Complaint / Review
Pitre Car Dealership, Scottsdale AZ
Car dealership sales games

I went into Pitre about 4 years ago, i wanted to trade in my dodge truck and get a new PT Cruiser.
I found a PT Cruiser i wanted. We (Pitre and myself) made a deal, we shook on it and the papers were filled out correctly.

I traded in my truck and put down $2k and drove away a happy buyer in my new PT Cruiser.

3 or 4 days later Pitre calls me up and says that I didnt put enough money down. I told them of course I did, that I put down $2k just as we had agreed. They said that Chrysler Corp. Would not accept just $2k, that they wanted $4k, so i needed to bring in another $2K if i wanted to keep the car.

I of course was outraged, I figured we had made a deal, we signed the papers, we shook hands, we had a gentlemans and contractural agreement.
They told me they had the authority to cancel the deal and come and repo my car, if i didnt give them the money they wanted.

I spoke to some old friends of mine that used to own a car dealership, they laughed and told me that the dealership was pulling an old trick that some unethical dealerships pull on customers. (the trick itself even has a name that i cannot recall right now). It works like this... What some of these unethical dealerships do is, they get you a vehicle, sign all the documents, and let you take it home. They wait a few days and let you drive the car and enjoy it, show it off to your family and friends... Then they hit you with the "pay us more money or we'll take back the car". By now you have shown everyone your new car, and you have become attached to it, so if you want to keep it you have to pay more.
It's a con, a emotional and financial ripoff. It should be illegal and there should be laws against this type of unethical activity.

I told them i didnt have another $2k but I did have another $1k, they jumped at that idea and said "we'll take that". I paid them the $1k, and kept my new car.
These car dealerships are all dishonest and unethical, its all about the money, your money. Be careful when shopping for a car and my advice is stay away from Pitre Chrysler on McDowell RD in Scottsdale, Arizona.