Carmine Francese

With my lease coming due in May, I contacted Carmine to see if I could take advantage of an early trade in with the March Madness specials. After a couple of email conversations, Carmine and I were able to come up with a win-win new lease and I drove home my new Mazda3 within a week of our original conversation! No sales pitch, no time lost with “ up-selling” tactics. Carmine is personable, knowledgeable , and highly professional! In the finance office, Tim’s friendly demeanor helped all the paper work involved go so quickly! Thank you, Carmine and Tim!

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This was the best experience we have EVER had buying a car. Carmine is a great guy and was the perfect person for us. He had such R-E-S-P-E-C-T for my Aretha, a 1993 Black DeVille which I reluctantly traded, that I named my new MX-5 RF C-A-R-M-I-N-E. We are happy.

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Excellent staff well educated in the process of making the purchase of the car delightful. Would recommend this dealership to anyone interested in purchasing a Mazda.

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A tree fell on our car when we evacuated from St Simons to Greenville, SC to escape Irma. We had been doing some intensive research on cars. We found our perfect car, and the experience couldn't have been better. Everyone made us feel great about buying this car. The dealership even returned our rental car for us, so we could ride back together to St Simons. The sales team was very caring, and all we can say is thank you Hodges Mazda Sharon and Mike Grodsky

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Carmine has sold me two cars in about a year's time. He is refreshing and one of a kind. The new owners of the dealership have continued the exceptional car buying experience. I felt no pressure to buy and I feel like I got a great deal on both cars. The folks in the service department have been amazing as well. My car was done on time and always had a loaner car for me to drive while mine was in service. If you look in the dictionary for excellence you will see the definition of Hodges Mazda.

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Searched 7 other dealers before coming here. There was only one other comparable in customer service. I highly recommend you ask for Carmine Francese when you go here. He was the best Car salesman I have met. He was straight forward and honest and didn't push anything outside of budget.This dealer was not pushy and didn't try upselling unneeded products either. They stayed within the range I was looking and and even settled below budget. The only constructive criticism I have for this dealer is the amount of waiting time for the paperwork seemed a little excessive since I had made a down payment a couple days before hand. I was expecting it to take about an hour and ended up closer to 2 and half. Otherwise I am happy so far with the Kia Forte I purchased here.

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I was hesitant to buy from a dealership but Hodges made it easy from the start...Thanks to Mark and Carmine for the great customer service!

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Great atmosphere, very fair with trade in, and great price. The sale was handled entirely by management. The sales consultant showed you the vehicle and explained how everything worked and reviewed the paperwork. Carmine continued to explain every option throughout delivery. Excellent salesman and we would highly recommend him. Just ask for him and he will do a wonderful job for you! They are not on commission so no presure to buy. I have bought many cars throughout my life and this by far was best overall experience. Thank you Carmine and Kevin(sales manager)!!! We live in Bradenton, Fl and we will be back.

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Best experience at a dealership in jacksonville Carmine and kevin make you feel at home. They really go above and beyond on anything you need great staff

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This is the first time I bought from Mazda and it was an excellent experience. In the person of Carmine Francese I was able to see that their sales personnel is profesional, knowledgeable, they really assist you to make the decision that is best for you, not for their numbers, and they go the extra mile to assure that you are satisfied. It was very pleasant not having to deal with the proverbial car salesman. The process was amazingly simple and fast. Truly my best experience buying a car so far and I recommend Mazda to my family and friends without a doubt.

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