10/26/20- I went to RT 23 Kia to purchase a Telluride and spoke to rep Rosa. After hours of negotiotions, she worked out a deal for a Kia Telluride EX, $45,660 plus $5000 dealer mark up! She said she could give me more gave me more on my trade in for $17,000, $2500 more than initial quoted trade in value.
The DEAL- $529.60 for 66 months at 1.9% with the 17k trade in for the EX.
When finalizing the deal, Rosa said that the car that the car was no longer available due to some confusion internally. STRANGE. She said to look for another car. This took more time since we went out the lot to look at morea cars. She suggested another model which was the Telluride SX top model but almost similar in price which is $46,220, a $560 higher price than 8the car she originally tried to sell me. She then went to her finance person to crunch the final numbers. The finance person came up to me and said that there must have been some mistake and the new amount is $609 for 66 months with the trade in.
I questioned the discrepancy to Rosa and she got her manager. Her manager Scott came over and sat in front of me on a desk. You can see that Scott was upset already and seemed frustrated and irate. He tried to explain that the person who made the mistake is Jimmy and he left for the day. I said to please reconfigure the amount because it looks way higher and it looks like an error, an amount of $80 more per month for a higher purchase price of $560? You can see by his facial reaction that he's getting more upset. He started getting aggressive and said that these are the new numbers and he said to and I quote" DO NOT FU*K WITH ME!", These are the numbers!". Scott said this twice! He said this as I was stating my case, he repeated the same foul language towards me and became even more belligerent and this time he leaned forward towards me, then he got up and came towards my direction and I thought he was trying to get physical and intimidate me. I looked around and I noticed that I was the only customer in the building at 7pm.
I asked for his supervisor and he called in Sergio and I was hoping he could explain this guy's behavior. Unfortunately, he made it even worse. I asked Sergio for that person's name that almost attacked me but he said, "Don't worry about him, you're dealing with me now". I could hear Scott yelling in the background sitting by the finance person and yelling towards me saying "WHO are you gonna complain to now? - No one, that's right! Get out of here!" He repeated this over and over for the entire time Sergio was talking to me.
Sergio did not help the situation and he couldnt control Scott. He didn't even apologize for the error. He said people make mistakes and it happens. I said if i knew the numbers were that high, i would have left 2 hours prior.
At this point, I asked to get my license plate back and all my paperwork since they ran my credit so that I can leave. The finance person has already fonalized the paperwork, which I didn't sign. THIS WAS TEH MOST BY FAR HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE IN ANY DEALERSHIP! I felt threatened and disrespected. I filed a complaint with the RIVERDALE POLICE DEPARTMENT right after I left the building.. The officer said the report will be ready tomorrow. He also said that Rout 23 KIA gets a tremendous amount of complaints, he said he's not surprised and that the company is like a terrible used car company full of scammer and sales people with used car tactics. He said he feels bad for the people that gets taken advantage of in this place. I also filed a complaint with the KIA CONSUMER AFFAIRS, BBB, and Consumer Affairs of NJ.
The POLICE officer also said to call the owner directly which I intend to do next.
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR - DO YOUR RESEARCH FIRST AND STAY AWAY FROM ROUTE 23 KIA!!!
***Update 10/29/20 - I went to NUTLEY KIA and I purchased a KIA TELLURIDE SX at STICKER price on the spot! Their staff was really helpful and they they were very professional. I worked with TONY and he was amazing! Research, and call him and see for yourself. First time there and I'm a lifetime customer. DON'T PAY THE DEALER MARK UP FROM ROUTE 23 KIA!!! read more