I wanted to give it some time before I left a review to ensure that it was as objective as…read morepossible.
1. Charles is the best salesperson in the world. He will make sure your are informed, comfortable with your decisions, and will even try to help you out after the sale, i.e. dealing with finance or maintenance.
2. The finance department has the tendency to be rude. Everything is good with them as long as they have their money on time. They do not extent grace and do not have any patience for misunderstandings.
I got my car 3 months ago. When I got the car, I put their insurance on it. I was told all I had to do was send the declaration page of my own insurance and they would removed the extra money from my note that I was paying for their insurance. I got insurance on my car 3 days later, but forgot to send them the declaration page. On the day the note was due, I called the finance company to tell them I had the insurance and could that be removed so I could pay the note. They said I would had to call 3 days prior so they could verify the insurance and I would be responsible for the payment of the car note and the insurance. Since I really wasn't expecting them to say no, I only had money for the note, not the insurance. There is a 3 day grace period, so I asked if they could start the verification process now, and I would pay the note on the 3rd day of the grace period. They basically said no.
I take total responsibility for my non-adulting moment, but I am human and things happen. I am also a teacher, at middle school, in a teacher shortage, and run around like a chicken with my head cut off for most of the day. The following day, I called them to pay the note but late fee were tagged on and their were high, along with the insurance was more than I had. They told me they could not take the partial payment, could not not removed the insurance, could not removed the late fee, could not do anything, and I would have until the next day to pay or they would take it.
On the third day (morning, not evening), I went outside and my car had been repossessed. I called just to make sure that is what happened, but the police said they had no record of my car being repossessed or towed and car lot are required by law to report it. So the police, and myself were at that point working under the assumption that my car had been stolen. Around 11 pm I got a call back that it was repossessed and they were going to bring it back because it wasn't reported but the lot was locked so they were going to bring it back the next business day (which would have been Monday).
When I called back on Monday, I spoke with someone named Racquel. She was extremally rude. While trying to get everything resolved she hung up in my face at least 5 time. I was now responsible for the note, the insurance, the late fee, and the repossession fee which totaled almost a grand! They would not take payment over the phone. I had to come in person and bring cash.
I had my mom meet me up there because again, I did not have the money for all of that, and mommy to the rescue (shout out to you). She was extremally rude to my mother, and me. We were up there for almost an hour to pay a car note. When I finally paid, she claimed she could not give me my car. Because they had tried to active multiple keys to my car, Onstar has locked my car and deactivated all keys (I didn't know this at the time). She said the had someone coming up to fix it. After 45 minutes she said no one was coming and I could come pick the car up tomorrow. She offered me my payment back. She said it was out of the goodness of her heart because her sister is a teacher. When I took her up on the offer she said if I took my money back, she would cancel the contract on my car. Her response then was that was she gets for trying to be kind. I sent the copy of the declaration page so that I wouldn't have this problem anymore.
Fast-forwarding to the next month on my due date, they were claiming the did not have my declaration page. I told them when I sent it so they went in, they checked the email, and has the insurance payment removed within 7 minutes. I didn't want to have a debacle with them so I left it be but was remembering the previous month's ordeal and how easily it would have been resolved.
This month (today), I paid the note with ease and everything was civil, which is why I stated, everything is good as long as there is no misunderstandings, mistakes, or miscommunications. There is no grace extended, the is no compromises made, or effort to try to understand the customer. Money talks, BS walks I guess. I saw on the google reviews how someone in the office puts all of your business on front street when you try to leave a review which was made me hesitant to even write this but its needed. To think of how excited I was to work with them and how helpful they were in the beginning is disheartening. However, it is a lesson learned.