While visiting an elderly friend of mine I noticed and commented on her very nice looking beige previously owned Cadillac she'd just purchased from Hutchinson Auto Mall.
She couldn't wait to tell me how unhappy she was with Hutchinson Auto Mall because they'd taken advantage of her. They sold her an expensive service contract yet she just could not get them to honor any of the multiple necessary and very expensive service repairs that started happening very shortly after the purchase.
She really didn't even know how much they'd charged her for this service agreement because the finance manager told her, "don't worry about that because it's already included in with your payments.".
I asked her to let me look at her finance contract - and HOLY COW - $4,921.00 !!!!
Allow me to spell that out !!
FOUR THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED, TWENTY ONE DOLLARS . For an $895 worthless service contract.
Just so you know, they did offer to cancel it when we asked at the dealership after just a few months of ownership - and they said SURE - they'd give her back $432.00.
So. We called the service contract company for an answer repeatedly over a period of several days and were finally told, "Ok, here's the deal. The $432.00 amount was THEIR (the service contract company's) 'rule of 7/8ths' part of the refund... but the dealership also owed my friend the Hutchinson's part of the refund... of $3,078.00 !!!!!!!!
She was absolutely mortified to find out that in THIS city and at THIS LATE DATE something like this could still happen to a private citizen.
It may not have been out and out CRIMINAL what they did to her ... neither is putting a bullet through your dog's brain just because you were in a bad mood - but it certainly BORDERS on what's legal and/ or ethical. I really do wonder how a prosecutor, judge, and our Georgia court system would look at something like this ?
Just do yourself, your family, friends, coworkers, a huge favor and look away... far FAR away... from this dealership.
They sold my friend an $895 worthless service contract for almost FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS - would absolutely not calculate the full and honest refund - and then slipped and slid around in their service department and STILL made her pay for all those expensive repairs.
Way to go you guys. You took advantage of an old lady with good credit who thought she needed a Cadillac who, after the death of her husband who used to handle all the financial stuff, YOU saw a way to line your pockets.
Well done you. read more