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| - Okay so we have been doing a lot car shopping lately. Have been to numerous dealers in town and since I am interested in a Saab, we decided to check this place out. Pulled in and the dealership looks nice. I guess our sales person was relatively new which is okay but it would have been nice to have questions answered a little better. This is where things went badly.
We asked to look at the inside of the car. The guy asked us inside and asked a few questions about me, etc. He got a copy of my license since I asked to test-drive the car. After a few more questions about what we wanted to trade in, the guy left for a moment. When he came back, he kept asking more questions. He even outright asked my husband if we were going to buy today. I have to admit at this point I got annoyed. I mean, I hadn't even seen the inside of the car yet. I simply said I would really like to see the inside of the car before we answered anymore questions.
The guy said okay in an annoyed way and he unlocked it and we headed outside. He went and got another guy to come out with him. His name was Phil. He let us know that the guy who was helping us (Btw, I don't know his name because he never introduced himself) was new and so he was coming to help him out. First thing he asked was when we were looking to buy and I let him know it would be within the next 30 days. The guy immediately said well this may not be here in 30 days and I said that I had a few specific cars on my list to check out. The 9-3 is one I am most definitely interested in but I have yet to drive one and wanted to get a feel for the car before making a final decision. This is where things got really bad.
He pretty much in a nutshell said that they don't allow their high end vehicles to be test-driven unless someone is planning to buy. Thing was, I am planning to buy. And get this, it was a car with a $15,000 price tag. We aren't talking about a $50,000 car. I brought that up and he pretty much said that they wouldn't let me drive it. I have never been more embarrassed in my life. My husband was angry at this point and I was flabbergasted. We went to leave and as we left, I looked at him and that they had lost good business. HE ROLLED HIS EYES AT ME! And said in a very sarcastic tone "I bet we did."
I WILL NEVER GO TO THIS DEALERSHIP AGAIN! AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE TREATED LIKE A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN, I WOULD AVOID IT LIKE THE PLAGUE!
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