Sean Raspberry

Summary - Sales team = good experience, aftersales process = terrible experience; damage occurred to the car at the dealership lot, registration + title still not received after 3 months and terrible/ process = terrible experience; damage occurred to the car at the dealership lot, registration + title still not received after 3 months and terrible/heavily delayed communication response I recommend to AVOID purchasing a car at any Hertrich dealership if you want a smooth aftersales process based on my experience with them. Additionally, they don't take care of any damage occurred to the vehicle while in their possession so be ready to take care of any issues yourself. This is a mixed review because, on one hand, I had a good experience with the Sales team specifically with Sean Spillane, Skylar, and Sean Raspberry. On the other hand, this has been a terrible experience with the aftersales process in trying to obtain a resolve for damage that occurred while the car was still at the dealership, registration and title transfer. The sales process was great. Sean & Skylar was very accommodating through the sales process as I was an out of state buyer. I had lots of questions and needed time to make the travel to MD from CA to see the car in-person. The car checked out initially: very clean for a 2005 with ~80K miles, my inspection and PPI identified oil leaks from 3 issues, and the car ran very well in comparison to other Miata's I've driven. I purchased a PPI, as I always do for preowned cars, but the dealership was not willing to fix any of the issues which had numerous oil leaks. The others were fair based on the age of the car. I then bought this Miata (NB2) on January 14th. The car was kept at the dealership for 1-2 weeks while transport was being setup to pickup the car. During this time, there was a major snowstorm on the East Coast. 1) When transport arrived a couple weeks later, I noticed multiple damage on the passenger right side of the car (shown in photos). It looked like someone swiped the side of the car (possibly when a driver moved the car around at the lot they swiped it somewhere). Now, what was a very clean car for it's age is now damaged where bodywork is needed. The worse areas are the mud flap and part of the quarter panel where the paint is chipped off to the primer. The other areas seem like it is surface damage but still requires bodywork. When I brought this up to the dealership, the General Manager stated that they will not be offering a fix for the repair. A partial fix was not even offered. After they received my full payment for the car, it seems that's all they care about and any issues after sales doesn't matter. 2) For the past few months, I've been trying to obtain my registration and title for the car. As I fully paid off the car including paying a couple thousand in taxes for the registration transfer, they're supposed to complete the documentation and provide the registration and title on a timely manner. It is now 3 months later, and I still don't have both. I completed their requests for additional information for the registration. However, their communication has been absolutely terrible in this whole aftersales process. Particularly, the miscommunication between the accounting department and sales team is causing heavy delays for a proper move forward. From their response about the damage to the progress on the transfer, I'm having to constantly call and email them multiple times a week only to obtain that progress is still outstanding. Again, I bought the car on January 14th, and it is now April 21st, but I still don't have the registration and title. More

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