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Complaint Review: The Autobarn FIAT of Evanston - chicago Illinois
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Oakbrook, Illinois, USA
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The Autobarn FIAT of Evanston
1034 Chicago Ave chicago, 60202 Illinois, USA
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http://www.fiatusaofevanston.com
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The Autobarn FIAT of Evanston The Autobarn FIAT, Volkswagen, Mazda of Evanston Buyer Be Warned!! YOU WILL BE CHARGES 100’s OF $$ MORE THAN THE INTERNET ADVERTISED PRICES … $1000 TO BE EXACT !! chicago Illinois
This dealership applies one of the oldest and dirtiest DIRTIEST tricks in the “used car salesmen” manual !!
Here it is ….. the advertised price is really NOT the sticker price of the car.
Once they get you to drive to the end of the world to get to their CRAMPED up dealership, they tell you that you are up for another $900 for “apparently” paint protection and some theft thing”. DIRTY … DIRTY ….DIRTY trick
Their business model is to advertise the car same as or just below other cars on the internet.
Their internet advertised price is already loaded with a profit margin to operate the business, which is fair, however their American Greed drives them to play any dirty trick on you “the poor consumer” to increase their profit margin, and they do that by telling you that they have coated the car with “anti-rust” coating (which is really a cheap Teflon wax that only lasts for 3 month) for a cost of $500 to you and the car has some theft thing itched on the car windows to identify the car if it gets stolen for a cost of $450 to you.
I was going in to purchase a 2013 Mercedes which does not need no rust protection and it has tracking technology so it does not require their fluffy thief thing !
I told the manager that I did not want to pay for these 2 useless things that they are forcing on me, but they told me what they will tell you “we do that to all our cars and you have to pay for it …. And that is it for my peace of mind ….FLUFF FLUFF FLUFF”
So, the short of it all, the manager wanted the FULL advertised price and would NOT negotiate on that, and to add insult to robbery, she wanted to charge me for that nonsensical garbage that they applied to the car that I don't need or want !
If you fall into one of the following categories, then do yourself a favor and buy your next car from an honest dealership …NOT THIS ONE !
A. Don't want to get ripped off.
B. Don't want to waste your time driving tens of miles only to get ripped off
C. Value your time and don't enjoy getting ripped off
D. Want to get a good car for a fair price and don’t want to get ripped off
E. Like to buy from a business that does not FALSE advertise and don't want to get ripped off
My family unfortunately wasted 3 hours of our lives with these scammers …. And that is 3 hours of our lives that we can never get back …. I wish we have read the Yelp reviews and other reviews on these bunch of scammers !!
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Bubba Lee
REd Deer,Canada
An Idustry Insider Comments
#2Consumer Comment
Fri, February 26, 2016
1st I work for a Dealer way far away, I have worked auto sales, service and currently am on the RV Side of our dealership.
Every Dealer (that makes money) charges these bull crap fee's services, add-ons and such. Its part of the industry business model. (RV's too)
Even the ones who claim this crap is "Optional" will get you in to the finance office to finish the deal and tell you the work is already done and because of that you have to pay.
Most of these dealers will "allow" one or two deals a year to not pay for etching, fabric protection or whatever their brand of snake oil is just so they can "prove" they are optional. Those deals will have been high gross deals that they could "Afford" to not take that money and still get the profit.
Even worse: No Pressure fixed commision dealers aren't. The sales person you "Buy" the car from is. (Got to watch that false advertising) The person selling you extended warranty, arrainging your financing, charging the fees, and so on is a 100% commision sales person. Bad ones steer you into higher intrest loans, good ones just charge you a bunch of money for this crap.
Pointing at this one dealer is like stomping one Cockroach, Useless and counter productive. You really need a big bucket of poison, In the dealers case laws that actually protect the consumer.
Until there is real regulation the only way a dealer makes money is advertise low, add fees and warranties and crap.
At the end of the day we will never know if you paid more than a fair price for your car, the system as it is prevents that.
Sorry but this is the reality of auto dealerships.
