Background: go Kia Richmond listed a 2024 Jetta - Yemen85
Background: go Kia Richmond listed a 2024 Jetta Comfortline. I spoke to sales advisor Jordan. From the time of contact to the time of purchase, he was not your stereotypical car salesman; it was an absolute pleasure to deal with Jordan. Jordan’s personality would allow him to do well in any organization. I decided on a test drive and provided my driver's license, which they took a copy of. Test drove the car and came back the next day to negotiate the sale. I asked Jordan for the copy of my license back, which he provided. Once I decided to make the purchase, Jordan was busy; that’s where Adrian came in. I said I will wait for Jordan, although Adrian was very persistent, so I concluded the sales agreement with Adrian pending the inspection report. I told Adrian throughout the process that I will be paying in cash. He did say they prefer a bank draft; my response was that I will be paying in cash. Adrian did not say as to how much cash the dealer would take at any time. Adrian asked that I return the photocopy of my driver's license, as it was required for the sale. I stated I’m not required to have a driver's license to buy a car; I’m only required to have a driver's license once and if I decide to register the vehicle. I stated I do not feel comfortable that the dealer has all my information on file. Adrian stated they keep it in a locked cabinet. Scenario: I take a loan; now you have my banking information and a copy of my driver's license, and you have it locked in a cabinet for someone to break into, and now I have to deal with identity theft. Also, you have my information to sell to third parties. This banter went back and forth, and Adrian was not getting it. Adrian also stated they have to have a copy of my driver's license if they get audited. Then Adrian asked me if I would be willing to finance the vehicle. I stated no, then he asked if I would be willing to finance even a small portion of the vehicle, as they get a kickback. So let me do the math here: I take a loan from the dealer, and I pay interest while they get a kickback. That does not make any financial sense to me. So basically you're telling me that you want me to supplement your paycheck.
Now this is where Kimberly Yap Chung gets involved. She comes across friendly, but then when I stand my ground about not providing a copy of my driver's license, which goes back and forth, you can see the demeanour in her face change, and she goes into bully mode. I’m the wrong person to go into bully mode with. I stated if she wanted a copy of my driver's license, I would redact my personal information, as they don’t need my bio information. She states again she needs a copy of my driver's license, then clearly states if she didn’t like the colour of my shirt, she doesn’t have to sell me a vehicle, which I would consider discrimination/profiling. Then she states she will cancel the sales agreement and just leave me sitting there; that’s wonderful customer service. During the process William Zhao business manager gets involved tells me when asked they only take $9000.00 cash, I asked him to show me the policy that states that, he stated it was upstairs, in other words he did not know the policy otherwise I’m assuming he would have produced it.
I leave, then get a call from Adrian that he spoke with the corporate office, and they will make an exception about having a copy of my driver's license on file. I told Adrian as I was on the highway I would not be coming back that day. I also called go Kia Vancouver and was told it’s $10000.00 for a cash limit
I think I came back the next day or a few days later; Adrian walks right by as if I didn’t exist. Also William finally shows me that cash policy. If you don’t have the policy at least say you will get the information, not it’s upstairs, what does that mean.
Kimberly Yap Chung needs discrimination and customer service training.
I would not recommend this dealer. Read understand and question before making a purchase
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