I wish there was an option for a ZERO stars, because that's what this dealership deserves. I did get a response to my inquiry. A few days later I called to inquire if the vehicle was still available (20h before I would be going to look at it). I was told yes, and that directions would be texted to me. Never received them - that should have been the 1st hint. So I drive to the address on CarGurus, and find out the truck is not there.OK, fine, mistakes happen.The person I talked to verified that the truck was available (called the other location's manager) and I was sent off on a 13-15 min drive to the next town over). I get there, and the manager (Kyle) refers to a '12 truck.. "No" I said, I'm here to look at the '08. Well, guess what, it is "mysteriously" not on the lot and he doesn't know where the truck is (gee, should we call the police dept and report it STOLEN???). Ahh, but he can help & sell me another truck, the '12 or another truck... and inquires what am I looking for? Umm, I'm looking for the truck that was advertised and I was twice told within a 20 h stretch (the 2nd time, just 15 min before I was supposed to view it) that it WAS AVAILABLE...SERIOUSLY??? So I go back to the original (parent) dealership to advise the manager that they have a serious problem with how they are treating customers. He washed his hands saying he had just relied what he was told on the phone...sure, in the era of digital record keeping where UPS can track the tiniest of packages shipped from QVC, they don't know where a friggin' 1 TON truck is? When I said that it should be easy to see how the nasty car salesman reputation is earned, he got all offended and bent out of shape... Well, excuse me, Mr. Sensitive, but it is the truth. He did offer to fill my tank, since I drove in from Tampa (1 1/2 hrs each way) but I want NOTHING to do with their dealership and I had not come in for charity - I had come in to do business, and they failed miserably. I was lied to twice, then the manager at their second lot was trolling to see if he could "help me out" with another vehicle. Maybe they thought a petite woman would be easy pickings... I didn't come to the dealership for HELP - I came in to do a CASH deal on the advertised truck, if it met my criteria (the last dealer I went to made up a story about the car being in a dealership in an area that had been deemed flooded but he vehicles were ok. He had steamed cleaned the engine and the inside... but failed to remove the DRIED SALT CRYSTALS under the back seat of the truck - thank you but I needed a truck not a BOAT...) Nothing they can do gives me back the 4 hrs I wasted on my only day off in the last 13 days, when I could have been in Bradenton looking at another truck. So bottom line - buyer beware. Unless you are standing on their lot in front of the car you want, and you sign on it, don't trust much of what they'll tell you on the phone or anywhere else on their lot. Oh, and write down the VIN number of the car you looked at and wanted, check it against the sales purchase order AND check it against the VIN on the car that is delivered to you... just sayin' read more
