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Rachel B

1 reviews | Active since Aug 2019

24 Oct 2019, 09:25

KIA IS LEAVING A VERY BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH AND SO DISSAPOINTED.

Being a fan of Kia for almost 8 years and driving the brand, Kia Weltevredenpark left a bad taste in my mouth. My first car was the Rio which I drove for 4 years, then the new Koup was released and fell in love with the car. Kia gave me a good trade in. I was first sceptical when they advertised the vehicle full price at R399,000, but if you buy the Koup now they will discount it and I can get it at R311,00. I thought that was quite a nice deal. Which at that time was good. The car value was over R400,00 and why not paying R311,000. My car was financed with a R100,00 balloon payment, which I agreed on and was very happy. I drove the car for 6 months only to realise the value of my car went down to R311,000 in such a short period. So it wasn't a special as KIA said, I was upset when my insurance had to decrease my policy premium. I had the Koup for 4 year. Now Kia currently running the special on the KIA Sportage 1.6 Ignite at R4999.00 per month. NOTE...NO DEPOSIT...NO BALLOON PAYMENT. We went to Kia in Constantia Kloof and we wondered how they get to R4999.00. But if this is the case, I will definitely would love to have one. I've been at Kia 4 times over the last 2 weeks. I then decided to sell my Koup. My Koup had 38,000km on the clock and in a perfect condition. The told me they can only offer me R190,000. The second hand dealer Minaaar told me to bring the car in. I've asked him, please can they consider to give me R192,000. He agreed to that. He told me straight into my face the car will only go on stand for R210.000. I had to pay R12,600 in to Kia's account, so they can settle my vehicle with the bank. Another upsetting situation and a bad taste in my mouth. Only to realise the Koup is on the floor and advertised for R239,000. So Minnaar and the sales person **** into my face to say they will only sell the car for R210,000. So I've lost R12,600 and Kia is smiling all the way. The next day I went to Volskswagen en Mazda at Clearwater. Thank you Johan from Mazda for the excellent service and advice. He never say anything bad about Kia but was also sceptical on how Kia can advertise the Sportage at R399,000 with a flat payment of R4999.00 without deposit or balloon payment. Ive told him well that is the deal and he said I can not miss this deal. After all of this I went back to Kia Constantia Kloof. Because I love Kia. Note NOT ANYMORE. I had a again a chat with the sales person. Even the branch manager said, no this is a good deal and the sales lady must chat to him because why did I have to pay in R12,600 to settle my Koup, they will work out a rate for me and see what they can do for me. They offered me a demo to test the Sportage for 3 days. Very nice car. Until I received a call yesterday. Congratulations Marinda. Your finance has been approved but.....there is a 40% balloon payment, which is almost half of the full price or 8% deposit with an amount of R5600.00 per month over 72 months. So please tell me why is it advertise for R4999.00 NO DEPOSIT, NO BALLOON. What a bad taste again in my mouth. Thank you Kia but you will never see me again.

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