Avoid this dealership like the plague. Imagine every bad stereotype about car dealers and Holt will exceed your worst nightmare. This dealer is not afraid to:
1. Bait and switch you to get in the door
2. Advertise cars they never held on the lot
3. Advertise prices which include manufacturer incentives that the vast majority of people will never qualify for
• “Oh, well that $5,000 discount on price includes the Bosnian Refugee recovery incentive”
4. Sell cars through dealer trades that they can’t secure
• I was pressured into buying a car that had already been sold
5. Hold you hostage by keeping your trade-in keys when you want to leave
• For 2 hours I begged for my keys back, they “couldn’t find the appraiser with keys” when I finally was suckered into a deal that excluded my trade, the keys were in the salesman’s pocket
6. Modify terms of a deal once it has been agreed to
• I had a deal, after we both agreed they lowered the value of my trade by $500 and raised the final price by $500
7. Hide terms by showing you only the bottom line price
• When buying a car, you should work out each detail independently, start with selling price, move to trade-in value, then settle on monthly payment. This dealer will give you one price that includes everything and try to get you to agree to a bottom line price without disclosing the terms of the deal
8. Salesmen constantly go back to their manager
• What salesman doesn’t know the rock bottom price he can sell a car for?
However, every bit of movement takes 15 minutes to get “approved” by the manager in the glass cage.
You have been warned; luckily my purchase fell through because they couldn’t get the dealer trade. The worst part was that as I was leaving, they told me they give $300 for referrals, I wouldn’t take $300 to send my worst enemy here!
If you are looking for a good honest dealer, try Pat Lobb in Frisco or Huffines in Plano or Lewisville. You won’t regret avoiding this place.
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