
Gateway Toyota
Toms River, NJ
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This dealership sucks!!!! This place is god awful... It may have curb appeal but don't be fooled, inside lays the slimiest salespeople I've encountered. Even their "managers" a This place is god awful... It may have curb appeal but don't be fooled, inside lays the slimiest salespeople I've encountered. Even their "managers" are rude and outright arrogant. I've been waiting for a call from Mario for over a month now. Well don't bother! My husband and I bought our Toyota elsewhere! I won't even return to you to service my car, I'll drive longer just to avoid this dealership!!! More
No call backs Bought a truck for my son, traded in a car and can't get anyone to call us back about payoff!!!! Very frustrated with this dealership... Bought a truck for my son, traded in a car and can't get anyone to call us back about payoff!!!! Very frustrated with this dealership... More
Sales After a serious car accident in which my vehicle was deemed a total loss I was in a position to purchase a vehicle, my sales team at GATEWAY TOYOTA he After a serious car accident in which my vehicle was deemed a total loss I was in a position to purchase a vehicle, my sales team at GATEWAY TOYOTA helped me make the best choice for me....this was my first buying experience as a single woman and not in the best possible situation...still hurt and emotional after my accident my Three sales men yes three sales men 3 different models and at least 10 test drives I am driving a 2015Camry XSE ......?? it! Thank you Carmine,Joe , and Tom ?????????? More
can I give minus stars? The worst lying and dishonest dealer I have ever seen. Quoted me a monthly payment of mid 300's only to try and have me sign a contract for $446 a mon The worst lying and dishonest dealer I have ever seen. Quoted me a monthly payment of mid 300's only to try and have me sign a contract for $446 a month. Added hidden costs of useless warranties, tried to rake me over the coals with a 14.65% rate. Walked out of dealership and they never bothered to try to make things right. Wrote them a bad review on yelp and they begged me to email the general manager so they could fix things...funny, he never answered me either. So failure, lies and dishonesty begins at the top. Please do yourself a favor and never ever go here. Awful! More
Disrespect The disrespect I have received from the people working at this dealer was mind blowing. I felt like I was in high school arguing back and forth with a The disrespect I have received from the people working at this dealer was mind blowing. I felt like I was in high school arguing back and forth with a 40 year old about the disrespect his employees treated me with. Would not recommend this place to my worst enemy. More
Everything People Hate about Car Dealers This dealership is everything that people HATE about car dealers. My wife and I test drove and chose a minivan. Salesperson brought back two offers, This dealership is everything that people HATE about car dealers. My wife and I test drove and chose a minivan. Salesperson brought back two offers, one on a less expensive vehicle, one more expensive. The offers were monthly payments. I asked what was the price of the vehicle. HE DIDN'T KNOW. Had to go back to his finance guy. Brought back the answer - full price. I asked about a discount off list. He said, that I have to make an offer. I'm supposed to be the price expert - they won't offer a fair price. I offer to pay discount off list. He comes with a higher price. I take another look. I thought the original price had to be wrong - it was thousands over the Toyota website. Salesperson started to go through it. They had typed in an extra charge for an "appearance package" - a dealer add on. Its was thousands of dollars!! I asked to buy the vehicle without the phony extra charge. Back he goes to his finance guy. 10 minutes later he comes back. Yes, they don't have to add the appearance package, it wasn't on the vehicle. Apparently, they were hoping I, or any other customer, wouldn't ask or notice. I'm thinking that the price is still too high, so I ask to buy the car for less than the second offer. Back he goes to the finance guy - third time. Now the finance guy comes out. He says that his offer is as low as he can go. I tell the finance guy that the Internet has Toyota minivans below the price he was showing. I have my iPad open to the Internet. He takes a quick look and says he'll see what he can do. Back the finance guy goes to his office. Comes back, okay, he can offer a lower price, more than a thousand off the "as low as I can go" price. His price is now fair, many thousands below the first price quoted with all the phony extras. I am SO pissed off that I tell them their business practices suck and I wouldn't buy from them. After 2 hours of nonsense, I walk out. This dealership has sleazy practices. Don't go there. And I did buy a Toyota minivan in the end, at a fair price. It just wasn't bought at Gateway. More
