Serpentini Chevrolet of Strongsville
Strongsville, OH
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"Lying to the customer...and proud of it!" Unfortunately, this has been the worst buying experience we have ever encountered. We were mislead and disrespected nearly every step of the way. It Unfortunately, this has been the worst buying experience we have ever encountered. We were mislead and disrespected nearly every step of the way. It started with our first visit to Serpentini Chevrolet in Strongsville where we met with Jon Kostandaras. While friendly and courteous, Jon refused to answer our questions via email, instead insisting we come to the dealership for the answers. A week or so later, we stopped by the Serpentini Chevrolet to meet with Samantha Shemple, who followed up on a Kelley Blue Book offer to buy our car. Unfortunately, even though we mentioned this when we arrived, no one went to get her and we were redirected to Josh Channell, who initially seemed interested in helping us find a vehicle. Unfortunately, this took a turn for the worse after we became a more interested in a vehicle. We were at the dealership with our young children and repeatedly mentioned that we needed to leave soon because it was getting late. Josh, and the gentleman he introduced as his manager, Willis Tabron, wouldn’t let up. They refused to offer us the amount for our vehicle even though Samantha Shemple said, “This is the minimal price that is offered and we may be willing to pay you more for your vehicle. We are very serious about buying your vehicle TODAY!” The only good to come out of this meeting was that we had tentatively agreed to a price, pending additional information I was to call about the next day. After calling Josh the next day and unable to come up with the information, Josh checked with “my manager” and assured me that we could proceed with the deal and to come back to the dealership that afternoon. Before we ended the call, I confirmed two things with Josh, 1. That the deal would proceed according to the tentative price offered the day before and 2. That all numbers would be fully explained to me prior to proceeding any further. I also asked that we proceed with the transaction in a timely manner. We set a time of 4pm on Friday, March 25th. When we arrived at our set time we were greeted by a 30 minute delay. When Josh finally met with us, he said the paperwork was being worked on. I reminded him of our conversation earlier that day about the price and explanation of the numbers and he said we’d discuss it soon and walked away. After another 30-40 minute wait, Josh told us the finance manager, Kara Lee Rundle, was ready to discuss everything with us. After being introduced to her, she said she had nothing to do with the pricing, nor explanation of the numbers and that it was already written up. The price was over $2,200 more than our agreement! Further, Ms. Rundle boasted about how much business Serpentini Chevrolet did with the finance companies and, basically, that we were just a number. She also told us she was on the phone with the finance company for 20 minutes trying to get us a top finance rating. Since I have an 817 credit rating, I can’t comprehend why she had to work so hard at it. I also would assume this call to the finance company would fall under her job responsibility. So, in essence she was bragging to us that she was doing her job! At this point, after being lied to and disrespected by virtually everyone from Serpentini Chevrolet, the prospective joy that should come with bringing home a new vehicle was ruined. My wife and I were totally disappointed, our kids were crying and we should have turned and walked away at that point. Josh told us he was disappointed we felt that way and would do anything to get a “completely satisfied” grade on his survey. I explained that he probably should have thought of that before he lied to and disrespected us. He further insulted us by offering us a free oil change in return for a “completely satisfied” grade! The next step in the process was with Terry who was responsible for reviewing the operation of the vehicle. Although I felt she did an inadequate job at this, I couldn’t tell because she had a strong odor of smoke and cheap perfume and I was more concerned of her smelling up my new car than anything she had to say about the vehicle. After leaving the dealership, there was no follow up or apology from any of Serpentini Chevrolet’s representatives. In fact, the only correspondence was from Josh Channell who texted that our trade in was to be wholesaled. I waited over two weeks to complete this survey in hopes that someone from Serpentini Chevrolet would contact us to apologize and try to offer compensation or at least an explanation for their actions. The silence coming from Serpentini Chevrolet was deafening to us and solidifies our feelings on this dealership. In our employment we interact with many people each day in Serpentini Chevrolet’s demographics and will make it a point to relay our experience to anyone in the market for a vehicle. More
