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My wife and I visited this dealership several mont...

My wife and I visited this dealership several months ago to look into buying a CX5 since our RAV4 was coming off its lease in less than a month. We could not have had a sleezier experience and will never come back. We explained our situation to the salesperson, and he then took us on a test drive. He was friendly and somewhat knowledgeable about the car, although he couldn't answer all of my fairly basic questions. He was a nice guy at this point and having a couple unanswered questions about the nuances of the car was not a huge deal.

When we returned to the dealership, we went with the salesman to his desk and the sleeze-fest ensued. I mentioned I had purchased my Protege from them, and he said they offer a loyalty discount, which was great. I joked about how we definitely wouldn't be buying a car in the color of the test vehicle, which was like an ugly neon teal, but that what I really wanted to know was the price and features for the entry and mid-level trim lines of the CX5. The sales guy then goes through his inventory list of what colors are on the lot, with absolutely no mention of trim line, price, etc. I had to redirect him and flat out say look, I was joking about the color, what is important is trim line, features, and cost. He then went on for a good 10 minutes about how fantabulous it is if we buy a car from them, they have a costumer care club, they offer free oil changes for however many years, and oh my gosh, they use synthetic oil, how amazing! He then touted the benefits of synthetic oil vs conventional for another few minutes, and I again had to redirect him that I really really really wanted to talk trim lines and price. He then pulled out the inventory list and again told me what colors he had on the lot. So, having to redirect this guy yet again to tell him, look, we have 4 weeks left on the lease, perhaps a different color car could be ordered or would arrive on their lot, but I really really honest and truly want to know prices and features of the different trim lines. He then looked at us and said "well any price I give you has to be acted on today, it is the end of our sale," which must have been a secret sale since there was nothing being promoted.

He then puts on his best, clearly-annoyed body language and strolls up the stairs to the manager s office. He returns maybe 3-5 minutes later with a printout, and before it is even shown to us his phone rings, he answers it, hangs up, and tells us "that s my manager, he wants me to hurry up," which was even more ironic because the lack of hurry up was due to his inability to listen to and answer my very simple questions. In the 5 seconds between that statement and storming out of the dealership, I was able to look at the printout to see it was simply the sticker price of the top trim line divided into 48 monthly payments. As we got up to say 'see ya later,' the salesperson said "oh no, I didn't mean it that way." Not sure what other way he meant it, but I will never ever in a million years return to this place. I would love to replace my Protege with another Mazda when the time comes, but I will drive an extra hour to purchase from somewhere else. They also own Turnersville Mazda, which would scare me away from that place as well. A sleezy, disgusting, insulting, completely time wasting experience at this place. It gets one star because zero stars was not an option.

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