They aren't owned by the parkers anymore - they are Post Fall Volkswagen. My daughter and I spent two weekends narrowing down a car for her to take to college after her old Nissan died. We decided the new Civic or Jetta would be good economical models for her to drive to and from school, so we requested quotes from a VW in Spokane, Post Falls and three of the local Honda Stores. When it comes to the VW stores, Spokane was quick and friendly, the exact opposite of the Post falls store. It was almost 24 hours before I heard anything back from Christina/the post falls store. I submitted a request for a lease quote in the evening on the 15th and didnt get a reply until 4:01 on the 16th. She said she would be happy to get me pricing and information when she was ready. She asked me if I was a current VW owner. Which I replied, I wasnt.
This is where the games began. I am a very busy professional and don't have time to go down to a store to hang out for hours, nor do I have time to go back and forth on the phone/email. It took 8 email responses (some of them delayed several hours) over 2 days before they finally sent me a quote, after I told them I wasn't interested in doing business with them. The pricing they sent was attractive, so I decided to give it a second thought. My wife and I had decided not to lease at this point, as my daughter is considering changing schools and would be driving farther than from Coeur D'Alene to NIC and back. I asked them what it would look like to buy the exact same car with taxes and the advertised finance special on Volkswagens Corporate website (the lease quote she sent didnt disclose any fees, taxes or licensing and we have never bought a car while we lived in Idaho before). I sent two emails and never heard back from them. This morning I inquired again and after not hearing anything from them, we went and purchased the Civic, as they also offered us a good price and had great consideration for my time.
Here's the Grand Finale on why you should be prepared for games and hi-jinks if you buy a car from them - she finally replied several hours later and said she didnt know what car I wanted, to provide a number so that the sales manager can call, that she doesn't have all of my answers corresponding via internet, etc... No straight answers, dodged around everything I explicitly asked and no respect or consideration for my time.
I replied that I got tired of waiting after 4 days of trying to get information and a simple quote to be able to make a decision with my wife and daughter. I pointed out that I specifically asked what the black car's payment would be if we did a purchase instead of a lease, and that we bought a car.
The best part was Christina's reply - it was one word long: "okay". They dont care about their customers or their experience. With Volkswagen going through some tough issues thanks to the diesel scandle, you would think they would be doing everything they can to get customers. I can tell you now that they dont care about you or me. Go somewhere else for your next car. read more