NO PROBLEM FOUND AT THIS TIME.& GOOD LUCK GETTING YOUR MONEY Once they get your money your done! It's you against them. Don't give up no matter what they say. It took me over 15 months for them to give me a vehi Once they get your money your done! It's you against them. Don't give up no matter what they say. It took me over 15 months for them to give me a vehicle that didn't shake at highway speeds, leak water after it rained and rattled over every bump and turn. This was a brand new vehicle and every time a brought it to them they said"NO PROBLEM FOUND". Finally General Motors Agreed with me and repurchased the truck and gave me a new truck that is as close to perfect that one would expect, Thank you to the Better Business Bureau. still fighting with Carol and Nat in the finance department for my money back on the service warranty that was purchased after the vehicle sale. they don't like giving money back only taking it! not even sales tax on the items returned. I don't understand why they give people such a hard time giving people whats rightfully theirs. Not giving up. More
Complete Customer Satisfaction We visited Serpentini March 27, 2016.in search of a Chevy Cruze. Chris Klien was professional and helpful from the moment we arrived. He was intent on We visited Serpentini March 27, 2016.in search of a Chevy Cruze. Chris Klien was professional and helpful from the moment we arrived. He was intent on providing us with what we wanted at the best price. I really appreciate the fact that there was no pressure. We are very satisfied with our purchase. My daughter thought the fact that you had a Café that served breakfast was awesome and stated "the food was really good." Everyone was very friendly and informative. Thanks to everyone our overall experience was excellent!! More
Pushed Aside and Ignored I went to this dealership in search of assistance and prices on Chevy Sonic's. I knew exactly what I wanted in the vehicle, I just wanted the assistan I went to this dealership in search of assistance and prices on Chevy Sonic's. I knew exactly what I wanted in the vehicle, I just wanted the assistance of a salesman to walk me through the numbers part, something that would take a decent salesman a small 15 minutes of their time. However, the salesman so rudely explained that they don't make commission over just sitting down and speaking about prices if I wasn't looking to buy that day or even that same week. So thank you to the salesman Derek that make me angry enough to go to a different dealership. I left Serpentini, and went straight to Pat O'Brien Chevrolet where I actually ended up buying a car that very same day. All because the salesman took 15 minutes of his time to go over my inquiries! Thank you Derek for sending me to the right place! More
NOT COMING BACK! Steve did a great job. Although once he got my 50k my problems didn't seem to matter. still waiting to hear back from him. You really need to have mo Steve did a great job. Although once he got my 50k my problems didn't seem to matter. still waiting to hear back from him. You really need to have more interest in the customers complaints and problems after you get the money!! never go back to serpentine again. there motto is NO PROBLEM FOUND AT THIS TIME. More
I hate it when I can't trust the sales team!!!! Everything was going well until I was lied to. I went to look at a particular car at Serpentini that I had found on Auto Trader. I test drove the car Everything was going well until I was lied to. I went to look at a particular car at Serpentini that I had found on Auto Trader. I test drove the car and loved it, so I decided that I wanted to start talking numbers. I filled out the application, but my salesman came back very fast with a piece of paper with my credit score. I had just reviewed my credit score before going to Serpentini and the credit score they pulled was 100 points lower than what I had. At this point I asked my salesman what kind of hit on my credit was it for him to pull my credit and he told me that it was a "soft" hit. At this time I told my salemans that I did NOT want them to submit my information to the banks because my credit score was not what I thought it was, which means possible higher interest rates. I told my salesman that I wanted more time to think about the whole situation. I even showed him the credit scores that I had pulled earlier. Well, of course the salemans brought his manager over to talk with me. I asked him the same question about what type of hit was put on my credit and he stated it was a "soft" hit just for my credit being pulled. I again told the manager that I did NOT want my information submitted to the bank and he stated ok, that they do not submit without my authorization. I left thinking everything was ok. I got home and reviewed an email from my credit monitoring service stating that I had 2 "hard" hits to my credit. I reviewed my credit again and come to find out I had a total of eight 8 "hard" hits to my credit from this day from Serpentini and banks that they had submitted my information to without my authorization. I first tried to contact my salemans, they sent me to voicemail. I then talked with his manager and he took my number to have the financial manager give me a call back. The financial manager called me back stating that he never received information to not submit my information to the banks and that he was trying to find me the best interest rate possible. He also mentioned that they had found me a good rate. At this point I did not care about what type of interest rate they had found, because I did not authorize them to submit my information to the banks. The financial manager told me that the 8 "hard" hits did not affect my credit, which is a lie. Everybody knows that once those type of inquires are done that it affects your credit. The financial manager basically just said that he would have a talk with the salemans about the situation. But, what about my credit????? It's already not the best and they have made it worst without my consent!!!!!!! More
