Our salesman, Jeff Smith, is absolutely the best. We have purchased 2 vehicles from Atzenhoffer and dealt with Jeff both times. He's an honest, knowledgeable, no bs kind of guy.
Before we purchased our first car (2017 Mirage) from Atzenhoffer, I called a different dealership that was advertised as the "volume dealer" in Texas. I asked for the "out the door price" and my vehicle trade-in value. A salesperson called me back and said the used car manager would take an hour to determine the trade in value (it was a 20 year old Saturn), but it would probably be between $250 and $750 which was fine. He said the price of the new car we wanted was "X". I said I'd have to think about it. An hour later a different salesperson called and said he was the previous salesperson's manager and that he could authorize the price of the new Mirage to be "Y". Ugh! I could see where this was going. An hour later yet another person called and said that he was the 2nd caller's boss and could authorize the new car price to be "Z". At this point, I was exhausted thinking about dealing with those people, driving to the city, AND spending an hour with my "good old girl" Saturn on the lift so they could decide what NOT to give me for a trade-in value.
I took a chance and called Atzenhoffer. I love driving to Victoria and figured after the fiasco with the "volume leader" place, I would see what they had to say. I called and got Jeff Smith on the phone. At this point my patience was already thin because of the other dealership. I said "I need this car with these features, I have a '97 Saturn to trade-in, and I need an out the door price". He called me back in 15 minutes, had exactly what I wanted, and gave me an out the door price within $100 of what took 3 phone calls to the "volume dealer", (more like bs dealer). He also said they'd give me $500 for my trade. I said "just like that, no hour in the shop?". He said "nope."
We drove straight to Atzenhoffer in Victoria after that call. We met with Jeff and took our new car for a test drive. He filled out all of the paperwork quickly, (wonderful penmanship by the way), then took us to see Raymond in Finance. Raymond is extremely knowledgeable about financing vehicles, the best way to go about it, and super fast. By the way, his electronic desk is the coolest thing ever.
Give them chance, and you'll see what I mean. We were in and out in no time with the best car buying experience I've ever had. No bs, upfront BEST price, and very friendly. Never once did I feel like Jeff was going to "go see what his boss says about the price".
If you need a new car, go see Jeff Smith. Atzenhoffer has many new cars for the same price as many places has used ones so why wouldn't you? I can't say enough that Jeff is the best. We have purchased 2 vehicles so far (the first got totalled by baseball sized hail) and my kids are now 16 and 17. I have no doubt that will be going back to see him.
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