A deposit apparently means very little at Audi Brooklyn. - wrikabi
A deposit apparently means very little at Audi Brooklyn.
I placed a $500 deposit on a 2022 BMW X7 with the understanding that the vehicle was being held for me while we worked through the purchase.
Despite having my deposit, Audi Brooklyn sold the vehicle to another customer.
After that happened, Joe, the manager, told me he would look for a similar vehicle for me. I never heard from him again — not about another vehicle and not about my deposit.
I then dealt with Sam regarding the refund. Sam told me it could take up to three weeks for my $500 deposit to be returned. I waited the three weeks I was told to wait.
Now I am at that three-week point, still without my deposit, and once again I am the customer chasing Audi Brooklyn for answers about why my money has not been returned.
From a customer’s perspective, the sequence is pretty unbelievable: Audi Brooklyn accepted my money to hold a vehicle, did not honor the hold, sold the car to someone else, promised to help find a replacement and never followed up, and then made me wait weeks while I repeatedly tried to recover my own $500.
The entire experience felt less like dealing with an authorized Audi dealership and more like dealing with a low-end used-car operation that happened to have an Audi logo on the building.
A dealership’s reputation is built on whether its word means something. In my experience, Joe’s handling of this situation and Sam’s handling of the refund fell far below what I would expect from an authorized Audi dealership.
The Audi name is supposed to represent a premium brand. Unfortunately, nothing about the way this situation was handled felt premium, professional, or accountable.
I should not have to repeatedly call and chase a dealership to recover a deposit after the vehicle they were supposed to be holding for me was sold.
The car is gone. The transaction is over. Return my $500.
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