Advantage Toyota Valley Stream

Saw a 2008 Certified used Toyota Camry Hybrid on Cars.com. Called the dealership to confirm the vehicle is still available. Tabitha, who turns out to be an internet greeter, quickly asked if I'd als Cars.com. Called the dealership to confirm the vehicle is still available. Tabitha, who turns out to be an internet greeter, quickly asked if I'd also be interested in test driving other Camry Hybrids w/in budget. Thinking nothing of it, I said "Sure". I called ahead to save me 50 mins driving to the dealership. When I get there, meet with new person, Juan, a salesman who promptly says that the car I'm interested in is sold. When I told him that Tabitha said it's available an hour ago, he replies "I'm a straight shooter, it was sold yesterday". I later learned that bait-and-switch is a popular tactic to get people into dealerships. Juan was a good salesperson. But he didn't bother getting back to me with a counter offer after discussing it with his used car mgr who was off that day. No follow up, no purchase. Will never go there or recommend anyone again. Purchased my car from Toyota of Manhattan. See my review! More

This dealer uses all the gimmicks..They sell by monthly payments and add fees at the end...so the deal you think you have is not the one they want you to sign off on..Their ratings are terrible, they also payments and add fees at the end...so the deal you think you have is not the one they want you to sign off on..Their ratings are terrible, they also own Millenium Toyota in Hempstead which has similar dismal ratings.Once you get the deal you want and iron out the fees they will do anything to get you to take a different color than the one you have been talking about all the time. To get you to do this "they will make you color blind" as they say, by removing one of those mysterious fees..They create a percieved shortage of just the vehicle you are looking for...yet as soon as you go out and look or contact other dealers you can get exactly what you are looking for. We left a small deposit on as credit card that was supposedly fully refundable...What they don't say is when and where it is refundable..As it was put on a credit card I am unconcerned and will file a dispute, yet I feel for the people who leave a cash deposit...surely these people will never see their money back..These are the original SNAKE OIL SALESMAN OF THE OLD WEST...I would strongly advise to avoid this deaslership at all cost...I will bet that within a day or so there will be a posting appearing on this site that will show all 5's...and describing a wonderful sales experience...check back posts there always seems to be one that pops up..AVOID AVOID More

Iwent to this dealer ship I had a great experience with the sale person. The sale person I dealth with was Joseph C and the finence person I dealth with was Daniel H. They didn't presure me into anything a the sale person. The sale person I dealth with was Joseph C and the finence person I dealth with was Daniel H. They didn't presure me into anything and they explain the entire process step by step. I had went to another dealership and it was a horrible experence they were presuring me to purchase a car that I didn't want or like. After comeing to advantage toyota in Lynbrook it was stress free and a good expreienc. I would recommend this location to anyone. More

After going through a horrible experience at a nother dealer decided to give adevvantage try DO NOT USE THIS DEALER!!! Was called by a jeff to come in to see a used sienna, We went in and jeff is not sal dealer decided to give adevvantage try DO NOT USE THIS DEALER!!! Was called by a jeff to come in to see a used sienna, We went in and jeff is not sales men just internet man?? why he told me to come and ask for him beyond me. Get salesmen steells me be right back disappearve tell him looking for used husband child outside need to test drive asap- lea5ves goes who know where. waited 45 minutes for them to locate a car for us to see?? get in car which was so filthy even my 4 yr old remarked on this, after test drive they could not open the doors i had to climb out front doors, steve remarked my wife woulda wigged out!! test drove 2007. We then spoke to devin who gave us quotes on both cars,which were sky high asked devin why the dirty car was so high and it wasn't even ceritfied yet. the prices were sky high and no working with them- we ended up at Huntington Toyota and had the best experoience ever and are now leasing a 2011 Sienna More

ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simply walked in to ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simply walked in to look through their pre-owned inventory. Found a few interesting cars, and decided to find ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Simply walked in to look through their pre-owned inventory. Found a few interesting cars, and decided to find out more info about the car. The car that I was looking at was a Lexus RX 350. Front and rear bumpers repainted, obviously nothing mentioned on carfax.... or by the dealer. Ok, so I ask the guy... What does it cost? So he tells me that I need to come inside for that.... alright I go along with it. He starts asking me a million questions, and asking me for my personal info. I refused to give him anything besides my name and phone number.... He gets offended. He starts asking me how I would pay for the car and what is my credit history like. I tell him nothing.... so I ask him, what in the world does that have to do with how much the car costs? He cannot tell me the answer.... I get up and start leaving.... He names a ridiculous price... I am walking out.... the price drops by a grand.... I laugh and continue to walk out... the price drops even more! I honestly dont understand how dealerships such as these stay in business..... More

My father and I went to purchase a new car from Advantage Toyota in Lynbrook, NY on 12/26/2009, which included the trade in of a used 1999 Nissan Quest. The terms of the deal were negotiated with a salesman Toyota in Lynbrook, NY on 12/26/2009, which included the trade in of a used 1999 Nissan Quest. The terms of the deal were negotiated with a salesman and we were told that we would be purchasing a 2010 Corolla LE with Bluetooth capability for a price of $16,200. Then, after I left to attend to other business, my father was told by one of the managers that he would not be getting the car for the agreed upon price. All of the paperwork which my father had already signed was torn up in front of him and my father was ready to walk out of the dealership when they said they would sell the same car to him for an additional $374, bringing the total cost to $16,574, to which my father agreed. The salesman and manager did not tell my father that the car he was signing up to purchase did not have the Bluetooth capability, realizing that doing so could potentially ruin the deal, and instead tried to take advantage of the fact that my father did not know what the Bluetooth feature was or how to identify whether or not the car had the feature. My father purchased the car under the assumption that it had the Bluetooth capability and only realized that the car did not have the feature on Sunday 12/27/2009, when I made him aware of the fact. I went to discuss the problem directly with the dealership on Monday 12/28/2009, and after speaking with various people, including the salesman who denied any knowledge of the bait and switch, I was finally forced to talk to a manager. He denied any wrong doing on his part or any member of the staff at the dealership and told me that my father agreed to buy the car without Bluetooth. He suggested that I return later with my father to discuss exactly how the deal went down after I left, stating that it was likely that my father was “confused.” My father and I returned to the dealership at 5 pm and again were forced to sit down to discuss the transaction. My father had already filed a complaint directly with Toyota and they suggested that we speak with the customer services rep at the dealership. When we requested the opportunity to speak with her, we were denied by the manager and rest of the staff, who had begun to collect in a group around the area we were sitting. My father stated that the salesman did not notify him of the fact that the car we were purchasing did not have the Bluetooth capability. If he had known that the car did not come with Bluetooth, he would not have purchased the car for the price of $16,574. The manager called the salesman over and asked him if he told my father about the removal of the feature from the deal, to which he claimed that he did. My father said that was a blatant lie to which the manager responded by saying that all that could be done now is to put the Bluetooth feature in for a fee. I said that we did not want to install the feature into a car that was not originally programmed with Bluetooth, and we would either want a car with Bluetooth already installed as formerly agreed upon or cancellation of the deal and return of our van. I told him if he could not do either of those things for us, we would call our credit card company and dispute the deposit made for purchase of the car and also file a complaint with the Office of Consumer Affairs. To this, the manager responded by saying that my father had signed all the paperwork and there is nothing we could do about it. At that point I also stated that I would tell everyone I knew about what they had done to us and to this the manager got in my face and threatened me with his staff behind him. They told us to get out and feeling that the situation was getting out of hand, we decided to leave and take the situation up elsewhere. Upon returning home, my father called Toyota again and filed another complaint about what had just taken place at the dealership and to ask if they would be willing to help us. They said they could not and that we would have to try to find another avenue to resolve the dispute. To anyone considering doing business with these people, PLEASE BEWARE. More