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"Avoid at all costs"
1 out of 5 stars
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Douglas Paul, Bawtry Rd, Hellaby, Bramley, Rotherham S66 8EY ***WARNING,WARNING,WARNING*** If I didn't have to put a star I wouldn't. It's not worthy of a rating. **Avoid this garage at all costs** Don't waste your hard earned money. Douglas Paul Garage (DP) are the worst company we have ever dealt with. My father in law bought a Ssangyong Rexton from these crooks/Fraudsters/ thrives in February. 4 days later all the lights, bells and whistles were going off. Phoned DP and their attitude was "Well, you've got warranty haven't you." Took it to 3 separate independent garages who all said that with all the issues coming up on the diagnostic there's no way these issues weren't presented when he bought the car. Eventually a Ssangyong franchised garage done the warranty work. Car was sound for a couple of weeks. Low and behold it happened again but worse this time. See the photo for a list of issues that was emailed to DP. DP said we had to return the car to Rotherham. As we're in South Wales my father in law asked for a courtesy car which was promised at first. When he then spoke to Jonathan the manager who is a rude piece of crap, (putting it mildly) about the courtesy car, He told my father in law "No courtesy car, we're not a hire company." We dropped the car off on the 11/05/25 and after 13 weeks and 1 day, countless emails and phone calls, 2 rejection letters and the threat of court and no communication in return from Douglas Paul, not even a courtesy call. I will amend the post later to add more photos of all the emails, letters and phone records. We taken advice from a solicitor, citizens advice, and reported this company to Trading standards and BBC watchdog. My father in law phoned them Tuesday 29/07/25 and they said they tried to call a fortnight ago to say the car was ready but there was no answer. So they didn't bother to leave a message, didn't bother to try again, or even send an email. Jonathan is a lying sack of shit. Needless to say there was no missed call. During the phone call Jonathan denied all knowledge of receiving the rejection letters even though we have evidence that they were signed for via royal mail, he denied that when my father in law spoke to him about having his money back after he'd rejected the car (Consumer rights act, section 20 & 21) Jonathan said he had to speak to his boss and would get back to him, but never did. From start to finish this whole ordeal has been a nightmare. Taking advantage of an OAP's, praying on their vulnerability, exploiting them for their hard earned money. Just shy of £22k my father in law paid for this heap of crap. My father in law feels that he has no other choice but to collect the car today, 27 hrs of travelling in total between test drive, returning home, and two trips to deliver it back and collect today. Not so much as an apology for time lost and the inconvenience of having to travel up and back in two vehicles, where they should have collected the car and dropped it back off, not even an offer of a full tank of diesel as a courtesy for being without the vehicle for so long. Just look at some of the other reviews, I wish my father in law had before buying from this crook. Avoid at all cost.

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"Rude staff "
1 out of 5 stars
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Car had broken down near there car park only safe place we could find male member of staff came out very aggressive and rude trying to lock us in the car park wouldn’t recommend

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Stephen Colley in response to Rude staff

My name is Steve and I'm the member of staff at Douglas Paul that your are referring to. Firstly i wasn't aggressive to you at all, granted I wasn't pleased that you was delaying me locking up to go home to my family but in no way was i aggressive. Secondly you didn't park "near" our car park you parked IN our car park that is private property and not somewhere for people to park if they break down. If i broke down near your house and pulled on to your drive to wait for the AA you wouldn't be happy either.

"Great service from a family run business"
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Purchased my second car from Douglas Paul recently and will definitely be back in the future

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"The worst service I’ve ever experienced "
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Bought a 18.5k Hyundai i800. Steve who sold the vehicle initially couldn’t do enough to help, once the car sold he didn’t want to know. The most arrogant, rude little man I’ve dealt with. His attitude very quickly became confrontational and rude when a fault in the vehicle was made known to them. Was in their service centre 3 times in 3 weeks and still couldn’t fix the fault. The vehicle had clearly been sold with a fault the car had apparently been serviced and MOT’d which the DPF fault should have flagged. Obviously dodgy MOT’s been issued on their vehicles. No receipt issued for the deposit payment I made as apparently because it was a bank transfer they can’t issue a receipt. Absolute nonsense! Returned the vehicle and Steve was rude again to my wife with no apology so I took great delight in telling him what I thought of him. “An arrogant little w******” Even though they knew all the issues with the vehicle and the DPF needing replaced the car was back on sale within 10 minutes of returning. They are clearly acting fraudulent with the warranty company they use not only ripping customers off with overpriced vehicles but billing the warranty company for repairing vehicles sold with faults.

