Don Franklin Mitsubishi
Nicholasville, KY
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Dan franklin helped us out all the way I can honestly say at the end of the day they are really helpful and they helped us get approved into a really nice car. I recommend this car dealership to anyone out t at the end of the day they are really helpful and they helped us get approved into a really nice car. I recommend this car dealership to anyone out there. More
Excellent Salesforce, answered all our questions and concerns,Excellent experience working with Conner Free,hope to do more business with him in the future concerns,Excellent experience working with Conner Free,hope to do more business with him in the future More
Vehicle had been transferred to another lot when I arrived for my appointment. Found my experiance with this dealership very unprofessional. arrived for my appointment. Found my experiance with this dealership very unprofessional. More
Rob did a great job working with my son on getting his first truck. Great group service has been great as well with Chad in express. Didn't feel pressure when purchasing. We told them what he could do first truck. Great group service has been great as well with Chad in express. Didn't feel pressure when purchasing. We told them what he could do and they worked the banks for him. More
Worked with sales person on internet was told price asked if I needed to put down deposit to hold vehicle was told no got loan all done went to pay down payment at that time was told to hold came back said t if I needed to put down deposit to hold vehicle was told no got loan all done went to pay down payment at that time was told to hold came back said they just sold the truck then they wonder why they get a bad rep wouldn’t offer to buy anything from them again More
Financing and Customer Appreciation The general manager Dario Gutierrez force me to use a lender of his choice or I would not be sold the vehicle. I worked a deal with the dealership The general manager Dario Gutierrez force me to use a lender of his choice or I would not be sold the vehicle. I worked a deal with the dealership over the phone with Trevor the salesman. I told them I was driving 208 miles to do deal. The entire deal was worked out over phone prior to driving to Kentucky from Tennessee. It was approved by general manager. Trevor called me as I was driving and said they could probably beat my bank I was going to use for financing. He wanted to do a credit application and have everything ready when I got to dealership. I told him I didn't want my credit report pulled multiple times by various banks. He assured me that wouldn't happen. As I was driving to the dealership I got two emails stating that two different banks had accessed my credit report. I called Trevor immediately and advised him and he said he would tell the GM and finance guy. I arrived and the 2019 outlander I was going to purchase was sitting in front with a tag on it registered to me. I had not signed any papers yet just a verbal agreement on the deal. When the salesman brought paperwork over he said the best the GM could get was 5.75 at 72 months. He said no banks they deal with go longer. In the earlier phone conversation when giving him my information to pull credit I advised him I wanted between 78-84 because that is what I could get with my bank and it would put me at 342 per month at 84 months and 4.25 rate. He did tell me that they showed me 10000 for trade on the deal but changed it to a "structured" format for the banks bill of sale that showed 18000 for my trade. This is important because taxes would be paid on 14800 at 10k for my trade versus 6800 at 18000 for my trade. I got charged taxes on 14k. So they did two different deal sheets one for buyer and one for bank and the buyer pays the higher taxes. So when I didn't want to the 5.75% rate the GM came and spoke with me and I told him what I could get with my bank and he said he could not get those terms. I told him I had almost 800 credit score and can get better terms than what he offered. He said there was two ways to take delivery of car. He said I could have a preapproval letter faxed from my lender to him or I could leave a personal check as collateral and exchange the check with a check from my lender when I got it financed since most banks are closed on Saturday. I told him I would call my lender. While on phone with them, my lender said they would need the window sticker and I told salesman and he peaked it off to fax to my lender. While I was on hold with lender, the salesman came and told me that they had Wells Fargo offering 4.5 @72 months. As I was on hold the salesman said they needed to hurry the deal along because they had a lot backing up and I observed two other families in the dealership and not all were buying. He said Wells Fargo is giving 72 months at 4.25 so just do that. I said that is what my lender is going to do so I want to go with my lender to save on another credit pull and since my lender has already pulled my credit which makes the total pulls 3 for the deal. Trevor said it is just easier to use our lender it saves sending us a check and we can do everything in house. When I expressed wanting to stay with my lender to prevent more