I ended up going to a different dealership This dealership has gone down the tubes since my last purchase in 2005. My salesman Steven Ullrich was pleasant but the manager, Max seemed reluctant This dealership has gone down the tubes since my last purchase in 2005. My salesman Steven Ullrich was pleasant but the manager, Max seemed reluctant to divulge any information about the "leftover" Toyota I was interested in purchasing because he "didn't know" what or "if" he had the specific model/color that I wanted in stock. He was also reluctant to discuss any ball park figures until I have him the exact dollar amount that I was going to put down on the car. I really wanted a Camry but I refuse to buy a car from a place that treats their customers like dollar signs. I'm happy to say that I found a brand new and not a "leftover" car at a different dealership. More
BEST DEALERSHIP Great service, best prices, as well as nice people. I will definitely recommend Gateway Toyota to all my family and friends everyone was so helpful. I Great service, best prices, as well as nice people. I will definitely recommend Gateway Toyota to all my family and friends everyone was so helpful. I love my new 2014 Toyota Corolla i'm extremely happy i went to Gateway Toyota i wouldn't have preferred to go anywhere else. THANK YOU GATEWAY TOYOTA!!!!! SPECIAL THANKS TO MAX OROZCO & FREDDY MATEO FOR GETTING ME THE BEST DEAL EVER! More
waste of my time I went to a Toyota in Eatontown first, there price was horrible.. I called Lakewood, there price was better then Eatontown.. I call Toms river Gateway I went to a Toyota in Eatontown first, there price was horrible.. I called Lakewood, there price was better then Eatontown.. I call Toms river Gateway Toyota and told them the price Lakewood gave me and asked if they can beat it.. The sales rep said let me take some info and speak to my manager, so he took my info & my other quotes-- I told him I was at another dealers*ship all day and just let me know if he can beat the price so I can come in fill out the paperwork and leave- he called me back and said I spoke to my manager we can beat it! I drive over there, sit down with the sales rep, he starts telling me I need to put more money down, or take less miles on the lease ect ect.. I said why would I put more down and take less miles if Lakewood said they can make it work??? Long story short, they wouldn't even work with me, the sales rep says to me "I'm sorry I wasted your time but my manager told me to tell you we can beat the price just to get you in the door" I said ok then I'm leaving bye.. so the manager comes over, tells me Lakewood is lying to me and they are just telling me what I want to hear to get me in the door.. I left, went to Lakewood & got the deal they promised me What a waste of time!!! Don't tell me a lie to just get me in, and worse is the manager even said "we were just telling you that to get you hear" well you got me there, and I left... xxxxxxx!!!! More
I called this dealership about 6 hours before my visit because I wanted to make sure I was assigned a knowledgeable sales rep who would not pressure me as I have high blood pressure and do not deal with s because I wanted to make sure I was assigned a knowledgeable sales rep who would not pressure me as I have high blood pressure and do not deal with stress very well. I'm a cash buyer and a serious buyer. (I purchased a Nissan the next day.) John was a very knowledgeable salesman and he and his manager informed me that the Camry I wanted was very rare in a four cylinder engine. They offered to price a six-cylinder or hybrid as alternatives. I did not want a six cylinder at all. They both agreed that the hybrid would cost me more, but offered to have my car evaluated for a trade-in and give a discounted price on the hybrid. Although I didn't think a hybrid would work out in gas savings vs. the higher price, I agreed to see their proposal. This is when the problem started. They brought in the man who evaluated my trade-in and offered the bottom price for theirs. (I don't recall his name, but he told me he used to work for Whalen in Freehold.) When I told him the price was too high for me and I would probably would buy a Altima he flippantly asked if I wanted to buy a Corolla because that is the comparable Toyota to an Altima. Now I had done my homework for weeks and knew he was wrong (at least according to Edmunds, Consumers Reports and many other web sites I compared cars on) and told him the bottom line price for a Camry Hybrid was too much for me. He then disdainfully asked "what did you come in looking for?!" That's when I told him that I came in looking for Camry gas and that they tried to switch me to another car and that if he was there to get rid of a paying customer that he did a good job as I put on my coat and left. Even though the salesman John and manager were very nice, this guy was exactly the kind of thug that gives auto dealerships a bad name. I will never set foot in this dealership again. Tom from Toms River More