A WOMAN has opened up about the frustrating experience she had at a Hyundai dealership when trying to buy a car.
The customer nearly paid $3,000 extra before she did a bit of research and found she was getting an unfair deal.
Two women were left frustrated at a Hyundai dealership[/caption]
It appears the sales clerk was trying a sneaky trick by raising the price $3,000[/caption]
TikTok user @molybdenum96 posted a video that racked up over 114,000 likes and hundreds of comments.
She captioned it, “Just two gals not being taken seriously at a car dealership.”
Molybdenum96 went on to explain that she or her friend had a master’s degree in computer science and wanted to buy a car in cash that day.
She wrote that the other girl “hasn’t finished college yet, but her dad is a product liability lawyer that sues car companies for a living.”
At the end of the video, it appears the sales clerk offered the pair a Hyundai Santa Fe from 2019 at a price of $20,000.
However, the exact same car appeared to be advertised on their website for under $17,000 – suggesting they were trying to charge her $3,000 extra than what was listed online.
What’s more, the price of $17,000 seems steep enough as it is for the car.
One commenter under the video wrote, “$17,000 for a car with almost 150k miles is insane.”
The original poster replied, “It had so many dings on it too.”
However, other commenters offered advice on how to approach this scenario differently to be taken more seriously as women.
One wrote, “Ask for a saleswoman. If they don’t have one, let them know you’re not interested in doing business with them.”
Another said, “Having worked at a dealership, the guys talk in the back office and it’s rarely nice.”
molybdenum96 appeared to appreciate all the advice and responded to a lot of the commenters.
She added, “We were ignored because he thought we could not afford a financial plan much less the whole car lol.”
This comes as a Hyundai dealership in Michigan was recently shut down after sellers used sneaky tricks that duped customers and put the public in imminent harm.
Michigan state regulators found a raft of violations when they investigated the Hyundai dealership in Detroit.
The owners of LaFontaine Hyundai of Livonia admitted to the wrongdoing, and has now paid out a fee to get its license back.
Elsewhere, the best-selling Korean car brand recently named a new CEO.
They announced the appointment of Randy Parker as their new head of operations and functions in the US, Canada and Mexico.
Parker will also oversee their luxury car arm Genesis in the US and Canada, as well as Hyundai‘s manufacturing facilities in Alabama and Georgia.
The dealer didn’t realize the two girls knew all the tricks[/caption]
The dealership apparently tried to sell them a car over $3,000 pricier than advertised online[/caption]
