First off let me explain a little bit about my experience. We were interested in a Kia Soul, that was bought back by Kia in Sebring, my husband had spoke to Mr. Cox which was very willing to help us, knowing this when the advertisement came out regarding the "BIG" clearance sale me and my daughter went down to see if we could find out more about the vehicle, upon arriving we were greeted by two pleasant employee's willing to help out. I explained to them that there was a Kia Soul that we were interested in for my daughter's first vehicle, and it was at the Kia Dealership. At that time the gentlemen walked over and spoke to Mr Hedges, by the way he never bothered to come over to speak to us, since we were aware of the price of the vehicle due to speaking to the owner, we were expecting a pretty good deal, instead Mr Hedges, had marked the vehicle up more than $3000 dollars, and wasn't willing to negotiate at all, stated that the vehicle was marked as low as he was going to go. At that time my daughter and I were very upset, she had her hopes up high and this was a total let down.
We then left and went to the Kia Dealership in Sebring, where a family member, Jenny Goins McNabb,
is employed to explain the event so that she would know why we weren't purchasing the vehicle, she went out of her way and called the Toyota Dealership, and drove down with us to speak to Eric Rice, which was very willing to help, he explained that he already sent Chris Sanchez over to get the keys from Mr Hedges and then to go get the Kia Soul and bring it over, no sooner than he said that his phone rang, it was Chris Sanchez stating that Mr Hedges refused to give him the keys to the Kia Soul and stated that he didn't care if God was there wanting to buy it he wasn't giving him the keys. Needless to say, not only was I shocked, so were the employees there, I couldn't believe my ears, never in my life have I ever been treated like that, especially by a so called manager. I was wondering what kind of people are employed here!! What in the world am I doing at a place where the employees are so rude. I wanted to walk out of there and never go back!!
However, Eric Rice, Maddy Snow and Chris Sanchez wasn't going to let that happen,the manager Tony Pate even took time out of his busy schedule to come over introduce himself and say high, they ALL went above and beyond their jobs to help us. If it hadn't been for these 3 and my sister-in-law Jenny Goins McNabb, I would have taken my business else where. Eric Rice found us a Kia Soul, and made sure it all went smoothly. He showed us that him and his employee's are about making sure it is a pleasant experience and that it's not about how much he makes on a sale rather it's more important to make sure the customer is satisfied.
I would highly recommend the Toyota Dealership in Sebring, no matter what kind of vehicle it is that you are looking for, these employees really know how to treat you!!
Even though it wasn't the Kia Soul she wanted, the employee's at the Toyota Dealership, and of course Jenny Goins McNabb, made things possible, and put a smile on my daughter's face, I want to Thank You All!!
Eunice A. Goins
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