JULIAN TRUJILLO - DEALER PRINCIPAL / MANAGER…read more
1-Star Review - Horrible Experience & Extremely Misleading Pricing
I will be filing a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding what I believe was misleading/false advertising.
I had an absolutely horrible experience at Stonebriar Chevrolet. I came into the dealership specifically to purchase a Chevrolet Tahoe they had advertised online at a certain price. I was ready to purchase the vehicle and came in because of the price they publicly advertised.
When I originally sat down, I was told there was approximately a $2,000 dealer add-on. Then, after the salesperson went away and came back with the actual price sheet, somehow that $2,000 dealer add-on suddenly turned into approximately $8,000. I immediately questioned how the dealer add-on could increase by roughly $6,000 simply by bringing back the price sheet.
At that point, I asked Edwin Espinoza to let me speak with a manager or somebody in charge because I wanted an explanation and an opportunity to resolve the situation. Edwin Espinoza told me there was no manager there that I could speak with that day. Based on what happened next, I felt that statement was completely untruthful because I eventually got up, went looking for management myself, and found the manager on my own.
I should not have to walk around a dealership searching for management after specifically asking an employee to speak with someone in charge. That alone showed me the level of customer service I was dealing with.
Unfortunately, dealing with JULIAN TRUJILLO, THE DEALER PRINCIPAL/MANAGER, made the situation even worse. Julian absolutely did not seem to care about resolving the issue. I explained everything--the online advertised price, the dealer add-on originally being approximately $2,000 and then suddenly becoming approximately $8,000, and the fact that Edwin had told me there was no manager available for me to speak with that day, yet I was able to find management myself.
Instead of taking the situation seriously, looking into what happened, explaining the numbers, or making any meaningful attempt to resolve it, I found Julian to be extremely dismissive, stuck-up, disrespectful, and completely uninterested in helping. His attitude toward me was essentially that if I wasn't going to accept their deal, then I could leave.
There was no effort to sit down and properly go through the numbers with me, explain why thousands of dollars had suddenly been added, or find a reasonable resolution. That is an unbelievable way to treat a customer who walked through the door ready to purchase a Tahoe and spend tens of thousands of dollars.
What bothers me most is that I didn't randomly walk into this dealership asking for some unrealistic discount. I came because of THEIR advertised online price. Then I was initially presented with approximately $2,000 in dealer add-ons, only for that amount to suddenly become approximately $8,000 when the price sheet came back.
I strongly recommend that anyone considering purchasing from Stonebriar Chevrolet take screenshots of the online advertised price before going in and carefully review EVERY SINGLE NUMBER and dealer add-on before signing anything.
This was easily one of the worst and most unprofessional dealership experiences I've ever had. Between the pricing situation, Edwin Espinoza telling me there was no manager I could speak with, and the complete lack of concern or effort from Julian Trujillo once I found management myself, I had completely lost confidence in doing business with this dealership.
I came in ready to buy a Tahoe. I walked out because of how the sales department and management handled the entire situation.