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Complaint Review: Cleo Bay Honda - Killeen Texas
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Cleo Bay Honda
3907 Cen-Tex Expressway Killeen, 76543 Texas, U.S.A.
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Cleo Bay Honda Dishonest and Fraudulent Even to Our Iraqi Veterans Killeen Texas
In looking at used cars, I spotted a two-year-old Mercedes-Benz at Cleo Bay in Killeen, and decided to get some information.
The manager came in and enthusiastically reported that although the selling price was $36,000, he would let it go for only $33,000. The manager and salesperson swore up and down at what a great deal they were giving me. I could recognize the pressure tactics being used, including trying to "get to know me" as a nice friend and chatting about my line of work, which happens to be VA hospital ministry.
At 56 years of age, I knew I'd better get out of there and do some clear thinking and check the Internet on the figures I was given. It seems the "great price" of only $33,000 is over the price of what a NEW Mercedes in this trim line would cost!!
I thought such bold faced lying was a thing of the past, but I was sure wrong. Later I discovered that a friend of mine, an Iraqi veteran, was quoted a price on a used vehicle that was nearly $4000. over the Kelly Blue Book retail price.
This company, near Ft. Hood, Texas, the largest Army base in the U.S., obviously thinks nothing of defrauding our own soldiers. They advertise that they give a $500. discount to military personnel, but fail to mention that they jack up the price a thousand dollars.
This is a disgraceful company and I hope to forewarn any prospective buyers, especially our military.
Richard
Belton, Texas
U.S.A.
The manager came in and enthusiastically reported that although the selling price was $36,000, he would let it go for only $33,000. The manager and salesperson swore up and down at what a great deal they were giving me. I could recognize the pressure tactics being used, including trying to "get to know me" as a nice friend and chatting about my line of work, which happens to be VA hospital ministry.
At 56 years of age, I knew I'd better get out of there and do some clear thinking and check the Internet on the figures I was given. It seems the "great price" of only $33,000 is over the price of what a NEW Mercedes in this trim line would cost!!
I thought such bold faced lying was a thing of the past, but I was sure wrong. Later I discovered that a friend of mine, an Iraqi veteran, was quoted a price on a used vehicle that was nearly $4000. over the Kelly Blue Book retail price.
This company, near Ft. Hood, Texas, the largest Army base in the U.S., obviously thinks nothing of defrauding our own soldiers. They advertise that they give a $500. discount to military personnel, but fail to mention that they jack up the price a thousand dollars.
This is a disgraceful company and I hope to forewarn any prospective buyers, especially our military.
Richard
Belton, Texas
U.S.A.
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Leticia
Anytown,Wisconsin,
U.S.A.
I agree, this place is a ripoff.
#2Consumer Comment
Thu, March 30, 2006
But they were before the war in Iraq ever happened. So it's not ripping off Iraqi war veterans, they keep trying to rip off the any one in the military, and probably civilians as well. My husband went there looking for a car, when we lived there, and it was they kept trying to force us into cars we didn't want, so finally we just walked out. When we were telling his co-workers about what had happened, his female co-worker told us the story about how she had went there with a male co-worker when it was lunch time (she didn't have a car to drive so he drove her there.) and the salesman started talking to her co-worker but not to her, she stated that she was the one buying the car, but when they went in to do a credit check, the salesman put her first name, with her co-workers last name. (They were both in the military.) She walked out as well.