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"Great service"
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Found the car we wanted and Steve was spot on no hard sell and couldn’t do enough to make the whole transaction as easy as possible

"Great service"
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Picked up new car today great service from Steve colley nothing was to much trouble 5 star service

"Great service "
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Found the car we were looking for and dealt with Steve who could not do enough for us, he was very informative and explained in detail everything we needed to know about our chosen vehicle. Once the deal was done he ensured the car was presented to us valeted and ready to go, he took us through the paperwork and left us with nothing to do other than shake his hand and head off into the sunset. Will definitely use Douglas Paul again and hold out for Steve if we have to.

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"Our Experience with Douglas Paul"
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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Our Experience with Douglas Paul The Good After finding what we thought was our dream car, we traveled 2 1/2 hours to view and purchase it. The team at Douglas Paul, particularly James, who sold us the car, was very polite and professional. The lady in accounts was also courteous and helpful. The Bad When we picked up the car and started our drive home, the engine warning light came on, along with a light indicating limited performance. Initially, Douglas Paul was very accommodating, picking up the vehicle and providing us with a courtesy car. However, the courtesy car was a 3-door, which was challenging for our family of five. After two weeks of numerous phone calls and our car still not being ready, they eventually provided us with a slightly bigger car. Nearly four weeks after our purchase, the car was due to be delivered back to us, but the fault reappeared, preventing the delivery. The Ugly While we understand that these issues can occur, the most frustrating part of our experience was dealing with Johnathon, a manager at Douglas Paul. He was the rudest, most patronizing person we have ever spoken to. His manner alone is why we would not recommend this garage.

"Unpaid wages "
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Worked here 2 days as a Valeter considering I had the mechanics telling me I’m a grafter and we’ll done youd expect to be paid your wage but no payment has been made on top of this they’ve very high demands on quality to say there valet bay roof leaks and leaves marks on the cars it’s too dark to see inside the car you need a head torch and you can’t even get cloths dry or cleaned very basic set up would avoid

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"AVOID , AVOID , AVOID !!!"
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Bought a mini from Douglas paul. Day 3 of having the car , engine management light came on. Got AA out to read it , 15 faults !! Phoned dp and they said we'd have to book it in with their servicing team . We git it on finance so contacted them and they advised us to get it read at another garage, as we needed evidence if we were to return the car. As we were still within the 30 days , we had every right to return it . Got it read again and yep , 15 faults ! Dp were being awkward with yhr finance company, saying nobody was available to talk to them and was ignoring emails. We got a health check on yhe car and they found the brake calipers were knackered , the stop start wasn't working and a tyre had kurb damage. The finance company was more than happy and said we now had more than enough evidence to return the car . Guess what , dp was still being awkward! The guy from finance company sent them one final email and they finally accepted the car back . We got our deposit refunded. We returned the car on the Sunday and on Monday it was back up for sale !! No way had they fixed all those faults , it was late afternoon when we dropped it off. Stay clear of these . They're dishonest people . AVOID AVOID AVOID

Jonathan from Douglas Paul Select in response to AVOID , AVOID , AVOID !!!

Hi Claire thanks for your feedback. We are sorry you didnt have a good experience with us and we have put measures in place to ensure issues can be dealt with more swiftly. The car was back up for sale the next day and then quickly sold as it was a very nice vehicle. Needless to say the car has never been back with any issues from its new owner and they are over the moon with there purchase.

Jonathan from Douglas Paul Select in response to AVOID , AVOID , AVOID !!!

Hi Claire thanks for your feedback. We are sorry you didnt have a good experience with us and we have put measures in place to ensure issues can be dealt with more swiftly. The car was back up for sale the next day and then quickly sold as it was a very nice vehicle. Needless to say the car has never been back with any issues from its new owner and they are over the moon with there purchase.

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Douglas Paul Select are a used car dealer based in South Yorkshire. They also offer Mot and servicing, finance and they will buy used cars for cash. 

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    Bawtry Road
    Rotherham
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    S66 8EY

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