After a nightmare of a range anxiety experience with my F150 lightning, my wife and I decided to…read morelook at the GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1. While returning from an overnight work trip, I impulsively stopped by Sheehy GMC of Hagerstown and was promptly greeted by the amazing Wanda Bennett. I was in my two-day old work clothes: a green "Ocean City, MD" hoodie, a dusty black puffer work jacket, with a beat-up trucker's cap, didn't exactly meet the profile of a Denali buyer. I explained to Wanda of my predicament. She took the time and care to listen to my every word and guided me without the stereotypical high pressure sales. I also met her manager, Chris, who also displayed same calm, professional demeanor. He gave me his best price up front, suggested his professional expertise in regard to my two truck trade-ins. I also informed them, that this was my first stop, and I had three other dealerships to check out. No stringing along, no non-sense. Chris and Wanda wished me luck and promised to follow up.
After bouncing from dealership to dealership, my final stop was at a dealership where I last purchased my
current truck. To my surprise, I was engulfed in the dreaded stereotypical "car buying experience" at my "own" dealership! They tried to guilt me, humiliate me, contradict me into buying theirs over Sheehy's. In the end, they did offer a very competitive offer for my trade-ins but not without leaving me with a horrible taste of disgust. I left without buying.
Next morning, when Wanda followed up as she promised, I initially told her I was going to wait. After mulling over ourselves back and forth, we decided to sell our trade-ins on our own and to go ahead with the purchase. Sheehy GMC of Hagerstown was the farthest from my house, over an hour an a half away. While other (much closer) dealerships were willing to match Sheehy's offer or even beat their trade-in values, we couldn't help ourselves from driving back with delight, back to Hagerstown.
The warmth of family, professional courtesy, and no hassle buying is very real at Sheehy GMC Hagerstown! From the finance manager who kindly explained the contract without trying to hard upsell (I did end up buying the Sheehy VIP pass), to Wendy, the evening manager that night who really took care of me when we hit a minor hitch, to Steve, a neighboring salesperson, who kindly struck up a conversation and voluntarily showed me how to operate the truck while I waited, this had to be my most memorable, pleasant car buying experience in my 50 year old, 25-year veteran-salesperson's life!!
They had me at hello. Our deepest gratitude to the entire family at Sheehy. Their tag line is "It's that easy at Sheehy" and it really was. Forget 5 stars, everyone deserves 10 stars! Thank you for making my dream truck buy beyond exceptional, and demonstrating what an exemplary car buying experience should all be!
Gratefully,
Brian
A New Sheehy Customer for Life