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Ron Tonkin Mazda

3.4 (208 reviews)
Open • 7:30 am - 8:00 pm

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Trask Sampson is an incredibly unprofessional, disrespectful, and rude sales manager. At the end of the sales negotiation, Trask swoops in with no context and resorted to name calling, terms such as "spoiled little br*t" directed at me. As well as "I'm telling you no which is something you clearly have never been told." Absolutely horrible behavior from a grown man. Spoke down on me, my profession, and attempted to belittle me. I felt I struck a cord for him being a young woman just trying to buy her first car at a good price. No matter how irritated you are, there is never an appropriate time to have that language with a client. In addition, the car was falsely advertised on the website. Claimed to have a sunroof/moonroof on the page and when I came in person that amenity was not present. DO NOT BUY FROM HERE. That behavior should not be tolerated in a professional environment nor do I feel comfortable supporting a business that allows that to happen. As a woman, it is already difficult to navigate purchasing a car alone. You cannot tell me that Trask Sampson would use that kind of language on a man for being stern and trying to get a good price on a vehicle. I instead took my money to Royal Moore Mazda where I was treated with respect and bought the exact car I wanted with all the appropriate features advertised.

Mazda 3 preferred package Fwd six speed automatic transmission 4 cylinder Great car couldn't be happier. Ron Tonkin Mazda Portland
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They weren't pushy. That's everything to me. They helped me find a really nice car and helped me to avoid purchasing a really bad car from another dealer. It's like the salesperson, Rafael Alimamedov knew exactly what I wanted. I was given explanations of The car's settings, he set up my Mazda phone connected service app and Took some of his own time AFTER The sale to show me the cars automation features. . I was sold different warranties that were easily sold because they're protecting my vehicle. That is important and worth the time to really understand what you're getting and be sure to ask alot of questions. There was a lot of things going on at once. The experience with Mazda has been very good too. I did cancel the GAP on Mazda Financial services website in a timely fashion with a Mazda rep on the phone. I decided to make a bigger payment on the PRINCIPAL so I didn't need the GAP. They have a really nice showroom and take pride in selling quality cars that you'd be proud to own They have friendly sales representatives that treat you like you're a valued customer. And they're willing to explain how the car works the more more immediate thing you need to know. Mazda has a great online car manual which is easy to use). And a manual comes with the purchase the car. As far as the purchase of the maintenance insurance and extended warranty, we'll see how the service department does on maintenance and I'll come back for a rating on that but separately. I'll also come back to rate how well the service department does. And I'll rate if The pre paid maintenance is worth it. I have confidence that it will go well on part with The total experience. quality cars and quality employees. My only complaint is that all cars nowadays are too expensive!

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I get the best service from Ron Tonkin Mazda Bobby is a service representative there. I always ask for him. He is extremely efficient and thorough when caring for my new car. He makes sure the service technician is aware of my concerns and then follows up with me with advice from the technician. I will always take my Mazda here for its service. Bobby is worth the drive from north Vancouver.

Minh N.

My purchasing experience of a brand new 2023 vehicle with Tonkin Mazda of Portland has been taunting. It started with me calling and talking with Sales Professional, Troy Walker. Troy was very persistent in communication as he'd call and text me every chance of the day he can get (for reference this was the last week of March when this all happened). On the last day of March, Troy kept asking me if I could come to the dealership to make the deal happen and I would be in and out within an hour with my new car. Spoiler alert: this did not happen. What ended up happening was a long discussion that went from 4 PM to 8:30 PM where Troy drove back to my place of residence to grab a physical check from me. During those hours of discussion, there was a lot of up selling of add-ons and additional services to be added to my vehicle purchase when I had already discussed with Troy in the weeks beforehand what I wanted with no frills. Each time I tried to shut Troy down on an add-on I didn't want, Troy would ask me why I didn't see value in the items they offered. And in each argument, I'd tell Troy I'm loyal to Mazda's stance on their long-lasting product and I don't need to drop an additional grand on an extended warranty for a power train when I have full confidence in the brand more than Honda, and Toyota. Anyways, I also met Jack Petrino, the Sales Manager that Troy would go back and forth with very often whenever we needed new printouts (this happens a lot). In the end, I managed to walk out with a new vehicle. If you ever do try to purchase a new vehicle at this location, be prepared to spend a lot of time talking and have lots of quotes from local shops for any add-ons you need. I found Royal Moore Mazda in Hillsboro to be a lot easier to speak with, so if the car of your choice happens to be there, I'd do business with them instead. Also, if you get the XPEL PPF (paint protection film) as I did with Mazda, please note that they do not do the service in-house and rather they outsource it to an unknown shop (I haven't been told who). You may be better off contacting various shops in the Portland area to get a much better deal on PPF than Mazda sells it for. And if you get Troy, don't let him downplay your quotes from local shops for a PPF because he will ask whether labor is priced in, yes they all are.

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I would recommend Fernando if you want to buy a Mazda. Her was patient and went out his way to provide you information about your interest.

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Michael Scott was great! No pressure, just the facts. Easy transaction. Happy we found our Mazda here.

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Let me start off by saying that although we didn't end up getting our car through Central Sales, we…read morehad such a wonderful experience with them that I needed to write a review. My husband first spoke with Ray, who he felt he had an immediate connection with and easy, flowing communication about our vehicular needs. But Ray was going on vacay, and we couldn't wait until he got back to complete our car buying experience with him. Enter, Roy - Ray's bro. Roy was AWESOME. He took the time to REALLY answer my questions in a way that I could understand, and didn't try to push cars on me that were out of my price range. He was an excellent listener and ended up bringing out a car that day to our house for my hubby and me to test drive. Let me pause for a moment to say just how smart this business model is - I mean, with 2 kids under 4 years old, it's a PITA to get to a dealership and take turns test driving a car and then waiting around for hours to purchase the car while the kids go cray cray. Central Sales is part of Ron Tonkin (I think...), so they have a huge inventory of cars to pull from, which they bring to you to test drive, and then they arrange all the financing for you to find the lowest APR, and then bring the paperwork to you when they deliver the car. It takes about 10 minutes to sign everything. All for no extra fee. Brilliant. Other dealerships should take note. But what made everything so super was the truly no-pressure attitude of Roy (and I imagine everyone else he works with). He was super nice and completely understanding when I told him that we were also test-driving a car from another dealership later that day. He reiterated that he just wanted to make sure that we got into the right car for us. And I believed him! We ended up doing the whole take-the-kids-to-the-dealership-and-wait-an-excrutiatingly-long-time-to-purchase-a-vehicle thing. But only because the vehicle that was there was the one we wanted in the end. But we will DEFINITELY use Central Sales again when it's time to buy a car. Thanks Roy!

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