Honda of Pasadena

Danny gave us a great price over the phone - way below sticker and confirmed via email. We arrived with the Capital One Auto Loan cheque and our ID etc. He then gave us to Gordon who tried to strong arm sticker and confirmed via email. We arrived with the Capital One Auto Loan cheque and our ID etc. He then gave us to Gordon who tried to strong arm us into signing some document which he claimed was to check our credit rating (it was credit loan form) and verify that we were whom we said we were. According to Gordon, even if we'd turned up with a bag of cash to pay for the car in full, they would still need to check our credit record. Also, they claimed that the Capital One Auto Loan cheque was worthless there and no guarantee that we would not default - the reality is that Capital One would then be the ones chasing us, not Honda. In addition, they wanted us to sign a privacy release document that allowed them to give our details to their affiliates, other car manufacturers and basically the world. Basically the good price is the lure and then they would presumably reneg on this after pretending that our credit didn't check out. It was a tactic to try to get us to finance through them. We signed the credit loan document but crossed out that it was for a loan and wrote that it was for a credit rating confirmation - they tried again to get us to sign a clean copy. We walked out. Some really dubious business practices. When we got home, we read carbuyingtips.com/scams and it's listed as #5. More