After reading the latest review, I felt I had to post my - Ry
After reading the latest review, I felt I had to post my experience, as well. I dealt with Kade, who I found great as a salesman. Very accommodating in terms of test driving and communication via text/visits. No issues at all with Kade, I'd be happy to deal with him again.
My struggle comes from surprise additional costs. I was in early stages of negotiating on a 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe that they had in stock. They were great at negotiating extras (I buy a tow package, they throw in tires and rims) without headache - seemed quite reasonable. As we got closer to "finalizing" a price, the quote came in with around $5000 in additional costs, scattered around the quote, without a lot of description as to what they were for. Kade was fantastic in defining them for me, but the fact those extra charges showed up as an automatic left a sour taste. I fully expect there to be additional charges, it's to be expected, but $5000 was exorbitant, in my humble opinion.
Full transparency, Kade did take about $1100 worth of those additional charges off after I asked some questions, but that leaves $3900 in extras, before I even sat down to discuss extended warranty and extra protection on the vehicle that typically comes when you finalize the financing/sale. It didn't help, either, that I was verbally quoted $1100 for the tow hitch, but then officially quoted $1357 as the wiring wasn't mentioned initially.
This transaction just didn't feel good. I understand the need to capitalize on and maximize a deal, and fully expected to have to do some hard negotiating, but this just felt over the top.
In comparison, I went to Kamloops Kia and closed a deal on a 2023 Sorento with a couple of small additional charges appearing on the quote. They then attempted to add sales to the final cost through extended warranties, pre-payed services and vehicle protection, but there was just nothing that was gratuitous or pressured. It was up front and presented as extra sale, rather than just tacked on to a quote/bill.
Felt sneaky. Felt like the way car dealerships are fairly or unfairly "demonized".
Transparency is important, and I that just didn't seem to happen here. Wasn't horrendous, people were nice, but I certainly won't be back.
Please don't mistake this review as a knock on Kade, I would happily deal with him again in a different environment, this most likely has more to do with dealership practice/pressure.
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