The end of Feburary I filled out the online application and got a call back. I was told I was assigned to Mario, and he'd be giving me a call when "he came in later"(it was already 1030am).
I never got a call, so I called back the next day, expressing my desire to quickly see if financing could be done. I said I wanted to minimize my time at the dealership and wanted to work credit out virtually and then just come down and sign documents, pay money, pick up the vehicle, ect. I was told that was not possible, they won't run credit unless I'm physically there. The dealership is far from me, so at the time I was unwilling to go.
Later that week, my girlfriend, hearing my experience decided to call. She asked if she could do the whole application virtually and the lady she spoke with told her yes, that was no problem, and said to go online. Weird, right?
At this point we are going on 3-4 days no contact from Mario.
I was in the area this past Saturday on the 1st and decided to stop by. I met Mario in person and he was nice, albeit a bit standoffish and awkward. We completed the credit application. I expressed that I was told he'd call me, and he didn't apologize or even acknowledge my complaint.
He asked for a cosigner so I told him my girlfriend was willing. He said if I gave her his number, he'd text her the link. He offered to text it to me, but I said he can just text her. I provided the number. He said Monday to call him so he can review her info.
She never got the text.
I called Monday and spoke to Mario. He said he thought I was having her go online(which wasn't accurate). Frustrated, but wanting to do a deal, I let this go. He sent the link and she completed it immediately.
He called her and told her he would attach her application to mine and start working on it and it would take a couple hours. Mind you this is the FIRST TIME he called anything related to my application. And it wasn't me he called. Again, weird.
He texted me and told me he'd call in an hour or two. This was around 1030ish am Monday 3/2.
1240 no call.
130 no call.
At 317pm Monday I texted, "any update?"
Nothing.
Tuesday(yesterday), I called in the morning. I was told Mario wasn't coming in that day. I asked fir an update. The man who answered, Adrian? I believe, told me he wouldn't have any info since "Mario was assigned".
He took my number and said he'd check. I was muted for 30 seconds then hung up on.
Okay.
Now today, after still nothing, I called at about 12:15pm. I was answered by Andrew. Asked to speak to Mario. AS I TYPE THIS, I have been on hold for 19:33 with no sign anyone cares that I'm holding.
Finally at 19:47 Mario answers, this time he does apologize, but states that Monday was very busy and they were shortstaffed
Monday and today and he was off yesterday so he wasn't able to get back to me. He put me on another hold while he found a finance manager to see where we were at.
I'm writing this review live as it's happening. We're now over 6 minutes on hold. 27:57 total time.
Mind you, I am not upset at a bad deal or too much down, or anything of the sort. I just want some form of answer. Even a "no" is fine, just don't leave me in the wind like this, it's unprofessional and amateurish.
Speaking of leaving me in the wind, 30:09 total time. 9+ minutes on hold.
30:39 Mario returns. He says he is "working on it now" and it'll be 15-30 minutes to get an exception to process the loan and get terms. He says I have a "good chance" and they just need to get that exception.
He says and I quote "full transperancy, I'll let you know any updates soon as I know", and reiterated he'd call in 15-30 minutes.
Do you want to guess if I got a call in that half hour?
Of course I didn't.
Now it's Thursday 426pm, they ran my girlfriend's credit and my own a THIRD time with no contact, no update, no info, no yes, no no, NOTHING.
I don't know if The Car Lot just is like this in general, or is it just the fact Mario is incompetent and bad at his job, but either way this process has been needlessly frustrating, devoid of professionalism, customer service, adult communication, and reliability.
If you do need to call these people, request at least to be reassigned if you get Mario. He is seemingly wholly atrocious at basic adult skills, mainly basic communication and realizing the importance of keeping one's word.
But overall, do not go here. Amateurs and unprofessional twats shouldn't be selling cars. read more