CardinaleWay Mazda Mesa

I actually had the opportunity to work for Cardinale Way Mazda for a few short weeks. I have been in the car business for over 20 years. I can honestly say they are the most unorganized dealership I have worked for. Most of their employees are not happy to come to work and have a negative attitude. I can also say that I had the opportunity to hear about what I have to say is by far the largest profit on one car that in my 20 years experience have ever seen or heard of. They had a mother and son come in to buy a car. They both ended up buying vehicles. The son bought a new RX-8 that was a demo with 5k miles on it. After all was said and done the dealership had made $26k in profit. That is almost equal to the msrp on the vehicle. They then sold the mother a Mazda3 which is approx. a $16k msrp. They profited another $14k on that car. Some will say let the buyer beware. I think at some point too much is TOO MUCH! In our sales meetings the management really pushed the sales force to get referrals and repeat business. I have always been fortunate in getting both. I have done this by being straight forward and fair. I could not do that at Cardinale Way. If you are wondering why I am writing this it is two fold. They were as unfair to me as they are to their customers. Upon leaving I was owed a little over $3000 for 3 weeks of work. They gave me a check for less than $200 and said too bad!