Me and my fiance went and looked at a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox. I liked it because it was white with tan leather and had low miles for its age. I guess I will start at the beginning. I went and looked at its physical appearance. All of the silver accents on the door and gear shift were scratched until it was almost gone! The grill had a huge hole in it. When the sales person approached me I mentioned the defects she told me I could spray paint them. I took it for a test drive which was nice. When we returned I decided to see about trying to get it as a last resort if I couldn't find another. They asked me WAY too many questions about my money and requested a lot of personal documents. I have bought 2 cars before and was NEVER asked about these things. While waiting on responses from banks after not providing them with this info the sales person tells me that if I hadn't seen the car online they would sale it to someone for almost $2,000 more. That is really crooked to me. I left told them to call me if they hear anything it was suppose to take an hour. I went 20 miles out of my way to look at another one. I got phone calls the next day from companies trying to finance me (not a platinum auto sales person) and received letters in the mail from chase bank denying me. Here is the funny part and made me write this...Hopefully people will see this and not get ripped off!
Platinum Auto- White 05 Chevy Equinox w/ numerous physical defects and 70K miles : almost $11,000
Brandt Auto Brokers- Blue 05 Chevy Equinox w/ no physical defects, he put new tires on it, 70K miles and CHASE BANK financed it: under $10,000.
in conclusion...Platinum are a bunch of scumbags that will rip you off and if they don't get what they want out of the deal will not try to help you out with financing.
Brandt auto... got on the phone with the banks and fought for us to get the best interest rates and we got a car for almost 3K under market price and he had new tires put on it the morning we picked it up!
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