Okay, so Cindy and I have been shopping around the web and came across a dealership in Las Vegas called Towbin Prestige. A few days ago, I tried contacting them through their website and got an automated response. I attempted to follow up on it and got nothing back. That alone should have told me they were not a dealership to deal with but, I tried again and still heard nothing. So, I tried calling them - left a message and still heard nothing. Really, at this point and time, I really should have given up but, I saw they had an Alpine White Trailhawk come in and so I persisted.
Today (after getting back from Lithia), I called yet again and finally got to talking to a guy called "Tiny" Mike. Apparently, he is the internet sales rep there and after talking to him a bit, things seemed like they were coming together. After filling out their credit app, I got a call and he starts to rattle off numbers. Basically saying that at 0.9%/36 month financing, I would be looking at $721.48. This after trading in a car that KBB valued on the low end at about $10k. That's when I asked how much were they going to give me on my trade in and how much are they selling the Renegade for. And, this is where the real thick BS started to come in!
So apparently, Tiny Mike wanted to give me only $6500 for the trade in and to add insult to injury, he wanted to hike up the price of their Renegade by $2000!! When I pressed him on the trade in, he agreed he could bring that up by about $1k but that the $2000 premium ON TOP OF MSRP was for, and I quote "polysteel nitrogen" and "red alert added protection" whatever the fuck that is. At this point and time, I reminded Tiny of what they have listed on their website and explained they were essentially engaging in FALSE ADVERTISING. To this, he came back with some BS about how they were an "addendum" charge and that they wouldn't show up and then followed up with fine print at the bottom page. Calling BS on his BS, he then said that he could not go any lower than $2000 above MSRP because he had the ONLY Renegade in the State of Nevada..... Seriously!!
You know, what really bothers me about all this isn't so much as this Tiny Mike guy trying to make a buck or $2k off of me - it's that he actually came up with such BS lies and fed them to me like I was some kind of idiot. I don't know, I guess it's just been a long time since I've had to buy a new vehicle and forgot just how much I hate car salesmen. For anyone out in the Las Vegas area looking to buy a car or Jeep, Towbin Prestige is NOT who I would recommend.
Today (after getting back from Lithia), I called yet again and finally got to talking to a guy called "Tiny" Mike. Apparently, he is the internet sales rep there and after talking to him a bit, things seemed like they were coming together. After filling out their credit app, I got a call and he starts to rattle off numbers. Basically saying that at 0.9%/36 month financing, I would be looking at $721.48. This after trading in a car that KBB valued on the low end at about $10k. That's when I asked how much were they going to give me on my trade in and how much are they selling the Renegade for. And, this is where the real thick BS started to come in!
So apparently, Tiny Mike wanted to give me only $6500 for the trade in and to add insult to injury, he wanted to hike up the price of their Renegade by $2000!! When I pressed him on the trade in, he agreed he could bring that up by about $1k but that the $2000 premium ON TOP OF MSRP was for, and I quote "polysteel nitrogen" and "red alert added protection" whatever the fuck that is. At this point and time, I reminded Tiny of what they have listed on their website and explained they were essentially engaging in FALSE ADVERTISING. To this, he came back with some BS about how they were an "addendum" charge and that they wouldn't show up and then followed up with fine print at the bottom page. Calling BS on his BS, he then said that he could not go any lower than $2000 above MSRP because he had the ONLY Renegade in the State of Nevada..... Seriously!!
You know, what really bothers me about all this isn't so much as this Tiny Mike guy trying to make a buck or $2k off of me - it's that he actually came up with such BS lies and fed them to me like I was some kind of idiot. I don't know, I guess it's just been a long time since I've had to buy a new vehicle and forgot just how much I hate car salesmen. For anyone out in the Las Vegas area looking to buy a car or Jeep, Towbin Prestige is NOT who I would recommend.
