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| - ALLLLRIGHT I honestly gave CardinaleWay 3 chances.
September 2012, I bought a used Mazda at another dealer. Since previous services were done here at the CardinaleWay Mazda Mesa store, I thought what the heck, lets get it checked out. I called them up and emailed them asking about how much it would be to inspect the car as if they were going to sell it and tell me any problems that needed fixing. Fine and dandy. The gentleman in the email replied with we can do that for free. Cool! I bring my car down, and ask the person (whose name was the same man who emailed me back on his shirt.) just to be sure I'm not going to pay anything for this inspection until I get a repair. The man says, it's $100+. I don' remember the exact amount at the moment... He quotes me this price, and I leave. Strike one.
Fast forward to this past month. I emailed CardinaleWay Mazda Peoria (i know this isn't the same one, but it's owned by the same people.) The man and I go back and forth about a car I'm interested in. I express I know I have negative equity and would be willing to buy a car if they could accommodate my current payment amount or lower. I get an answer which sounds positive, appraise my car blah blah blah... I'm getting ready to come in... And I get told my payment is super low for a 11 year old car, and I'd be hard pressed to get something lower on any car? Okay what? Strike Two
Strike three comes when I visited this store tonight. They were eager to sell this car to me a 2008 mini cooper S. I had been approved for several other cars at a little higher prices than I wanted to pay. I knew what I could afford and how much it would be. I go in with decent expectations knowing they may turn me down for what I want... but they didn't even want to work with me. As I said, I had been approved for more expensive cars (including another used mini). The guy pretty much tells me they can't do anything... at all... two dealers were able to pull strings and get me within a few hairs length of a deal on other cars including another used and comparable mini which is great... this dealer couldn't get me anything at all... They told me at the beginning they had a second buyer lined up, and after a few minutes of talking I could tell they didn't want to wheel and deal... It's clear they thought they'd get more for the car out of someone else... and treated me like a number on a paper...
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