BEST DAMNED BUNCH I HAVE EVER DEALT WITH. (Long Review)
My wife and I just bought our first new vehicle together. It was time and we had the pleasure of dealing with Julie Plasket as our sales rep and Michael Potocki as our finance guy. Both were awesome, did everything they could to help us out. The wife and I both have recently married but have been together since 2014, we both had rough credit (thank you Ex's) and have spent the last few years getting that hammered out. I am not perfect yet, but I have good credit now; enough so that Julie and Michael did a hell of a job getting us into our new Chili Pepper (Hot Pepper Red Metallic with Tinted Clearcoat)2019 Ford Ranger XLT.
Did we get 'Everything' we wanted within our budget? No, but it is a give and take when you are on a budget, beside I really wanted the package, and I can go back and get it anytime, especially for that Spray In Bed Liner, LOL!! I gave them an area I wanted to stay in on payments, and they did their best to keep me there. Was it exactly where I wanted? No, but again, I made sure to give myself a little wiggle room ($100), and they kept me well within that wiggle room. First time I didn't feel like I was getting screwed over by a car salesperson or finance manager {insert phony Cockney Accent} 'I felt treated like a right proper person by that lot I did, LOL.'
Julie is a very sweet and lovely woman, great energy, she listened to us, explained our options given I was a little upside down in my trade-in and showed us several new options we had over buying used. This included several Ford incentives and the like. Would I be paying more? Yes, but I get a NEW vehicle, with incentives for slightly more than used with my roll-over. I was given a very fair price for my trade in, actually more than I was expecting and Julie made me (a gloomy Gus) feel good, given I knew I had a rough credit history, no matter how good my credit is NOW; we carry that bad for a while and it makes you feel vulnerable. Julie pulled my Credit Score, I was in shock how GOOD it was, and it was something they could definitely work with. Julie seemed to understand and was encouraging, much appreciated to.
Michael (BIIIIIG MARINE, but cool as hell...ooo, Semper Fi) was amazing with the numbers, he wheeled and deal'ed, got us a good package with 'almost everything we/I wanted' (I can pick it up later as an option add-in or purchase, especially that spray in bed liner) and I didn't feel like we were getting screwed by some emotionless number monkey. He seemed to care and seemed legitimately intent on getting us the best rate, prices, finance options/packages and out the door with our new truck.
Look, short of it is, I went in thinking it was a mistake, thinking I had little to no chance of walking out with anything but embarrassment and
Here is what I didn't experience
1 Skeezy Sales People licking their chops like you're their next victim.
2 15 people running in and out, talking to me, telling me confusing crap.
3 Whispers and Stares from sales people and sales managers.
4 Feeling alone and abandoned once they got my financial info.
5 That feeling I am about to sign my soul to the Lords of Hades and wind up agreeing to pay hundreds more than I wanted.
What I did Experience
1 Concern for my needs and desires in a new car.
2 People RESPECTING and trying to do their best to get me what I wanted in a price range I knew could afford WITHOUT PRESSURING ME OR OVER SELLING.
3 Someone encouraging me when I was feeling like I had made a mistake even trying, giving my past Credit History.
4 Someone jumping through hoops on my behalf, to get me the right financing at the right interest rates complimentary to my score
5 People who made me simply feel like I was not only welcome, yes I know that is their job, but I mean genuinely had feeling behind it.
6 People who knew I was expecting the worst, but kept insisting I was wrong, and I was.
Next car we buy, will be from North Central Ford, no one else. Hands down the BEST DAMNED BUNCH I EVER DEALT WITH! read more