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"Avoid, awful, terrible customer service "
1 out of 5 stars
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I was sold a broken car. They took 8 weeks to take it in to get it fixed. I've now waited over 4 weeks to get the car back to me and I'm still waiting. As soon as they sell you a car, they don't care. They don't communicate and no one seems to know what is going on. I get lied to about when things are happening and given recycled information. Really awful and would not recommend at all.

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Carbase from Carbase Weston Super Mare in response to Avoid, awful, terrible customer service

Hi Daryl, we’re very sorry to hear about your experience and the time it’s taken to address the issues with your vehicle. Providing timely and effective support is important to us, and it’s disappointing to know we’ve not met that standard here. We will review what happened in your case to better understand where we need to improve and ensure clearer communication. If you’d like to discuss this further, please reach out to us at complaints@carbase.co.uk or on 0117 911 5428, and we’ll do our best to assist.

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"Absolutely awful "
1 out of 5 stars
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Hi there, This is Patrick Webber, I recently purchased a Peugeot Partner via Bristol Vanbase, and this was later transferred to the auto centre in Weston-super-Mare for repairs under warranty. Initial experience buying the vehicle was great, sales team helpful and efficient. However shortly after purchasing my van multiple warning lights started appearing on the dash, along with pungent white smoke from the exhaust. This was taken to the auto centre under warranty, they initially just cleared the warning lights and told me to “monitor it” which I wasn’t happy with. Unsurprisingly the van was back at the auto centre less than a fortnight later with the exact same issue. I was told to expect around a 4 day turnaround and my van has now been with the auto centre for 13 days! Every single day I call and don’t get through to anyone, so have to give up after about 10/15 minutes on hold. The auto centre have only bothered calling to update me ONCE throughout this whole time. Yesterday I walked 2+ miles to get there and ask in person what is going on, and now my van apparently won’t even start due to an “electrical fault” which wasn’t even an issue when the van went in. They have clearly made a mistake in the workshop and caused further damage. This is my one and only vehicle and I use it every day for work! I have been unable to work for almost 2 weeks now! That’s a potential £2600 in earnings lost!! I cannot afford this! Staff at carbase seem not to care at all on the rare occasions I can finally get through to them! This is completely unacceptable! Couldn’t be more disappointed with the service and wouldn’t recommend to anyone! I believe I should be entitled to compensation for such terrible service, plus a massive loss of earnings. At the very least a courtesy vehicle should have been offered so that I could work during this time. If I’d at least been warned of the timescale I could have made better arrangements, but I’ve been totally left in the dark and unable to contact anyone for the entire ordeal!

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Carbase from Carbase Weston Super Mare in response to Absolutely awful

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We're glad you found our sales team helpful during your purchase, but we regret the issues you've encountered with your van and the delays in repairs. Please be assured that we are committed to resolving these concerns as quickly as possible. We understand the importance of your vehicle to your work and apologise for any inconvenience caused. Our team is working diligently to address the mechanical problems and improve communication. For immediate assistance, please reach out to us at complaints@carbase.co.uk or 0117 911 5428. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

"kokokoooo"
1 out of 5 stars
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We are sorry to see that you have rated your experience 1-star. We kindly ask that you provide some feedback so that we can understand what happened and discern how we can move forward. You can reach us at complaints@carbase.co.uk or 0117 911 5428. Kind regards

"ABSOLUTELY AWFUL"
1 out of 5 stars
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ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS - AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Bought a car from the Weston-Super-Mare dealership in July, drove 2 hours home and the engine management light was on. Called Carbase, no answer. Emailed, no answer. This has been an issue going on for 2 months, constant issues and the service you receive is absolutely appalling. I've genuinely never known a company be so awful at customer service in my life. You can't speak to anyone, no one answers the call which is strange because I dropped the car back at my expense and the service guys were sat quietly with no phones calling.... there's a surprise. Service and Sales Manager's don't exist, unless you're looking to spend money on a car. George in the Weston office is not helpful and doesn't care. Service Team manager doesn't exist. There's awards on the website, but good lord. If this is a company that wins customer service awards, then I dread to think what other companies that don't look like. You'd best hope you buy a car that never has a problem, because as you can see from all the reviews, if you do have a problem, they don't care about you, your rights, doing the right thing. A total sham of a company, that should be completely ashamed of themselves. But they won't be ashamed. You'll get the usual 'we'll raise to our senior management team who'll look how we improve' (who I'm not sure actually exist), like all the other reviews on here when something has gone wrong. They don't care, they never will. It's not in their DNA to. They even joke on their reviews page that 'no one's perfect'...literally laughing at how awful their service can be. Hope for the best, prepare to never speak to anyone ever again if you're in trouble. It'll be at your time, your cost, your expense. Shocking, shameful, embarrassing. A disgrace. I look forward to your stock response copied and pasted on here from the other reviews.

