4 years ago
I have come to Gallery for service many times. It...
I have come to Gallery for service many times. It is where I purchased my car, and it is also where my mother purchased her car, and the majority of my experiences here were positive. That all changed the last time I was there, when I brought my car in to have the battery replaced. Not only did they charge me double the cost of the battery, but after I left, the manager, one Mark Goldstein, sent me a snotty and vicious email saying that I had left without payment and telling me that they had "flagged" my account and ability to service with them in the future. I immediately emailed him back explaining that my mother had called in payment on her account before I left, so they absolutely had been paid. I also advised him that during the service, I had agreed to wait, but advised the agent (I forget her name) that I was in a hurry. She seemed preoccupied and didn't pay much attention to me, so it took an additional half hour to get my car back even after she told me they were finished. I would think that a dealership charging that kind of money for a simple battery change would have the courtesy to be respectful of their customers' time, especially considering the amount of harassment I received over paying promptly. I have never had a billing or payment problem with this dealership before, and I was quite taken aback that they would be so aggressive.
I must add that I have nothing bad to say about Vidal the other customer service representative, who has always treated me with courtesy and professionalism. I wish him the best, since it is hard to do well when your boss is such a poor example. In light of this incident, we will conduct no further business with any part of this dealership falling under the atrociously bad management of Mr. Goldstein. He probably didn't realize that he cost their sales department a sale either, but trying to convince stupid people not to act stupidly is like trying to kick water uphill. If he had an issue, he should have called and discussed it with me like a gentleman instead of sending a nasty email and then ignoring my reply.
In this day and age, it's pretty foolish to alienate a good customer over a simple misunderstanding, and there's no excuse for failing to acknowledge that it was their error. The real question here is, if they treat me this way, how are they going to treat you?