My sale went OK. Good matter of fact. My issue didn’t come up until some time after the original sale. When I first drove the truck I have now, I thought it needed an alignment. I was told it was fine. Again, 3 days later I took it back up to service because it was pulling slightly to the right. They had a service Tech ride down the road with me. He said the truck was supposed to pull to the right. Being he is the Mechanic, I was OK with that. Even though the cars in Texas are aligned straight, maybe NC didn’t do that. I didn’t pay as much attention since then for the pulling. Just last week I noticed my left front tire was severely worn on the inside. Knowing the alignment was off I went back to the dealership. I asked the service department what we could do to see about the alignment. He stated it started at $49.95. I told him the situation, he didn’t care. I left there as mad as you would imagine. I didn’t leave the dealership but turned around at the hwy. I went in and asked for the manager. I spoke with SCOTT. I explained the situation to him and pointed out that if they would have actually checked the alignment the previous 2 times I wouldn’t be in there asking the questions. He listened, seemingly like he gave a c___and went back to service to ""see what he could do"". He came back with a sob story on how the techs have families and they can’t work for free. Apparently TOM SMITH is the only dealership which their mechanics work on commission. They wouldn’t align the truck but offered tires at employee discount. Again I wanted an alignment. He wouldn’t do it. He said if he did, everyone would want to do it too. I said I wasn’t everyone and if they would have made it right in the beginning I wouldn’t be there. He told me they didn’t have any service history on the truck and didn’t know anything about it. I can change my oil. I shouldn’t be expected to pay double for a job if I can do it. Still he wouldn’t check the alignment that would take at most, 20 min to do. This was getting nowhere. I left the store. 3 days later I decided to a try it again with another manager. I spoke with Johnny this time. Again it seemed he cared on what I was saying. He took some notes and said he could understand the frustration. This time I told them I would work something out on tires. Not Employee discount because that was still more than what I could get them for elsewhere. I suggested 50% off, or buy one get one free. At this point I didn’t want them to touch the truck. This way no service man required just $80 toward a tire. He took the info and went to talk with someone to again to ""see what he could do"". He came back and said he wasn’t able to do anything other than the Employee discount on the tires. I in turn asked who was above him. You could see it through him off. He said he was the top and I informed him he worked for someone, I wanted that name. He told me Tom Smith himself. This is where I will go next. If they would have just checked it out when the complaint happened I wouldn’t have a problem. I would think they would do you right, especially in a small town. Boy I was wrong. I know they made money on the sale. I know they made money on the sale of my trade. $50 to $80 isn’t too much to ask for to make up for their mistake. I could have asked for $370 for tires and an alignment. I am not greedy and only want what is fair. Don’t buy here if you live around here. Like a typical dealership, promise you the world until you drive off the lot. If anyone has any suggestions on a fix for this let me know. I still can’t believe they would treat a “Valued Customer” this way. Not letting it go just yet. I still am trying to get results. .\r
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Dudley \r
Pros: Inital sale is good
Cons: taking care of ""valued Customers""
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