Remember my problems with Curry Chevrolet? If you don’t just Google them; I’m right on the first page of results telling you not to buy a car from them.
Anyway, in my story, I mention:
As we were sitting there, our sales rep asked around if that car had been sold. Everyone chimed in that it was not, and there was no tag on the vehicle (like there was on the other sold ones) saying it was sold. While we were signing the paperwork, our rep got a phone call and when he hung up, he informed us that it was a person looking to put a deposit down on the car so we had to hurry up and sign the papers (yeah, looking back on it, I don’t believe it either). We didn’t care; we were signing them anyway. We were going to trade in our car and add whatever we needed to to make the deal.
One of my commenters also had a similar story:
I’ve never bought an american car, but one of the local GM dealerships had a 2005 Jaguar coupe that I desperately wanted… It was the right color, right options, and very low milage so I went down to take a look. It was the first time I’d been to a GM dealership, and it was the last. After taking a 10 minute test drive, the salesman said he was expecting someone in at the end of the day with a deposit, and that I had to sign right NOW otherwise he would “save” the car.
Oldest trick in the book, huh guys?
Yet another reason not to buy a car from Curry Chevrolet in Scarsdale.
quote: I’m right on the first page of results telling you not to buy a car from them.
Which is why I love Web 2.0 and the power it gives the individual. Google and web reviews are powerful, and many business just don’t seem to care about about their online reputation or presence. No amount of radio / TV advertising can counter someone simply typing their name in Google and finding your story and the Consumerist’s follow to it.
Sure competitors and jerks can write bad reviews and opinions for the sake of just being malicious – but savvy people know the BS from the legit stuff. overall I can’t think of anything I appreciate the net for more.
When I read well written opinions, positive or negative, about a company it definitely sways my decision on whether or not I’ll be doing business with them.
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