I tried to buy a truck from this dealer but they sold it - Jim P
I tried to buy a truck from this dealer but they sold it out from under me. I had been working with Joe at Plaza Ford for about two weeks on an F-450 that was ordered for a customer and the buyer was having issues with financing. Finally I got the word that the truck was available and I could purchase it. I told Joe that my preference was to use my financing, then his financing or I would pay cash. Joe sent me an official quote, a credit app and asked for a picture of the front and back of my drivers license. I applied at my bank, completed and returned his credit app, a picture of my drivers license and secured insurance. I even offered to put a deposit down on the truck. The next day Joe went dark, would not answer text or phone calls. I called the dealer who transferred the call to Joe who then informed me that they sold the truck to another customer. He could at least had the intestinal fortitude to let me know the truck was not available instead of hiding. I contacted the General Sales Manager (Hugh), who listened to my story but had little to offer than sorry. As a business owner myself I do not appreciate Hugh and team waisting my time. As a potential customer I believe I did everything possible to negotiate in good faith and do not believe this situation should have occurred.
I did receive call backs from Hugh and Darren apologizing for the situation. From what I gathered from the conversations, several salesman had buyers for this truck. It is close to the end of the month and being in sales myself, I understand they wanted this sale in Nov and not let it slip into Dec. I believe Joe is not the top salesman at Plaza Ford as another salesman sold to management that his buyer was ready to wire the money and didn't mention I was willing to pay cash. I assume that getting the sale in this month was more profitable to Plaza Ford than also having the revenue from financing.
If Mr Walls (President/owner at Plaza Ford Inc) is listening, Hugh might be a nice guy, but if he is not managing his sales people and have well defined processes in place he is not helping your business. From my point of view, I see neither of these two things.
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