4 years ago
Untrustworthy
Untrustworthy
I have a rather lengthy post, but it may be worth the read. I tried to keep emotion out of it, rather I dealt with very specific issues.
Konrad,
I write this letter to express my disappointment in the company The Autobarn , you and whoever the manager is. I felt treated like the stereotypical car salesman mark . I, in good faith, came down to look at the car. My part in this disappointment is that I let my desires of acquiring a TDI get the best of me and I see a couple of red flags crop up that I ignored. I really did NOT look the car over that carefully for I would have seen the paint defect. Secondly, when we talked over numbers they were NOT demonstrated to me, rather Mr. Conrad flipped through the paperwork without explaining much in as to the final numbers and never asked if I had any questions about them.
Where the disappointment comes is the post-sale treatment. As far as the discrepancy in the money, to state that I may get a refund is pretty hokey, rather than explaining the difference. Secondly, and in my mind the most grievous issue is the paint. First, you knew (as well as Kassandra) that I was coming down and I am sure everyone there thought they had a done deal so why NOT look the car over to present it pristine? Secondly, you had a detail man wash the car, after the deal was made and paperwork was being worked on, and there is NO MISTAKING that there was some splatter on the finish. Next, there was NO attempt to demonstrate the paint issue and have ME make the decision as to whether it was a problem or not. You, or anyone there, should have come to me and reveal the issue and ask ME what we want to do with it. Finally, when I emailed you about it, you tell me As for the blemish on the paint. I have to talk with my mangers how to rectify this but about 2 weeks after delivery of the car it is hard to say what they might wanna do. I will speak with them and my detail center to see if there is any way we can fix this problem for you. , Then I emailed that was not acceptable and I got I'm sorry that, that fact of the hood damage was not brought up during the point of sale. If it was, it would have been taken care off immediately. After having the car for 2 weeks now it is hard for me to do anything at this point.
Thank you,
Konrad
Yes, it is a sorry event that this was NOT brought up at the sale, and to willingly withhold this information is paramount to fraud. Then to wash your hands of the problem shows NO INTEGRITY from either you the manager or The Autobarn dealership. I ended up going to a VW dealership near my home, the sales manager, without charging me, looked at it and realized that the problem was a long standing sap of some nature and in 15 minutes buffed out the car so you do NOT even see the original blemish. I now have my car in the shape that I feel it should have been from your establishment.