I went with my cousin this weekend to buy a Mazda 3 with cash. However, Mazda of Redlands, CA has made us never even consider Mazda ever again! They attempted to steal money from us! Here is their info:

Mazda-Redlands Mazda at Redlands Auto Center
500 W Redlands Blvd, Redlands, CA
(909) 793-2141

If you want to be ripped off, ask for Tony, Eric, or Marlene

I think I'll convince him to get an RSX!

 

Could you give a little more detail about how they attempted to steal money?

 

What happened?

 

We agreed on a car for $17k OTD. What a great deal, right!? Nope. As we were doing a final check on numbers, the price said $20,800, NOT including tax and license. That's about a $5k difference.

At this point, we had already given them the $17k. They insisted that we the pay difference. I reminded him that we had agreed on a lower price and he looked me right in the eyes and said, "no, we didn't." He insulted me even further by trying to get us to finance the rest! Our intent was to pay cash and drive off that day.

My cousin wanted out of the deal now. However, TONY, ERIC, and MARLENE wouldn't give us our money back! To make a long story short, after two days of kicking, screaming, and scaring away customers, we got our money back.

The moral of the story: don't buy from REDLANDS MAZDA in Redlands, CA. If you want to verify this story (or yell at them for us), ask for TONY, ERIC, or MARLENE. I'm curious at to what they'll say. They must be embarrassed. See...that's why I bought an Acura.

 

I suggest posting this at a Mazda site

 

yes, post it on the mazda site. it'll at least save others the aggravation...

 

You should've just called your bank and cancelled the check at that very moment.

 

Cancelling a check costs money. You did the right thing bitching to get your money back. I say report the bastards to the Better Business Bureau.

 

This doesnt sound right to me. You just handed them a cheque before seeing the agreement in writing?

 

Yeah, that was dumb on our part. We were just too excited about the killer deal I guess.

 

Once again, if it seems too good to be true......

 

Which Mazda 3 was it? Me and my fiance just purchased one on my companys S plan pricing for 15,900 but it wasnt an S and had the wheels/power package ( what a rip off you have to get wheels in order to get power windows and locks cost=1400). But an S with all those amenities i believe i was quoted at 17500. What were they trying to jack up the price on?
AKay

 

It was just an S. See, we were even getting ripped off on the S.

 

yeah a S with standard amenities is $17.5k...that'll teach you to buy mazda

 

uh, ok. that sucks.

 

I saw your post on the mazda 3 board cause my fiance posts there. I cant believe the site owner on there said that a tsx is like a 4 door rsx and thats not saying much lol.
Ive driven a 3 and driven an RX-8. I like the RX-8(aside from the fact of the buy back cause they lied about the HP initially) but 2 3s would not even come close to a TSX.
Can someone make an awards post of all the accolades the TSX has gotten for reference to cornballs like that.
AKay

 

um why get worked up over stupid shiet like that.
I mean on the TL site, 9 out of 10 call TSX side-mirror blinkers fugly, lame, yuck, ricey etc...

Let launch a prank call assault on those feckers Mazda sales

 

you can NOT cancel a cashiers check, can you ?

 

Some banks let you (not mine).

 

Is a cashier's check the same thing as a certified check? I'm not sure on the terminology, but I was talking specifically about a certified check...alls that really is is your check with the bank certifying that the appropriate funds are there.