I don't even know where to begin. I'm not exaggerating when I say this was the most incompetent…read moreteam I've ever worked with, and I've bought many cars/motorcycles in my life. I've read some other reviews and most of the positive experiences I believe are from new car purchases, so I do want to make sure it's clear my experience was with the used car team. Also, I've done this review in a bullet list to save me writing a novel on what, again, was the absolute worst experience purchasing a car I've ever had.
- First, some context: I had been looking for a very specific car for several months. I had alerts set up for dealerships all over the country (yes, I was prepared to ship this car to ATL since I was looking for such a specific one) so I could know immediately when what I wanted became available. I've owned this car before, and was looking to get back into the same one, so again, I knew exactly what I wanted. Also, I planned to purchase this vehicle cash, as I did not want to finance with a dealer or take out a loan. I just needed to find the car. Period. I thought I got lucky finding the EXACT one I was looking for IN ATLANTA. Not so much...
- When I arrived, I was greeted by a new car salesman right at the front door. He was all smiles and "how can I help you" until he found out I was there to look at a used car. He then became completely cold and passive and passed me to a used car salesman. Didn't even walk me all the way to the used car salesman's desk, there just pointed to a door across the parking lot and said "go there." Off to a bad start...
- The salesman I was passed to was nice enough, and he didn't push me to buy anything else while I was there (although one of his colleagues did. He butted himself right into our conversation and said "YOU SHOULD TEST DRIVE THIS ONE" Step away dude, no one was talking to you) but I have no real gripes about him. He was a bit slow, and very unfamiliar with the all-cash purchases (taxes, title transfer, etc.) but otherwise a nice dude. (Greg is his name)
- We went back and forth on price a bit. They were okay with getting me to a price that worked for me (albeit after about an hour of haggling) but then came all the hidden fees. The dealer doc fee was $1200. FIRST OF ALL, it's illegal to charge ANY undisclosed fees at the time of purchase in the state of Georgia. Nowhere on any advertisement of this car for sale (dealer site, Car Gurus, Cars.com, etc.) did they mention a dealer fee, so seeing this pop up as a line-item on the cost sheet was laughable. When I called them out on it, they said it WASN'T illegal and I didn't know what I was talking about. Then I brought up the actual law on ga.gov and they shut up really quick and removed the fee. They also tried to charge me TWICE for taxes/title. Supposedly they had "gotten the cost wrong" the first time they charged me and tried to squeeze another $200 out of me. Lucky I laughed at them and literally said "what are you guys trying to pull here?" and they dropped it. Absolute CLOWN-TOWN.
NOTE: IF YOU'RE BUYING A CAR ANYWHERE, IN ANY STATE, ALWAYS CHECK FOR LAWS ON DEALER FEES. DEALERS ARE BRUTAL WITH THESE CHARGES AND MOST OF THE TIME IT'S ILLEGAL IF IT'S NOT DISCLOSED UP FRONT. ALWAYS ALWAYS CHECK.
- The cherry on top was when I came to pick the car up. I walked in, and once again, when I told them I was here to pick up a USED car, I was treated like garbage. The dude who took me to the back-40 where the used salesman offices are was actually taking a PERSONAL PHONE CALL, LOUDLY, ON SPEAKER PHONE (looking at you, Jonathan) while he was walking me back. What? Is that how you treat someone who just dropped $57k CASH on a fucking car? These guys were either incredible misogynists (which is likely regardless, I don't think they like the fact that a girl was buying a performance car with cash) or just completely oblivious to how to treat people with the slightest kindness. Stephanie Tanner screaming "HOW RUDE!" was on repeat inside my head the whole time I was in this building. LOL (millennial TV show reference, you're welcome )
Look, I could write another 4-5 bullets on how terrible this experience was, but I'll leave it at that. These dudes are shady af and rude to boot. The ONLY reason why I bought my car from them is that they had the EXACT car I had been looking for for months (down to the year, trim/packages, and the exterior/interior colors) and I couldn't just walk away. I dealt with their incompetence just long enough to drive this thing off the lot and write this review.
Do better, guys. Do better.