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Gold Coast Cadillac

Oakhurst, NJ

4.9
1,047 Reviews

2123 NJ-35

Oakhurst, NJ

07755

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April 24, 2012

Three weeks ago I contacted Tony at this dealership re a 2006 Lexus SC430 they had listed. The price was $5,500 above Edmunds TMV guidelines, however I drove the 180 miles (each way) to inspect and test dri More

by forhg
Customer Service
Friendliness
Price
Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
Tony, Gary and Steve (salespeople)
Apr 25, 2012 -

Gold Coast Cadillac responded

This is the GM of Gold Coast Cadillac. I did some research on this vehicle. Kelly Blue Book suggested Retail is $35,150. Edmunds TMV is $26,400. Our asking price was $30,500. Just because a website gives a suggested price does not mean that is the correct price. As you can see above, two of the most referenced websites for vehicle values have almost a $10,000 difference. The price is determined by what the buyer and seller agree is a fair price. Your offer for our vehicle was $25,000. Both of the first two salespeople could not accept your offer and said they would contact you if something changed (which it did not). Steve did return your call and in a message said that while he appreciated your offer we could not sell the vehicle for the amount you offered. We have since sold the vehicle for $29,000. While we strive to do our best to sell a vehicle to every customer who comes, in we do not come to terms with them all. I do not feel you have given a fair assessment of our staff just because we would not discount a vehicle to the price you had offered. You did not see the value for the price I was asking and it is your right as a consumer to not purchase something. Your decision not to purchase was yours and does not automatically make our sales staff the bad people you imply.

March 15, 2012

Gold Coast has a team approach such as Chris Bruno, Gary G. in service and when needed the customer is treated as a Cadillac owner should be treated ,that teak increases the value of the car!! More

by mosca
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Price
Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
Chris Bruno, Gary G. Service, Keith Harvey
February 27, 2012

Friendly until they need to correct their obvious mistakes (one cheap tire with 3 Michelins, vibrations, car bearing to the left, wheel bearing issues, many other issues for 24000 miles car) More

by phildon4
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Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
Gary Alexander
Feb 29, 2012 -

Gold Coast Cadillac responded

When you brought the vibration to our attention we corrected the problem at no cost to you and you did not mention any other issues at that time. The wheel bearing will be covered under warranty. Now several weeks later it has developed an alignment issue. All it takes is one solid hit to knock out an alignment. We have corrected the issues you brought to our attention shortly after your purchase and any other major issues will be covered under warranty. While it is unfortunate that some of these items have happend, things like this can occur when you purchase a pre-owned vehicle. While I would not expect you to give us a perfect review, I do not understand why it completely negative.

February 25, 2012

Trying to find a new car is like sticking needles in your eyes. You dread to do it but in this case it was probably my best experience ever. I have bought approximately 10 cars in my life Tony is the guy who More

by dneary
Friendliness
Price
Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
Tony Zaino
February 19, 2012

Great sales experience, have leased vehicles for more than 15 years this was the best experience I ever had. Ease of transaction, most initial contact was by phone, Salesmen I worked with was very good, More

by larry6612
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Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
Mr. Anthony Zaino
February 12, 2012

What a great experience. Bob was perhaps the best salesperson I have ever come accross. I called him first to talk about the car I saw om autotrader. He answered all my questions in a relaxed manner. More

by l szukics
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Friendliness
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Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
Bob Foster
January 24, 2012

This is my first experience with Gold Coast Cadillac/SAAB and my last! AVOID THEM AT ALL COST.... In November I purchased a SAAB SUV from Gold Coast. At first I was not going to buy a SAAB because I read tha More

by steve-Saab
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Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
General Manager, Service Department
Jan 24, 2012 -

Gold Coast Cadillac responded

I will address your issues one at a time: When you purchased the vehicle Saab had a deal in placed to be purchased by a large Chinese manufacturing company. The deal was in place and we felt that Saab had a bright future with this new company. Unfortunately GM came from out of left field and killed the deal in December. At no point did we misinform you when you were purchasing the vehicle. We can only use the information we have available at that time. If I had a crystal ball not only would we not have sold you the vehicle but would have stopped representing Saab as one of their dealers. The front plate bracket is still not available to order. No vehicles were shipped with front brackets. We have you on a list should they become available. As our manager stated the last time you were in, we do not know at this point what is going to happen with Saab and the warranty on them. The group of dealers is currently negotiating with Saab as to what is going to happen with warranties for customers who have purchased vehicles. We will not know the outcome of this for 30-60 days. Until this process is complete we cannot advise you of your options. By no means have we abandoned you. Unfortunately we have to wait for the above process to be complete to know what our options are. This is not an enjoyable time for anyone associated with Saab. We hope that we have some favorable news in the near future.

