Ed Wences

Review of Crown Mercedes

Sam Oltromonto - our sales guy, CJ Sexton with Fin...

Sam Oltromonto - our sales guy, CJ Sexton with Financing

I thought I had a good experience with this dealership until I later realized I was taken advantage of. In the end I admit it was my fault for letting myself get "taken advantage". Both parties (us the buyer and the salesman/financing) came to a monthly payment agreement/financing for x number of months. Before they printed all the paperwork they asked how much down payment I could give. So in theory I could have given no down payment at all because right from the start we just talked about monthly payments. I put a $3,000 down payment. I never realized -- and again I admit this is my mistake -- that the $3,000 down payment was never deducted from the total price of the car. So in theory -- I just gave them an extra $3000. I am pretty sure they knew at that very moment that I was paying extra and they just went ahead and took it.

My advice -- when buying a car -- make sure you know what the final exact price you will be paying and make sure that when interest rate get applied that you do not pay an extra cent above that agreed purchase price.