TLDR: RODY HYMAN gave horrible customer service, tried to input incorrect values about my car which then devalued it greatly. When i finally got it appraised properly by someone else at carmax, It appraised for almost 6k more than she said it would be.Then when she tried to return my key fob, my keyblade was missing, she accused me of never having given to her. She then finds the missing keyblade and accuses a different employee of losing the key. i walk out livid.
I should first say that i tend to give people the benefit of the doubt, understanding that on any given day a person might not necessarily be able to bring their "A" game, but one too many straws does break a camels back. My review is based off an employee i had the misfortune of dealing with during my encounter with Carmax. This employee totally mistreated me, and that employee is RODY HYMAN. I have gotten quite a few cars appraised by carmax previously, and had a good idea on what to expect. Upon getting assigned to her as my contact, right off the bat she was very condescending. I thought initially thought nothing of it. I was accompanied by a family member, and right upon meeting us, she told my cousin to stay right there and wait as we went out to my car. I thought it inconsiderate but didn't care too much as i just wanted my car appraised. We head to the parking lot, i show her my car, we do the usual short story, and head back inside. This is where things took a weird turn. She suddenly tells me she will show me what to expect from the appraisal of my car. She then goes to Edmunds and begins to input information based on my model. I think, this is awesome my appraisals on Edmunds and KBB are usually much higher than what Carmax offers me. As she's inputting information about my car on the website, she skips out on all the important features about my car such as the navigation, sports package, premium package ( when i purchased my car, I got It pretty well equipped), so on and so forth. I politely point out to her, that in order to get an accurate representation of my car value, she had to check off those features. Her response was "no thats not how it works". Im almost appalled as how she just disregarded anything i just told her. Well needless to say the estimated value came in almost 9k under what Edmunds and KBB would have appraised it with the correct options. She then goes on to tell me that they will NEVER give me any more than the amount she is currently showing me, and i could take it or leave it. I explained to her that this was incorrect and they had to account for all the options the car had. She then handed me back my keys without any further explanation. I was dumbfounded. I explained to her that i still wanted my car appraised even though she kept insisting she could not give me any more on my appraisal. She reluctantly takes my keys back and gets going on the official appraisal. At this point i know to watch what shes inputting as she has proven she can not enter information properly. Sure enough as shes entering my cars information in the carmax forms, she inputs that my car has AFTERMARKET PARTS. I stop her at this point. i had to explain to her that my car does not have a single aftermarket part on it, and by selecting that option, she was devaluing my car. After some back and forth, she finally CORRECTLY unselects that box and continues on. My car gets appraised and sure enough the appraisal is almost 6k more than what she saying was her MAX offer. Now let me say i dont have an issue with their offer, it was 1k less than Lexus appraised my car for, but it was CLOSE to the ballpark of what i felt my car was worth. She hands me back my key, and i notice she only hands me back the Key FOB without my KEYBLADE. I then tell her that she is missing my KEYBLADE and what she replied with had me absolutely livid. She said " YOU DIDNT GIVE ME THE KEYBLADE." I am about ready to lose it at this point. I am on the verge of just cussing out loud and causing a scene. Fortunately cooler heads prevail, i take a deep breath, decided not to let her bad attitude affect me. I tell her that i indeed gave her a complete Key FOB including the Keyblade and stand my ground. She tells me to wait for a second, she goes back, and then shortly after returns with my missing keyblade. She then tries to pass the buck, saying that it wasn't her who lost the keyblade, (which I understand, the appraisers held my key not her) but the fact that she accused me of not giving her the complete key in the first place is what angered me. I take my key, and without saying a word to her, walk out. i find my experiences with carmax tend to usually be positive; this particular agent does not live to the standards i expect when working with carmax and would like to make sure nobody else gets taken advantage of as i almost was. read more