4 years ago
"We believe a satisfied customer is more important...
"We believe a satisfied customer is more important than profit."
I was looking for a new car because I have a neck problem and my car seat wasn't working for me anymore. I decided to get a 2009 Toyota Sienna from Concordville Nissan. I traded in my 2012 Kia Optima SX valued at a $6,500 trade-in + $1,500 for the Sienna. Retail value of the Optima: $11-12k. Retail value of the Sienna: $8-9k. So I knowingly took a loss in value of approx $4,500 on the deal, which of course, would be future profit for them. A month later, the Sienna broke down on the highway with a smoking engine and had to get towed, costing me over $1,000 in towing and repairs. I called and left them a message about it, and they never returned my call. Around the same time, they sold my Optima which they had listed on their site for $12,500. It's been two months, and in the past month my back and neck problems have been much worse, and it turns out the Sienna is actually much worse for me than the Optima was. I came back to them asking them if they would buy the Sienna back so I could get something else and looked me in the eye told me that they had lost money on me, refusing to acknowledge that they had made a profit on my trade-in. They offered me $3,500 for the Sienna, what would be an additional loss of $4,500 for me on top of the $4,500 I had lost on the initial deal and the $1,000 in towing and repairs.
"We believe a satisfied customer is more important than profit."