3 years ago
Let me first state that my wife and I are 2 of the...
Let me first state that my wife and I are 2 of the most easy going and understandable people you would ever come across if you were to ever meet us. We understand there are always factors that can weigh in what happens in every day life experiences (such as buying a car) that are beyond anyone's control. With that said, here is my - and my wife's - 1 star experience at Bosak Motors in Merrillville, IN.
My wife and I had been researching used Dodge Journey's for 2 months and we finally narrowed it down to about 10 vehicles in about a 75 mile radius. Three of them in the Merrillville area, 7 in the Kalamazoo, MI area. We went to Bosak Motors to look at their Dodge Journey for the soul reason that it was labeled a CERTIFIED CHRYSLER PRE-OWNED VEHICLE. None of the others at other dealerships were. So, we left them a voice mail the Friday before the weekend explaining we were coming to their dealership on Monday to look at the car.
Right off the bat, I was disappointed because even though we gave all our license and insurance information, we were not allowed to take the vehicle on a test drive in private. Plus we were limited to where we could go since there was hardly any gas in the vehicle and it was down-pouring rain the whole time we were there.
Little did we know, this was the beginning of our 7 HOUR ORDEAL! We did not get out of there until after 5 pm. Here's why:
Ed, our salesman, tried to sell us everything extra. Tried to sell me ceramic coating for the paint for almost $1200. I told him I would just apply it for a $95 bottle off of an online store. They also tried to sell us the extended warranty and we told them not interested, yet the bogged-down financial lady still made time to do a write up even though we told Ed we were only approved for a certain amount of money from our credit union and that would put us over that amount. The financial lady even came back and said if we only put $200 down on our paint sealant, it would fit us into our maximum loan amount and we could get it. I told her she was forgetting there was taxes on the car too, and the paint sealer would put us over. She walked back to her office, with her sticky note attached to her index finger, baffled as hell as how I could turn up such a wonderful deal.
Meanwhile, I forgot to mention, we haven't even said we were going to buy the car yet. We spent the first 2 hours trying to get a final price that we could submit to our credit union, but all we kept hearing was they could "probably" beat our credit union interest rate. I was already pre-approved by my credit union, so why would I want my credit to get bombarded by even more credit inquiries? Well, once we told them we had our own credit union, it was like we were outcasts. Little comments here and there about not getting the better deal because we didn't get credit through them. The more they pushed, the more I didn't want to deal with them.
In the end, we finally got to see the financial lady. We had to sign FAKE loan documents that would take effect in case the check my credit union was sending overnight (which they already had the tracking number), didn't arrive. The whole time she kept mentioning we would have had a better deal through them.
They gave us papers at the end that said our car was CERTIFIED and the CARFAX report showing it's CERTIFIED.
Fast forward 2 weeks when some buttons on the dash don't work. Made an appointment with our dealer close to home to get fixed. Our dealer stated the car was not listed as CERTIFIED and that we should get in touch with the dealer. I called Chrysler myself and they said the car was not certified. My wife called Bosak, was wrong voice mail for Ed. My wife called the next day, lady said it's the wrong guys name on Ed's voice mail, he hasn't changed it yet. Left voice mail for Ed to some other guys name. No return call. Called Friday, talked with Ed, who said he'd look into it and call us back Monday, 03-12-18. Haven't hard from anyone yet as of 03-15-18. So disappointing. Don't buy from.