Davidson Saint Jean

This car dealership is a huge scam. I saw 2003 Corvette with 105,000 miles on it listed for $12,999. I currently own a 2000 Corvette with 127,000 miles on it, so I wanted to trade my ca I saw 2003 Corvette with 105,000 miles on it listed for $12,999. I currently own a 2000 Corvette with 127,000 miles on it, so I wanted to trade my car in and spend around $5,000-$7,000 in cash to get the deal done. I used their "Trade-in estimater" on the website, but it just said I have to bring my car in to be evaluated. I called them and asked for an estimate on the phone and they told me that they go off of KBB and normally pay higher than that. So I went on KBB and put in my vehicle in the lowest condition possible to get a baseline. Mind you, my vehicle isn't prestine, but it is far from the lowest teir. The trade-in estimate came to $7,500, so I figured if that was a baseline then we should be able to get a deal done. I got to the dealership and they scanned my license right away and had me sit down. Soon after an employee came over to me and I told them what I was looking to do. They then took my car to be appraised, and I test drove the new car. The new car had alot of cosmetic issues that you would expect to find in a used car. VERY similar condition to my current car. I then sat and waited for over an hour at a desk by myself waiting for the singular "financial manager" to look over everything. Seemed pointless, since I was paying cash, but I patiently waited. They then had me sign some papers BEFORE I even talked pricing. They told me the papers were just confirming that my information was correct, which was very odd and unsettling. Why am I signing documents without even knowing my trade-in estimate??? They finally came over and tried to get me to pay $12,500 as the "out the door" price, and that included an insulting low offer of $3,500 for my car! They threw on a bunch of xx charges, including $999 for theft insurance? I asked them why they were only offering $3,500 for my vehicle since it's in very close condition to they one they are selling, and when the KBB value was $7,500 (and that was the LOWEST of the LOW that KBB said for my vehicle in "fair" condition). He said "Well your car is only worth $2,000 and I was actually helping you out by offering an extra $1,500". I told him "I recently put on 4 GoodYear Racing Tires on my Corvette and the tires alone cost over $2,000!" Apparently that doesn't matter at all. They also kept flipping sides when it was convenient for them. When I brought up cosmetic damage on their car they said "that's to be expected with a car of that age". But when I brought up cosmetic damage on my car they would act like it was the biggest deal. Literally wasted 4 hours of my life when they could have just told me on the phone that we were too far apart More

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