credit pulls he got the GM. I explained to GM about the number of pulls and showed him the emails. I showed him each bank. He said he already pulled Wells Fargo (without my consent) and he also admitted to pulling Bank of America and the dealership pulled for themselves. I said so you have pulled it 4 times and he said yes. He said the pulls consolidate into 1 pull. I told him I disagreed. I told him again I would go with my lender and he got visibly upset and said since he found a bank that could do same terms and my bank did not get 84 like I told him they could then I have to use well Fargo or I don't get to take delivery of vehicle after driving 208 miles. He said Wells Fargo has already pulled it anyway. He tried to explain multiple pulls on count as one pull. I said I disagree with that explaination. I walked outside to call another dealership connected to the auto group that owned the mitsuibishi. I spoke To a very nice lady and she said she would relay it to the corporate guy (Eddie??) he would be to her dealership on Thursday. I said I would like to speak with him. She took down details of my experience and while I was sharing with her the GM came out of the dealership and got in my face and ask, "are you calling the cops? And then said "illegal!" I said no I am not. He said he didn't do anything illegal. I said you can't force a consumer to use a dealers pick of lender or refuse delivery of a car. He became more agitated and waved his arms through air and said,"I tell you what let's undo the whole deal and forget it!" He said,"I am giving you the car!" I said go and do the financing so I can leave. He said that is what I am trying to do and her turned and walked away. Mitsuibishi will also be contacted that does the surveys. I have demanded a letter regarding numerous inquiries from GM to file with all three bureaus. The inquiries removed would be better given they did not get authorization but for one and it was verbal consent not written until I got to finance. The GM did not even shake my hand, thank me for buying a car. I guess 25k purchase doesn’t get you even a thank you come again from the GM. At least at Walmart they have associate thanking you for shopping even if you don’t buy anything. FYI- Trevor was a very good salesman. He only was doing what he was told to do from the GM. I guess financial lender kickbacks is worth creating the experience above. This was my 35th car of all makes and never have had this type of experience. More
BEWARE of Financing I was told GAP insurance would only add $5.00 per month to our payment. Sounded good so we took it. Later I reviewed my loan documents and noticed $ I was told GAP insurance would only add $5.00 per month to our payment. Sounded good so we took it. Later I reviewed my loan documents and noticed $895 for GAP insurance. Doing the math, my loan was for 66 months and $5.00 multiplied by 66 is $330. I emailed my sales guy and explained my problem. Another sales guy calls me back. Says the $330 is correct for GAP and the other $565 was to "buy my interest rate down by 2 points". Told him I have never heard of that and the finance guy did not mention it. I asked why, because my credit rating is 800 and my son's was near 700, plus we paid $4,000 down on the vehicle. Came up with some excuse that it must be because my son is young and not a lot of credit. But I say my son has nearly a 700 credit rating and he comes up with some more possible excuses for the "rate buy down". And then goes on to say the $565 to buy the rate down by 2% will save me money in the long run with the lower interest rate!!! I also ask "then why wasn't that broken down on the loan document" and again, more excuses. I later email them back and ask them to send that breakdown to me in an email and detail what was told to me over the phone about buying down the interest rate and the actual cost of the GAP. They would not do it and said I would have to come in to the dealership and get the business manager to explain my contract. So I contact the bank where the loan is through and ask them about the GAP. They say the full $895 is for GAP and they pay it out as the loan balance goes down. I ask about "buying the rate down". They had no clue what I was talking about and when I explained it, the person literally laughs at what I told him. Said "all I can tell you is the full $895 is for GAP and if it was for anything else, it should have been listed on the loan document". Needless to say, the guy straight out lied to me regarding the money going for GAP and "buying the rate down". So I checked out my GAP insurance documents and found that it can be cancelled within 30 days with no termination/processing fees and you can get the full amount credited back on your loan. Even after I cancelled it, I had to call back and make sure it got processed within the 30 day timeframe. All I can say is that if you finance it through them, you better take a look at each number listed on your loan document. And by the way, there is not much use in contacting an attorney about this. The one I contacted said they get stuff like this all the time about car dealers and for the money involved, it would cost more in legal fees than it would be in what you could recover by suing them. More