To start off, I'm not one to write reviews at all, but the experience I had was so unbelievable I feel obligated. I had found this Merlin Purple Audi S3 online and put in an inquiry. Naturally, I got a call within an hour and spoke with a salesperson (Amber) who was very helpful and got the ball rolling right away by having me give my credit app over the phone, assuring me since I'm already financed through Audi it should be an easy upgrade (I had a 2015 S3 for trade) A while later I get a call from Amber saying I'm approved and she gives me a list of documents to email over. Once everything is sent and verified she asks when I can come down to Pheonix to pick up the S3. We plan a date that works for me and I put my deposit down for the car... About a week later I drove the 870 miles to Arizona, (I live in Denver) gotten some sleep at a hotel, and now it's 9AM, time to go pick up my car... As soon as I get there I'm greeted by a salesman who informs me that my original salesperson, Amber, had the day off but he was going to take care of me. The first thing they did was get my car so they could appraise it and switch my aftermarket wheels onto the new one. Everything is going somewhat smoothly and eventually I fill out alllll the paperwork and I'm handed the keys. As I finishing up switching over all of my stuff into the new S3, the salesman comes out and tells me to hold on, and that something is wrong with the financing. I ask him what he meant by that, and that I thought we already had that taken care of... he tells me the manager will come let me know what's going on. So after an agonizing 30 more minutes the manager comes out and let's me know that apparently when I gave my credit app over the phone, Amber had put down that I made about $500 more then i actually do, so the bank wouldn't complete the loan because my income wasn't matching. At this point I'm extremely confused, because even if that happened, I had sent my paystubs going back 3 months to Amber to verify, and she said they were fine and would be sufficient. When I tell the manager this, his face turns white and he says "I'm so sorry, I don't want to point fingers, but Amber completely f*** this up. This is the first time we're seeing these paystubs" ...at this point its about 2pm, I was supposed to have been headed back to Denver already, and now he's telling me I need to resend paystubs and asking if I had a cosigner?? After another 30 minutes or so he tells me they denied me unless I put down more money or I can somehow make my income match? I declined that, so they switched my wheels back, apologized, and sent me on my way... I took 2 days off work, drove over 2000 miles on my car, further devaluing it, wasted money on a hotel, food, gas all because of somebody else's mistake? The salesman I worked with told me that the General Manager should be contacting me, but I haven't heard from anybody since I've left. They made a huge mistake that cost me over $1k and I can't even get an apology? Pic is the new car with my wheels on it.
Chris 'Kontender' Jackson
Sep 29, 2018