I’ve been in this world for 41 years in that after my... - Montell
I’ve been in this world for 41 years in that after my time in the military I wanted a profession that would allow me to be straight and honest, therefore I became a Police Officer. Been in law enforcement for 18 yrs now and I love it. What annoys me as a man, veteran and cop is when people try to take hard earned money from hard working people. Just 6/1 my wife (school teacher) showed an interest in a Acura MDX and American Automotive Group in Mooresville N.C she called inquired and we pondered on the vehicle…the next morning Jim the owner called her at 830ish and knocked 800.00 off the price we said sold… send the information over, we had already secured financing. Then we agreed to meet at Cabela’s in fort Mill SC. Jim stated he’ll call us when the paperwork was ready to go. For several hours we was back and forth and we disregard the little details that later added up. Such as the vehicle had a 299.00 E.T.C cost, so we began to research what it was and long story short it’s anti theft mechanism that actually optional but Jim stated it was mandatory, per n.c law. Research proved that was a lie and if a dealer force you into it the dealership should be sent to the attorney general office. Once advise of that he backed that cost out. Like previously stated I’m a cop stolen vehicles are my thing….When a vehicles stolen the VIN is entered into ncic and that vehicle is flagged by law enforcement through the entire USA. Once the price is worked out they tried to add north Carolina taxes into a vehicle which was being registered in South Carolina and proclaim to back the cost out and move it into the cost of the vehicle, the wife caught that and made them add SC fee vs NC which is cheaper. This ruled it up to incompleteness…. The straw that broke the Camel back after the numbers was ran they called us 6 hrs later and stated were ready. Anyone who financed through usaa knows it only takes an HR to buy a car, I’ve brought 3 took less than an HR on all of them. We get a call from John employee of the dealership stating we here, we stated we 30 mins out, we got there no John. We called he come barreling around the corner and as the car approached I clearly see damages to the front hood as well as the left bumper poked out. I stated to John this was not in the pictures and showed it to him, they took angled photos that would not show blemishes, we called the owner “Jim” he’s in a meeting… mind u as I’m cursing like no body’s business John stated he took the pictures, that’s what he do. So I asked why didn’t Jim tell us this was damages on the car he (John) then stated you getting the car so cheap you can fix it with the difference. I spent 29k on a used car it should be flawless. I work hard for my money and honest money come rather slower and harder than fast. So the detective in me kicks in and I see John texting like a mad man, but we on hold for Jim because he’s in a “meeting” so in jump into John and find out he’s talk to Jim. Lastly I got my loan paperwork from John ripped then threw them in the back of my car and drove off. I left there went to echo auto sales got the same vehicle for 2k less 5 yr aftermarket warranty and walked in the dealership at 4 and left by 515. My sales person name was ty amazing young man. Finally the dealer fee at American Automotive Group was the highest we ran across in N.C look around. I have no reason to lie. A person is only as good as his/her word, they provided deceptive pictures, attempted to force us into cost that was optional, lie about being in meeting instead of facing the conversation with a pissed consumer, I also have screen shots of the pictures on the website and up close pictures of the ones taken from the pointless ride to meet American Automotive Group. How I’m going to handle this well I’m gonna report it to the attorney general office, better business bureau and usaa to include posting this on every social media platforms I can find. After looking at the reviews later look the names of the people that gave good reviews, it’s obvious it’s fake names and reviews.
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