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Complaint Review: Prestige Auto - Portsmouth Virginia
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4125 Portsmouth Blvd Portsmouth, 23703 Virginia, U.S.A.
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Prestige Auto ripoff Duped with a Durango Portsmouth Virginia
I purchased a 1998 Dodge Durango from Prestige auto in October of 2002, and while it still had 30 tags on it, the water pump failed. I was told by the sales person when I bought it that with the extended warranty that I purchased, I could take the vehicle anywhere I wanted to for repairs, and the warranty company would authorize the repair, and pay for it with a credit card right then and there. I was away with my ship at the time, so my wife was having to deal with all this. I told her to take it to the Dodge dealership near our house, because I knew that they would fix it using Dodge parts, and return it to manufacturers specifications. I knew that the dealership would be more costly, but what do I care I don't have to come out of my pocket for anything except for the $100 deductible (so I thought).
The water pump was covered under the warranty, so they authorized that repair, but when it was complete, the warranty company said they would mail out a check to the dealership for the repair, and then the Dealership told my wife she couldn't have the vehicle back until they recieved payment for the repair. My wife called me and let me know everything that was going on. I asked her for the number to this warranty company, when I questioned them about their credit card payments, I was told that they only did that with two repair facilities, neither of them very big, or widely known. I then called the dealer, and asked them about all this, and they acted surprised (imagine that).
To get our vehicle back we had to come out of our pocket with $345, of that only $62 was re-imbursed to us by the warranty company. I questioned that, and was told that the repair facility that we chose exceeded their maximum coverage amount for parts, and labor, so all they covered was $62 worth of parts, and labor. My major gripe here is that Prestige needs to know about the product they are selling, and explain how it works in detail to the consumer before they walk out the door, and also they need to be more vigilant when they are so called reconditioning a vehicle before they put it on the lot for sale.
My wife did not deserve to go through all that mess with a vehicle purchased just two weeks prior to all that. I kept getting all kinds of assurances that we would have no problems as I hesitated to sign on the line. After all this they gave her the run around with the hard plates, because the temporary one were about to expire, and they wouldn't give her new ones. The sales manager said it was against the law. So she said what if I get pulled over? She was told to tell the cop that the dealership had not yet gotten her the plates. Along with everything else, she got pulled over, and did just like she was told, and was still ticketed, she took the ticket to Prestige at which time they gave her new temp plates (against the law).
She had to appear in court, the case was thrown out, but she still endured the hassle though. To sum all this up, make people explain things to you in full detail, look over any vehicle before you purchase it, test drive the hell out of it before you purchase it, and don't go to Prestige Auto brokers.
Ikon
Norfolk, Virginia
U.S.A.
The water pump was covered under the warranty, so they authorized that repair, but when it was complete, the warranty company said they would mail out a check to the dealership for the repair, and then the Dealership told my wife she couldn't have the vehicle back until they recieved payment for the repair. My wife called me and let me know everything that was going on. I asked her for the number to this warranty company, when I questioned them about their credit card payments, I was told that they only did that with two repair facilities, neither of them very big, or widely known. I then called the dealer, and asked them about all this, and they acted surprised (imagine that).
To get our vehicle back we had to come out of our pocket with $345, of that only $62 was re-imbursed to us by the warranty company. I questioned that, and was told that the repair facility that we chose exceeded their maximum coverage amount for parts, and labor, so all they covered was $62 worth of parts, and labor. My major gripe here is that Prestige needs to know about the product they are selling, and explain how it works in detail to the consumer before they walk out the door, and also they need to be more vigilant when they are so called reconditioning a vehicle before they put it on the lot for sale.
My wife did not deserve to go through all that mess with a vehicle purchased just two weeks prior to all that. I kept getting all kinds of assurances that we would have no problems as I hesitated to sign on the line. After all this they gave her the run around with the hard plates, because the temporary one were about to expire, and they wouldn't give her new ones. The sales manager said it was against the law. So she said what if I get pulled over? She was told to tell the cop that the dealership had not yet gotten her the plates. Along with everything else, she got pulled over, and did just like she was told, and was still ticketed, she took the ticket to Prestige at which time they gave her new temp plates (against the law).
She had to appear in court, the case was thrown out, but she still endured the hassle though. To sum all this up, make people explain things to you in full detail, look over any vehicle before you purchase it, test drive the hell out of it before you purchase it, and don't go to Prestige Auto brokers.
Ikon
Norfolk, Virginia
U.S.A.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Michelle
Portsmouth,Virginia,
U.S.A.
Prestige Auto Brokers, Inc. - 21 years of Superb Customer Service History
#2REBUTTAL Owner of company
Fri, April 10, 2009
Prestige Auto Brokers, Inc. has been in business since 1988, and has been awarded the "Top Dealership" by the banking and loan industry, and has been the top producer of Preffered Warranty Company in the nation. Our customer service satisfactory rate is among the highest in Virginia. This is the reason we have a high persentage of repeated satisfied customers. Each complaint, whichever it may be, is addressed and resolved professionally and in a timely manner. Purchasing a warranty is a choice and an optional service that we offer to all our customers. Before purchasing a warranty, we encourage our customers to read the contract, entirely, and fully understand the terms and coverage before signing. If there are any questions, we encourage our customers to contact the warranty company for clarifications. Prestige Auto Brokers, Inc. represents the best extended warranty company in the nation. A large persentage of our vehicles still are under factory warranty. We also encourage our customers to test drive and have their mechanic inspect the vehicle to their satisfaction. THANK YOU FOR YOUR BUSINESS!
Sean
Portsmouth,Virginia,
U.S.A.
warranty
#3UPDATE Employee
Sat, December 08, 2007
well sound to me like the warranty did their part now i know from working on cars for 12years that they didnt just pay you 62$ for the parts only that sounds far fetched so lets not stretched the truth you were taken care but not in timely fashion that you wanted to and as well why did it take you so long to file a complain....
Shelly
NORFOLK,Virginia,
U.S.A.
TAKE THEM TO COURT
#4Consumer Comment
Thu, March 01, 2007
Prestige and the extended car company they refer you to are indeed ripoffs. I took them(prestige) to court and won. They had no proof of how they came to the amount of the refund they were trying to send me. No proof of how much the premium actually was. Lied and said how once everything goes through they dont deal with you, but sent a letter stating we are the middle man. Take them to court along with all of your paperwork.