GREAT car buying experience! We were looking for a reliable used vehicle and Jon helped us find just the right car. No hassle buying experience and easy paperwork completion proc We were looking for a reliable used vehicle and Jon helped us find just the right car. No hassle buying experience and easy paperwork completion process. This is our second experience with the Serpentini staff and we are 100% satisfied customers! D. Batig More
Awesome Buy! Been looking for a particular vehicle for awhile when one popped up on Serpentini website. Went the next day to check it out and ended up trading my v Been looking for a particular vehicle for awhile when one popped up on Serpentini website. Went the next day to check it out and ended up trading my vehicle in for it that day. My salesman was more than accommodating. He worked with me for quite awhile to make a deal that worked well for both parties. The entire experience as a whole was professional and very pleasant. I would recommend to anyone looking for a vehicle, new or used, to visit Serpentini of Strongsville. More
Nice people...but do your homework Let me start by saying if I didn't like the particular car I purchased as much as I do, I would have never purchased it here. I went in on a Monday ev Let me start by saying if I didn't like the particular car I purchased as much as I do, I would have never purchased it here. I went in on a Monday evening to look at the car. Chris K. was good to chat with. I decided that I liked the car and wanted to talk numbers. They presented me with payments that assumed insane interest rates despite the fact that I have excellent credit. When I asked Chris about the rates that were being assumed, he could not tell me what they were. He kept saying they would have to "submit" it for me to get a rate. More on that later... The price on the car was good, but the interest rates were so insane that I could not justify paying their asking price if I were to finance through Serpentini. I pushed on asking about the interest rates and I kept getting nonsense like "don't worry about the interest rate, if you like the car, the interest rate will work itself out." Ok, so Serpentini's interest rates were not competitive. We moved on to talking about trade in. They offered me several thousand below what the KBB trade in value was for my car in FAIR condition. Granted, my car was in need of a detail, but otherwise, cosmetically and mechanically, was in good to excellent condition. The combination of the insane interest rates and the lowball trade in offer was enough to make me walk despite having made a two hour drive there. I called my bank the next day and got an excellent rate, so I decided to follow up with Chris to talk about the car. After speaking to him and telling him that I was going to finance through my bank, he told me that if I financed through Serpentini, I could get a better rate. I asked him what the rate would be, and he couldn't tell me. I decided to go with my bank because I didn't want to deal with the Serpentini run around. I got a message from Nate in finance about better rates, and I gave him a call back. The rates were in fact better than what my bank was offering me. I told him that I would go with those rates if there were no additional hard inquiries made on my credit report. He said there would not be any additional inquiries made and that I was pre-approved for these rates. Pre-approved? Just one day ago, I was told that no one at Serpentini could tell me the rates I qualified for. Annoyingly, a week after purchasing the car, I looked at my credit report, and there were two inquiries made related to the car financing after I decided to go with financing through Serpentini. Finally, the day to pick up the car arrived. I made the drive up from Columbus and sat down to do paperwork. I felt that the gentleman in finance was very push with extras, i.e., warranties, tire hazard insurance, etc. I was annoyed about being questioned about whether I was not interested in these extras because I could not afford them. A dealer that does the volume of Serpentini should be above sales tactics like that. There was some confusion about how much I would be putting down, and when I asked to increase the amount I would be putting down that day, I got some pushback from him. He said he told people to include the extra they wanted to put down with their first payment. Why would he tell people to do that? Why would people interest on a larger balance when they can just pay more now? After the paperwork was completed, I had to wait forever to get my keys. My salesman was too busy to come over and chat after the transaction had been completed. He came to shake my hand and thank me for my business, and that was about it. After he walked away, I waited 15 or so minutes until another gentleman gave me my keys, and off I went. A final note: The Carfax report for this vehicle showed that Serpentini had replaced the windshield on this vehicle. When I took it into the dealership to have some warranty work done, I was told that the windshield was replaced with a non-OEM windshield, and as a result, the rain sensing wiper feature would not work. This is something I wish Serpentini would have disclosed. More
Nice to work with Nate and the mgmt and service. Good group of people to work with.. I am a repeat customer and will continue to be!! Thanks guys Nate and the mgmt and service. Good group of people to work with.. I am a repeat customer and will continue to be!! Thanks guys More