me virtually hostage. |
Posted By: beken
Date Posted: 06 March 2015 at 8:45am
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You know, if they had just said they couldn't deliver the
car until next week, I'm sure nobody would have been worse for wear on the deal. But they took the money and transferred the insurance over, then said there was a problem.  ------------- Beken (aka Ken) - bekentech@westcoastfieros.com Original and still the owner of an 85SE 2M6 4spd |