Terrible experience, read reviews don’t just look at the overall score out of 5 stars! All started off well, I enquired about a Mercedes glc on auto-trader and dealt with a nice guy on the phone who was very helpful. I was slightly sceptical about buying a £30k car from an independent garage and also travelling 150 miles to purchase but I was felt quite reassured by what I was hearing on the phone. Prior to seeing the car I asked a couple of quite standard questions along with the usuals regarding bodywork and was told anything that isn’t able to polish out will be handled by a smart repair team. I asked if tyres, brake pads, serviceable parts etc all checked and plenty of life left in them. The reply was again yes. Upon arrival I was greeted by a younger salesmen who took us to the car. The car was generally okay condition, I found 3/4 deep scratches/marks and also a small hole in the roof liner. My main concern was the two rear tyres were completely worn on the outer edge. I ran a quick check on the Dvla website using the MOT checker and the two rear tyres had been raised as advisory’s by a Mercedes garage shortly before. Once the guy returned i raised the issues which he kindly said he would seek his managers assistance. The manager came out, I’m not sure of his name as he didn’t bother to introduce himself to me or my wife. He seemed very stand offish and immediately started measuring the tyre tread. Once measured he said they were fine and that each MOT tester has their own standards and to him they were in range. (Bear in mind the outer edge was completely smooth on both rears and this is stated as an advisory on the mot certificate) also likely to need a wheel alignment carried out. Understandably i questioned this and he clearly wasn’t happy which ended getting immediately heated from his end. I’m not a mot tester myself but I’m not stupid you can clearly see if a tyre is unevenly worn, he even slipped up and admitted it during the discussion himself. The argument progressed and he was spilling out all kinds of rubbish…. Mercedes garages don’t carry out MOT’s (which once he checked his records he realised he was wrong)! ….All Mercedes are set up to wear the outside of the tyres….. you can’t respray metallic paint….MOT testers are there to make money which is why they advised them to be changed……. He then went on to explain I was the worst customer to him as I wanted to buy the car outright and didn’t have a part x…… He didn’t need my sale as he would sell the car tomorrow for more…..I wasn’t worth his time….. He didn’t even need my money as he makes too much to anyways… The managers attitude was disgusting he had zero customer service, He was rude, obnoxious, he tried to lie to me and my wife, he tried to talked down to us like we were worthless. After the way I was spoken to understandably I lost my temper and said some things I maybe shouldn’t. (This is NOT an apology) I got the general feeling that the younger guy understood my point of view as he seemed to sympathise to us. I’m guessing reading further into the reviews this happens a lot! It’s a shame his career is most likely going to go down the wrong route due to his manager. I’m guessing at the end of this ordeal the manager knew I was right as he then told the young guy to refund extra on the deposit due to us having to travel so far and waste our time. I think this was probably more so to try and stop me from writing a bad review! I’m still out of pocket for the cost of our train tickets by around £80. I didn’t even ask for money off the car, I asked if we could come to a compromise due to the tyres being faulty. I went with the full intention of buying the car under he description the salesman sold me, thank god I didn’t give this company a penny! I found it strange how he offered us money towards our travel but said he wouldn’t sort out the tyres, shows lack of intelligence to me. I’m expecting some sort of smart reply to this review. All I can say is read through the other bad reviews as many people have had the same experience.
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This is a warning to anyone thinking of purchasing from this company. They are appallingly unprofessional with some of the worst customer service you will ever encounter. I cannot begin to count the number of half truth and utter nonsense to justify cancelling an agreement AT WELL PAST THE 11th HOUR by one of their directors . By try this for size... One of the highest regarded independent garages in the whole of Scotland is, a ‘backstreet garage’. Why? Because he doesn’t rate their website and the only have a BT email. Yes really Next. The deal is cancelled because the third party ( who no one at your company EVER informed me about) have changed their minds. Yup. You read that right. I’m getting screwed because they got screwed. Have you ever heard such nonsense. This deal was meant to be concluded TODAY, but only today did they ask for log book photos. Only today did they bring up any mention of them already selling the car onto a third party which was the basis of their deal offered to me. Only today was I informed the 3rd party pulled out. That’s not my problem. THATS YOUR PROBLEM Now. There’s much much more that I could add eg details on multiple non returned phone calls, ignored emails, slipped dates for delivery etc etc but I think you get me drift. Auto100 are in my opinion COWBOYS and I for one will never ever work with them again. On the basis of this review you might care to think twice too.
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Car trade-in sorted/agreed by phone, handover arranged. Due Covid restrictions this all takes place outside, fortunately dry, albeit cold. Tech issue with new vehicle was resolved after an hour or so. Phone agreed set of plates had not been actioned and similarly the "tank of gas" resulted in a gallon loaded! Plates took only a few minutes with no issue. Ably assisted throughout by Lewis (not the salesman I had spoken to) and Lewis was helpful, apologetic and enthusiastic. The experience will be much improved when able to use their customer facilities. Would I use again? If they had the car I was after and the deal was acceptable, yes!
Having seen a vehicle on their website what I really liked, I decided to give these guys a call. Spoke to a guy called Darren and had friendly banter with him really from the word go because we both had the same Christian names. Due to the pandemic, it was a click and collect scenario with a guarantee that if for some reason I didn’t like the vehicle my deposit (£300) was fully refundable. Darren offered me finance on the vehicle but in the end decided to pay cash. The vehicle purchased, a Jaguar F Pace is what I’ve been after for a long time. On collection, the vehicle was very well presented and in an excellent condition. The handover was pretty much done within an hour after putting my old car in part exchange. A good price was offered and the deal struck in the car park (again due to the pandemic) had the car now over a week now and I’m very pleased with it. Darren has followed up with curtesy calls after sales. Even did my private plate too!
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Just bought my F-type from Lewis. He couldn’t have been more helpful despite the COVID restrictions all went very well.
Have always found purchasing a new car a daunting and nervous experience but Darren at Auto 100 made this purchase smooth and hassle free. Good communications all the way through and handover done at a relaxing pace. Thank you
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Just brought range rover evoque home, darren was fab all the way through, strange times with covid 19 but all went very smoothly
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Zero customer service and poorly prepared cars.
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If you want a quality prestige car at a competitive price, with good service and confidence, then look no further than Auto100. I cant recommend this company high enough. We dealt with Richard as our dedicated salesman but also had dealings with Tim when he was away. The car we chose was just as described in the advert and was immacualtely prepared when we made an appointment to view/test drive. When we sat down with Richard to do the paperwork etc we immediately gained total confidence in him and the company. This was reinforced when after a few days an amber light came on the dash - it only took one call and they arranged for this to be sorted at our local garage and Auto100 picked up the full cost for this without any delay. We love the car and will be recommending this company to all our family and friends as a first choice.
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Auto 100 states that reserving / placing a desposit is 100% refundable. This is not the case...they will ignore you and refuse to re-imburse. I had a change in my finances and unfortuantly could not buy the car I saved hard for. After emailing them and explaining multiple times I am yet to hear a responce. Absolute crooks!
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Auto 100
Blackwell Road
Sutton-in-Ashfield
NG17 2RF
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