Stay Away From This Dealership
If you’re in the market to purchase a vehicle in the Miami area, do yourself a favor and avoid Rob Lambin’s University Dodge.
I located a Ram truck online which was located at this dealership. I contacted a salesperson to discuss the vehicle and made arrangements to travel there to look at it. We started discussing a negotiated price. I had in my possession a report from a respected independent consumers’ group that indicated what the exact vehicle was selling for (on average) at all Miami/Dade dealerships. The salesperson, quite falsely, informed me that the consumer group data was opinion only and did not reflect actual sales. In the end we were $3500 apart on price so I left. They then tried to move me to a cheaper vehicle. Do I hear, “BAIT AND SWITCH”?
A couple days later the Sales Director of the dealership contacted me to see if I was still interested.
He convinced me to make another visit and that we would work out a deal. We arranged a time.
Then I received the following text message from the Sales Director:
“Good afternoon: Your vehicle is ready for your visit today.
Please keep us updated with your time of arrival”
I went there this morning, with a cashier’s check in hand, trusting that we were going to close the purchase. I was advised the vehicle was sold, no longer on their lot. When I asked the Sales Director why he would have me travel all the way back to his dealership knowing that the vehicle I wanted was gone, he said that those text messages and emails are sent out by their computer automatically and that the computer had no idea if the vehicle was still in inventory. Do I hear “BAIT AND SWITCH” again?
This is the historic USED CAR mentality. Get the customer on the lot, no matter the difficulty for them and then try to sell them anything. I realize this is prevalent on used car lots but am surprised that the same mentality still exists in supposedly reputable major dealerships.
Buyer Beware!