I really wish I would have seen these posts before I considered purchasing a car from these scum bags. I live in Gainesville Florida and was looking for a new car on cars.com. I ran across a Toyota they had for sale. It was priced about the same as they were going for on Ebay. My father passed away a few years ago and caused my credit rating to drop. I financed a $35,000 car about 10 years ago and never missed a payment. I saw this as an opportunity to help build my credit back up. I call to try to make arrangements since I will be driving 3 hours down there. They looked over my credit report and told me that I was approved for financing. They told me to bring $1000 cash and they would finance the remaining $5,000. Everything seemed great I bought a new insurance policy and they told me everything was good to go. So I get rental car and drive down there to purchase it. As soon as I get to the Titusville store Bob Brooks the man I had been dealing with on the phone is very rude (especially considering I had just drove 3 hours) The car was nothing as it was stated in cars,com. It was very obvious it had been in an accident, it had been keyed, it was not mechanically sound (timing belt was off, bed serpentine belt and alternator, the inside smelt of filth, and the car had several rust spots). I told him I was going to check out another dealership which was the family auto mart in Melbourne. I drive 45 minutes to them and they are just as bad. Dave the Wolfman tired t sell me a car that was $2,000 over blue book value. I talked him down to the actual value of the car. So at this point when he calls to get financing he tells me there is a $4,000 financing fee and they the finance rate was close to 25%. So I drive back to Titusville and by this time Dave must have tried to call Bob because he tires to run the same crap on me. He now wants a $2,000 more down payment what he told me over the phone before I drive all the way and ups the price another $4,000 as well Bob tried to blame it on my credit score he tried to tell me I was in the worst classification of credit, which I found very funny because I have credit monitoring and know for a fact it is over 150 points higher than whathe told me. I confronted him about it and he told me they use a report I probably didnt have, which is funny too becuase I have reports for all 4. They treated me as a piece of crap and lower class person, they lie and will cheat you. I have no reason to try to deface anyone for any reason but I just don’t want anyone to get taken advantage of. I also urge everyone on this site to report them to the Better Business Bureau if you have been cheated as well. I guess these people thought that since I was so avid about the car and really went out of my way they could try to sell me anything. I only hope that this helps at least one person from being cheated. I urge you not to buy a car from these people They have no integrity, honesty and morals. But you know it will all come back on them some day.
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