I went to the Herson's Pre-Owned dealership this past Saturday, I went with my mother to find her a new car, Herson's Pre-Owned was exxxxxxxxxtremely nice and wonderful to work with. My mother drove off in her new 2013 Kia Optima grinning from ear to ear, which is impressive because she was being a little bit of a cranky brat all morning, let me tell you! Benny was our salesman and he was very polite, ever the gentleman, and even understood whatever middle-aged car choosing crisis my mother was going through. He helped pick out a car that was apparently Goldilocks levels of "just right." Once she test drove the Optima and fell in love, we worked with Kevin and Mike for the remainder of the financing process.
Kevin was simply AMAZE BALLS, he was more than helpful, he was caring and empathetic of the confusing situation we were in, in terms of our financing/credit needs. He was engaging and genuine in relation to the consumer and salesmen dichotomy. He went beyond that superficial back-n-forth of what is considered "good customer service," banter and actually spoke to us like real people, mentioning our family friend who referred us to them and how nice she was, to even keeping me posted on the Caps score throughout our 3-4 hour endeavor, and even though he tried to pretend like he wasn't at the top of his game, (no sleep/kids...what can you do?) he was damn good at his job! He worked with us and found a solution that was allowable for his own business to function, but didn't over exert us as customers to maintain any sort of bottom line/quota.
Mike was also very awesome, he's the last hurdle before we finally get keys and get to go home, and he still manages to be enthusiastic and upbeat without being the annoying IN YOUR FACE excited type. He has a really cool desk thing that allows us to sign all of our paperwork electronically but it's like huge so it's like looking at a paper. He was even not-lame-super-serious business man and let me doodle with the pen while my mother decided on a warranty option. Bonus, he's left handed, which automatically gives him extra points. He was informative and precise about every form we had to sign, what we were signing, and why. He was really good at persuading us to the best warranty option without trying to shove the most expensive option down our throats.
So all around if you're reading this and wondering if you should go or not, I say totes go for it. They're nice people, wonderful to work with, and honestly the BEST car buying experience my mother said she's ever had. Ever in the history of evers. read more