Jan 24, 2012 -

steve-Saab responded

I appreciate your response; however I believe I raised my concerns about SAAB to Gold Coast. Gold Coast gave me assurance they would continue to support SAAB. I purchased my car in good faith with Gold Coast and at this point Gold Coast will not meet its commitment. If a company presents information, accepts money based on this information but is unwilling to meet their commitment; this is “misinforming” customers, to put it lightly. I hope this works out for all of us.

Jan 24, 2012 -

Gold Coast Cadillac responded

I hope it works out as well. The next 30-60 days will tell.

January 15, 2012

12/2011 I found a car online and inquired through the 12/2011 I found a car online and inquired through the website. Dealer was very friendly over the phone. Tells you everything you want to hear. I dr More

by J420024
Customer Service
Friendliness
Price
Recommend Dealer
No
Employees Worked With
Steve stigliano
Jan 18, 2012 -

Gold Coast Cadillac responded

Thank you for your input. I reviewed the deal and noticed Steve had given you a significant discount off our asking price. When you work a deal that you recieved there is no "meat left on the bone" for our salespeople to handle small issues that may come up. The vehicle is a 2003 (8 years old). No vehicle that is this old is flawless. I assume that despite the cracked moulding and only one key you still felt the vehicle was a good value. If you did not, you would not have purchased it. How did you feel we misrepesented the vehicle?

Jan 20, 2012 -

J420024 responded

I really do not feel $900 off the asking price is a significant deal but despite that, the agreement with Steve was that price if the vehicle had nothing wrong. I understand the cracked moulding but I didn't know anything about 1 key until all the papers were signed and I was ready to leave. How can you own a car with just 1 key. I had no choice but get a second one made. I feel not letting a customer know this little detail before the deal was made is the misrepresentation. Also, I do not think it was good customer service to tell a customer that you do not want to take their credit card because it will cost you money. I traveled 80 miles to your dealership and then was sent to a bank 3 miles away. The credit card fee is your cost of doing business. I work in retail and take pride in good customer service and I do no feel your dealership presented a high level of customer service at all. That is why I wrote this.

Jan 24, 2012 -

Gold Coast Cadillac responded

I am sorry that you did not feel you received the best customer service (which is what we strive for). It is always a challenge when selling an 8 year old vehicle with 75,000 miles on it. We feel that for the price, we presented a mechanically solid and cosmetically presentable vehicle. In our eyes, a vehicle of this vintage that only has one key with one cracked rear molding as the only faults is a vehicle that has nothing wrong with it and a good value. Despite our shortcomings, you must have agreed that it was a good value for the price as you purchased the vehicle. Thank you again for your business.

Jan 24, 2012 -

J420024 responded

well I can see that we will never be on the same page. If I knew the vehicle had only 1 key before all the papers were signed I would have never purchased the vehicle. Your only answer to everything is that I must have agreed the vehicle was a good value or I would not have purchased it. Actually, I purchased the vehicle despite these issues and many other flaws that were not listed here. I didnt even make it 20 miles from the dealership before the rear heat and seat heaters crapped out but I am not complaining about any of that. Your dealership has crappy customer service and deserves a bad review. Instead of making a simple offer to even try and do right is all you do is defend the crappy business policies your dealership provides to its customers. Dont worry I will never do business with your dealership again and I have informed my family who has purchased a few new cars from you in the past to no longer do business with your dealership either.

November 11, 2011

I called for an internet price on a car that I saw in their advertisement. Kelhi in internet sales could not have been any nicer or easier to work with. I had more than my share of questions which she More

by gold coast
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Friendliness
Price
Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
kelhi costello, anthony zaino, bill mafara
October 30, 2011

I have never looked forward to shopping for a car having purchased vehicles at various dealerships through the years. I was in the market for a Cadillac (my dream car which I was finally able to buy!) and More

by Sherry C
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Friendliness
Price
Recommend Dealer
Yes
Employees Worked With
Chris Bruno
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