Carbase from Carbase Weston Super Mare in response to ABSOLUTELY AWFUL

Hi James, thank you for sharing your feedback with us, we regret to learn that you have not had a great experience. Whilst we understand your frustration we can only assure you that we do indeed care and will do our best to resolve this. Our team are investigating the points you've raised and will reach out to you soon to discuss your options. If you have any further comments or concerns please reach us at complaints@carbase.co.uk. Kind regards

"Not very happy "
3 out of 5 stars
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Bought a car from carbase, the same day driving the vehicle home there is a fault with the interior fans what had apparently been fixed and checked, I have made 3 trips backwards and forwards to carbase weston ( I live an hour away) to get vehicle fixed they have now said they can't do it so main dealer has to sort it, the vehicle also has squeaky brakes as the pads are really low but they told me they had checked them, and also a rattly brake surround, I thought they check all the cars before selling? I also have wrote complaints to carbase and not heard anything back, won't be buying from carbase again. !!

Carbase from Carbase Weston Super Mare in response to Not very happy

Hi Daryl, thank you for letting us know about this, your feedback is vital in helping us to improve our service. We are looking into this issue and hope to resolve it very soon. In the meantime if you would like to provide us with any further information, please don't hesitate to call on 0117 911 5428, or email us at complaints@carbase.co.uk. Many thanks

"Hard sell, tactics that achieve nothing!"
1 out of 5 stars
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Our experience of Carbase Weston Super Mare is an extremely negative one. Buying a car should be an exciting and pleasant experience but The hard sell tactics applied by a sales representative totally ruined this for us and we were left angry and frustrated by the whole experience, Had we not made the long journey by train we would have left but felt we had to purchase the car as a none booked train journey return would have been exorbitant. On top of what we had already outlaid to get there in the first place. The manager was only able to offer platitudes and did not address or resolve one of the issues I raised. I won’t be buying another car for a very long time but this experience has been severely tainted.

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Carbase in response to Hard sell, tactics that achieve nothing!

Hi Alexandra, thank you for sharing your experience, we are very sorry to know that you did not have a great time. We are investigating the points you've raised and hope to resolve this very soon. If you have any further comments or concerns please reach out to us at complaints@carbase.co.uk. Best wishes

Susan Storey in response to Hard sell, tactics that achieve nothing!

I bet you still haven’t received any satisfaction from Carbase and I guarantee you never will. Sales reps who work for the company earn commission on selling you extras so there is an incentive for them to apply pressure. If it were a decent company the sales personnel would be paid a salary and would then only give you the facts regarding extras and then leave it at that.

"Poor experience"
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Booked a test drive for my son. We travelled the hour and a half to Weston Super Mare for our booked appointment and test drive, only to be told once we arrived that the car had been sold an hour before! Waste of time and petrol money. Avoid.

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Carbase from Carbase Weston Super Mare in response to Poor experience

Hi Steven, I'm sorry to hear that you had a frustrating experience, but I really appreciate you bringing this issue to our attention. Our Customer Service Team will investigate your issues and will be in contact shortly. If there is anything at all that you would like to add or discuss with us please don't hesitate to call on 0117 911 5428, or email us at complaints@carbase.co.uk. Kind regards

"From the start to finish, "
5 out of 5 stars
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From the start to the finish l found that all members of staff were very helpful . At these difficult times they were courteous, professional, and happy to discuss our choices and the availability . Collection from Weston Super Mare. was well organised and therefore very easy. Well done everyone.

Carbase from Carbase Weston Super Mare in response to From the start to finish,

Hi Tony, it's wonderful to know how pleased you are, thanks so much for choosing to visit us, and for your fab review!

"Car buying experience "
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Excellent service through and great range of vehicles across the 4 sites.

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Carbase in response to Car buying experience

Hi Lloyd, it's fab to know that you enjoyed your time with us, thanks ever so much for sharing your kind thoughts!

"Great no pressure service"
5 out of 5 stars
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Ryan Cox at the Weston-super-Mare branch was extremely helpful and extremely knowledgeable about cars. We are loving our new car, my kids just want to go on long drives now. Thanks again Ryan.

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Carbase from Carbase Weston Super Mare in response to Great no pressure service

Hi Gavin, nice wheels! 😊 Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us this amazing review, it's great to know that you enjoyed your experience!

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As another part of the largest used car dealership in the South West; Carbase Weston Super Mare services the Somerset area. Fiat, Ford and plenty of other names all feature in their stock at any one time. At their site they offer not only these great value and quality cars across the range of stock but also provide MOTs and servicing too.

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    Carbase Weston Super Mare
    Aisecome Way
    Weston-super-Mare
    North Somerset
    BS22 8NA

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    01934 808745
    https://www.carbase.co.uk/contact-us/weston-super-mare/

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