DeLillo Chevrolet

My wife and I are just two High School teachers in So. Cal. We’re nothing special. Just working through this pandemic trying to educate the children the best we know how. I’ve been teaching H.S. for 35 years. My wife 15. We went to buy a used car from a dealership (can’t afford a new one) in Huntington Beach. Here is my review. So you’re thinking about buying a car from DeLillo Chevrolet? Here’s my advice...pump the brakes and fasten your seatbelts. You will not believe how my wife and I were treated by this dealership. From the salesman all the way to the general manager. I will cite dates and times and include photo’s of text messages sent from the salesman to my wife. A little background on us. We are Huntington Beach residents. We have raised 7 adult children that are now between the ages of 23-31. We are both High School teachers and I was the Men’s & Women’s Head Track Coach at Golden West College for 29 years. We are well established in this community and between both of us we have a few thousand former athletes and students. I am 60 years old and have bought plenty of cars (new and used) from a variety of dealerships. So my wife wants a convertible Camaro and she finds one at DeLillo Chevrolet right here on Beach Blvd in Huntington Beach, about a mile and a half from our home. We visit the dealership on Tuesday 3/30 in the afternoon. We look at this silver 2019 convertible Camaro. The sticker was like 22,995. We like the car. I notice these scrapes on the passenger door and point them out to the salesman, Justin Bond. He asks me, “If I get these fixed, would you be interested in the car?”. I respond, “get this fixed and I will buy the car”. He goes to to get this cleared with his manager. He comes back out and says, “the car will be fixed by Friday. Can we make an appointment for you on Saturday?”. We agree and make an appointment for 9:00am Saturday (4/3). He calls us on Friday (4/2) and tells us they discovered a problem with the convertible top and since it is still under warranty, they are going to get it repaired but the car won’t be ready until Monday (4/5) because they are getting it repaired “off site”. So on Monday (4/5) at 12- noon, my wife gets a text from another salesman named John Buhs at 12 noon. He states, Justin is out of the office and they are waiting for the car to arrive at the dealership. My wife asks when we can come over. He says, “I’ll keep you updated”. He then says the car will be ready tomorrow (4/6), I hope that works for you. Then today, (4/6) John sends a text at 2:26pm saying the Camaro will be here at 4:30pm. My wife arrives at 5:00pm and is told the car is currently being sold to somebody else. My wife calls me, I head over to the dealership to talk to the general manager, Tom Gardner. He really has no interest in the story I just told and basically tells me, “That’s how we do business”. So at this point, it’s no longer about the car but more about how we were strung along by the entire sales staff at DeLillo Chevrolet and how they completely led us on, wasted our time, and deceived us through the entire process. I highly recommend you DO NOT do business with this dealership. I will be sharing this review on every platform related to purchasing automobiles. I am also reporting them to GM consumer complaints and I will be sharing this story with Mary Barra (CEO of General Motors) and the local BBB. Buyer beware! Stay clear of DeLillio Chevrolet in Huntington Beach. Please view my photo’s to see the text conversations between my wife and the two salesman Justin Bond and John Buhs. They are not posted on every site. Matt Simpson