Toyota of Keene

I wouldn't buy a roll of toilet paper from [non-permissible content removed]. Test drove and decided to buy a vehicle. I was then told I'd need to pay cash on the spot to buy the vehicle as paradoxically they don't take deposits of any sort, such that a customer has a reasonable opportunity to bring payment while the vehicle was reserved for the customer trying to complete the purchase. Rather (in the case of a cash sale) only a bank check made out to them for the exact amount was acceptable as payment. What?! I didn't have a bank check at that instant made out in the exact (just calculated) amount to the dealership in my pocket. Well banks are generally closed in the evening so I intended to bring a bank check the next morning but was then told another customer was looking at the same vehicle, intending to finance the purchase so in this case no scrambling to obtain a bank check was needed. The vehicle was sold out from under me to the other customer even though I was trying to place a deposit on it the previous day such that I could complete a purchase in good faith. This is a beyond ridiculous customer engagement model and negative (if not outright hostile) customer treatment. A dealership employee trying to justify this conduct, stated the establishment is on shaky financial ground and this paniced approach (give me the money now or I sell to the next customer who stumbles in the door) was somehow a last gasp attempt for survival of the dealership. In retrospect I suppose it is fortunate I walked away free of any customer association with that flailing operation. But even if it does manage to momentarily survive, its sold-soul behavior will likely have it titanic anyway. Apparently this is a general customer concern as well -- it was underscored the certified 5-year warranty of this vehicle was backed by Allstate should the dealership evaporate during the warranty period. Guess I should have read the writing on the wall. Anyway if you seek spectacularly incompetent customer treatment from a struggling dealer, this is the place for you. For everyone else, spare yourself the aggravation and pass [non-permissible content removed] by on your way to the next Toyota dealer. Edit: another dealer self-inflicted embarrassment worth sharing: This vehicle had a rock hole in the windshield which was already radially spider web cracking. Obvious to anyone yet the sales guy was trying to dismiss it as a non-issue. I asked it be repaired as a safety issue, and the fact the windshield would otherwise split in a few weeks of driving. His manager wanted me to buy the vehicle that day and have the windshield repaired myself, whereupon I'd send them the bill. What?! I suppose that's what transpires at the end of the month when the Three Stooges of Toyota dealerships is desperately trying to stay afloat.