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Enthusiast
I tried purchasing a 2006 black coupe from this dealership over the past couple of days. I've been back and forth with the sales manager, Mike Defalco, since around Saturday. It started out with trying to get information on the car which was like pulling teeth. He had crappy pics on Autotrader so I asked for some high-res pictures. I ended up getting 4 camera phone quality pics. Thanks Mike. Either way the deal was good and I knew it wouldn't last long, so I asked Mike on Sunday if I needed to put down a deposit to be assured it wouldn't be sold out from under me. No response was given either way on the question, which didn't mean much to me at the time since I figured if it checked out on Monday i'd purchase then and Mike was aware of my intentions.
Anyways, so I actually used my money to send a fellow VCA member to see the car in person, since I'm in San Antonio and the car is in Jersey. VCA member checks the car out, and even tests drives it on Monday and the car is in decent shape, decent enough for me. At no time did Mike nor anyone else tell the VCA member the car was sold. I tell Mike my intentions to move forward with the sale and that I've already secured financing but would be open to use his if he could get a better rate. I wait to hear on that matter all day yesterday and finally get a response back this morning saying he couldn't do a better rate so that I should setup my financing.
So I do that. I spend all morning getting the docs ready with my bank and then I call Mike about 30 minutes ago and he said that the car was sold on SUNDAY!! It was sold "at an auction by another sales member, and he wasn't aware of it"...
Then I check the email he sent me about an hour ago and he put in there he thought it was going to be "to much work" to sell the car out-of-state and they had found a local buyer. So now his story doesn't add up, as I figured he was lying over the phone, anyways.
So now it's back to the drawing board. I just thought I should share this information with fellow VCA members in case they are thinking about dealing with Wayne Dodge, more specifically Mike Defalco, and mostly to vent.
All in all, i'm the kind of guy that agrees with the saying this must not have been meant to be. I'm sure a deal will come around that will meet or exceed the one I was getting.
Anyways, so I actually used my money to send a fellow VCA member to see the car in person, since I'm in San Antonio and the car is in Jersey. VCA member checks the car out, and even tests drives it on Monday and the car is in decent shape, decent enough for me. At no time did Mike nor anyone else tell the VCA member the car was sold. I tell Mike my intentions to move forward with the sale and that I've already secured financing but would be open to use his if he could get a better rate. I wait to hear on that matter all day yesterday and finally get a response back this morning saying he couldn't do a better rate so that I should setup my financing.
So I do that. I spend all morning getting the docs ready with my bank and then I call Mike about 30 minutes ago and he said that the car was sold on SUNDAY!! It was sold "at an auction by another sales member, and he wasn't aware of it"...
Then I check the email he sent me about an hour ago and he put in there he thought it was going to be "to much work" to sell the car out-of-state and they had found a local buyer. So now his story doesn't add up, as I figured he was lying over the phone, anyways.
So now it's back to the drawing board. I just thought I should share this information with fellow VCA members in case they are thinking about dealing with Wayne Dodge, more specifically Mike Defalco, and mostly to vent.
All in all, i'm the kind of guy that agrees with the saying this must not have been meant to be. I'm sure a deal will come around that will meet or exceed the one I was getting.