I saw the negative reviews on Yelp, but there weren't many, so we took a chance to go look at a car at Coleman Chevrolet (New Boston, Texas). We had spoken to John who stated the car was still there. We are looking for a first car for our teenage "new driver." We don't want to spend a fortune, which I know is relative, because the odds are pretty high that the car may get into a tussle with .. something. So we drove two hours from Dallas to look at the car. We drove it, and inspected it. There was some minor damage/dings to the body, interior looked very good, but a there was a shimmy when you got the car to a certain speed. Breaks needed work. All in all, a decent car that we knew going in would need some work and would have no warranty. For the price listed ($17,800) or even a little less, we felt it was a fair deal. We talk it over and then go in to speak with John. John tells us pretty quickly that that price (the one still advertised on their website site that I just took a photo of to include with this post) is really higher because they've "done some things" to the car. And even though this is their own website, John says they can't make changes to it so they weren't able to edit the price listed on the website. Pretty quickly I'm seeing 'red flags.' AND .. before we even know the price or agree on any number, he makes it very clear they want us to consider using their financing. We had already gotten approval from our Credit Union for any financing, and they usually have the best rates. So John leaves and comes back and has written on a piece of paper ($18,880 "with financing"). Then he proceeds to say they replaced the windshield and did some body repairs. Funny, that was exactly $1000 more than the advertised price. I said "John, this is really weird. I've been buying cars for a long time and I've never seen a price for a specific car advertised and then go in to find out they've raised the price. You knew we were coming from Dallas, so why didn't you mention the price is actually higher than advertised." John said "well, why didn't you ask?" The insanity of that hit me pretty quickly. My husband was looking right at the website when he called John and was told the car was still available. He was looking right at the listed price so why would he ask if it was a real price? Maybe it's a silly assumption, but we do assume that if a price changes, the dealership will make the edit. So I told John, "this seems kind of.... " and I was trying to think of a nice way to say it, but before I could finish my sentence, John said "Deceptive?" And I said, "yeah, deceptive. Thank you." Honestly, at this point I was done. Then John said he was going to go talk to his manager, and when he left, I told my husband that I couldn't deal with them and that I was going outside. The only shot they had at selling us that car was to at least put it at the listed price, but selfishly, I decided my husband would have to finish that discussion and I left. I just went outside. I saw my husband only a few minutes later and he said the final price John came back with was $18,500 - still $700 over the price advertised (and it still is advertised at that price!) John also kept talking about the financing. How can we even discuss financing at all when we can't buy the car for the price tag you have on it? I really got the impression that once they knew we had our own financing, they did not care at all about selling that car to us. They also looked up other similar cars and their prices to base their cost on, but some of those had 1) more upgrades and a higher level 2) less mileage and 3) who knows what else. Fortunately, when we set off, it was on a nice Saturday morning and we viewed it as a couples road trip. Maybe we would return with a car, maybe not. So not much sweat off our backs, honestly. Most of my own disappointment stems from the fact that these are people who are obviously trying to take advantage of people. I would imagine their financing comes with higher rates. Some people are desperate and really need a car and may not be able to get their own financing. To lure people in with one number, only to spring a higher number on them, is a mean spirited way to make money. I feel bad for John because he could have sold that car today and he didn't. He could have had us as future customers and he won't. Hopefully, whoever reads this won't put themselves through the same disappointment. read more