AVOID THIS KIA LOCATION AND ANY DEALERSHIP OWNED BY - Kimberly McKay
AVOID THIS KIA LOCATION AND ANY DEALERSHIP OWNED BY OLYMPIC AUTO GROUP(easily found on Olympic Auto Group website)
My main issue was with the sales manager.
When I purchased a brand new 2024 Kia Forte in January 2024, I was told I needed to purchase the VIP package(P.S. say no to this if you do end up buying a car here. It is not mandatory but they will fight tooth and nall for you to buy it)which included free car washes, rubber mats, wind visor, shuttle service to and from YVR, 2 week free parking on their lot etc..
My husband brought the car in for a wash, he was told by a service department staff that they don't accept drop ins and next time he needs to book in advance. He calls in to book his next car wash for the same morning, no issues. He called in to book another car wash for the morning but was told they only do car washes between 1pm-6pm so he wasn't able to book anything for the morning. By this time, he is frustrated by all these policies he was never told about at the time of purchase. He's being told by numerous different people, numerous different things on when, how and who to book these car washes. He tried explaining this politely to the main reception. There was an argument and frustrated he hung up. Later that evening, the sales manager calls my husband to tell him he is banned from Kia South and hangs up.
I call to speak with him about this and he offers a refund on the package. He then tried to take it back and said I was welcome to bring the car in but my husband wasn't. I said no that's not how this works. My husband drives the car, I have my wn Kia(which we purchased from there and get all our servicing done since 2018. Which BTW we will no longer be doing at this location) I told him I want my money back. He then emails me and says he will go over my file with accounting on the following Monday. I hadn't heard back from him. I waited another week and still no word.
I call but he was never available and my emails were ignored.
The following week I got a call from the sales manager saying he spoke to someone from Olympic Auto and they will not be issuing a refund. He also said he spoke to an attorney on behalf of Olympic Auto(Um what? Ok.) I asked who he spoke to and if l could speak to them and explain my side. He would not tell me and I haven't spoken to him since.
I emailed Olympic Auto. Enter, the regional manager. He's very polite and apologetic at first. He said he personally travelled to Vancouver to deal with this for me. He said he will have a check ready for me to pick up the next day. Basically copy and paste everything I went through with the sales manager and put it here because he is still buying time and keeps giving me excuses "By Monday, by Monday, by Monday". Last I heard, he said he had to put in a request to finance to get the check approved. Now the check is to be issued on the 10th and mailed out but stll nothing.
I suggest anyone reading this, not give them any of your time. They don't value their customers. We've been very loyal to them and given them thousands of dollars but they will never see another dime from us.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention, the general sales manager was extremely unprofessional to his staff. He was heard yelling at the finance woman who signed our paperwork with us. Super embarrassing and I feel terible for her.
I definitely feel I've given them many opportunities. I probably wouldn't have even written this review if they were just honest with their intentions from the beginning.
If Kia South or Olympic Auto Group ever decides to make this right by giving me what they already promised numnerous times, I will happily delete this review but until then, here it will stay.
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