Hello, RIPPED OFF @ RACEWAY CHEVROLET OF BETHLEHEM!! STAY AWAY FROM THIS CAR DEALERSHIP!! I would like to disclose the following, regarding my horrific experience while purchasing a new vehicle @ the above listed car dealership.
My son and I saw a loaner vehicle that we were interested in on the internet, so we spoke to a sales person, who identified herself, as Elizabeth. We scheduled an appointment for 2 November 2020, @ 6:30 P.M. on that evening.
We arrived on time, and were greeted by a so-called sales person named Kevin Patrick Toomey. We went back and forth on an agreeable price for the vehicle, and when Kevin saw that we were not going to budge on price, as we had already been offered a price of $17,300.00, out of the door price @ Outten Chevrolet, which I did have documentation of, Kevin, finally visibly showed us an invoice with the price of $17,500,00, out of the door price. Therefore, we agreed to purchase the vehicle. I gave Kevin my Discover card, and put a down payment of $1,000,00 on my credit card. Then, we were directed to another employee named Gena Fischer, who was writing up the contract. My son, who was nervous, signed the documents that Ms. Fischer presented to him. He did not read them, and we were unaware that the price of $17,500.00, out of the door agreed upon price was not being honored, as promised. Instead, we paid $20,405.00 for the vehicle, which was incorrectly priced, as the car had over two thousand miles on it. When Brandon and I arrived home, we read the contract and realized that we paid $20,405.00 for the vehicle. It is important to note, that the details of the contract were not explained to either my son, or I. In addition, if the true price of the vehicle was mentioned, we would have vacated the car dealership w/o purchasing the vehicle. Moreover, we feel as though this was a coordinated scam by the individual employees of Raceway, including two managers and the car salesman; that is why the price that we were truly charged was not mentioned, or explained to us.
I called the dealership in the morning and spoke with two so called managers, Janel & Gena Fischer. Ms. Fischer, stated the following: "Your son should have looked at the document before signing it," which I do not disagree with, but the ethical-issues that are at stake for a consumer are obvious. I interpreted what Ms. Fischer said to us as "tough luck, how sad too bad!" A follow-up meeting took place a couple of days later, and Ms. Fischer, basically did nothing; she did read the contract to us, as she should have prior to the signing of the contract, but the contract was not read to us, because they knew that we would have not purchased the vehicle. These individual are scam artists, trying to portray themselves, as legitimate representatives of General Motors. After the fact, "Lip Service" was provided to us by Ms. Fischer, but there was NO restitution, or mediation offered. Stay clear of this place, unless you want to be deceived, lied to, and ripped off! read more