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"Great Service 5 Star"
5 out of 5 stars
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Lewis was brilliant no pressure and nothing was to much trouble for him to sort out. Very Happy with my Rav4. Derek from Berkshire

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"Stay away"
1 out of 5 stars
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Shocking, deception, lies. Owners shouting down phone stating they were not cowboys was final straw. Be still waiting now if I hadn't caught them out, me cars engine required a new one, went straight to Penybanc where they said it would be ready in 2 days, unaware that I had gone to the garage where the car was getting repaired! Check out the owners past on Google, made it difficult to get my cash back after paying in full, stay well away.

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"Awful place avoid"
1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible service, terrible staff rude offensive and intimidating. Still waiting for a “gesture of goodwill” offered over 2 weeks ago. Car needs £1700 of brake and tyre work doing but they’re not interested. Avoid this garage!!!

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Lewis Priddy from Penybanc Car Centre in response to Awful place avoid

Good Afternoon David, Just to address the above review - You bought a 1 Owner Full Service History 2013 Mercedes Benz E Class from ourselves. Upon enquiring I sent you in depth video's on the car, highlighting the very very few defects present. We put a new premium brand tyre on the car, and sent it for MOT where the vehicle passed. The vehicle was then delivered free of charge to yourselves. You then took it upon yourself to take the car to multiple garages for 'free health checks', where the findings were farcical. With the Halfords one in particular recommending that my brand new Falken tyre was deemed 'dangerous' where in fact it had done merely 10 miles on the road. This is just one example of the absolute nonsense Halfords made up on there report. This was all explained to you, and you agreed. However this still wasn't enough. The car was taken to another garage local to yourselves, where another issue was found, and the garage deemed the car to be dangerous. At this point we offered to repair the car straight away, and furnish you with a replacement car whilst you waited for the work to be done. You declined the offer, and wanted a cash settlement of nearly 2k?? We even offered to give you a full refund for the vehicle. Despite this, you were not happy with any of our offerings, and instead took the car to VOSA for another independent MOT. Where I'm sure we were both elated to find out that it, indeed passed. I assumed this would be the end of the matter, as there is nobody more thorough than VOSA, however you have proceeded to leave us negative reviews, on multiple platforms, despite our offers to rectify at every opportunity. In conclusion, I do not see how we were able to do any more as a garage. Kind Regards, Penybanc Car Centre

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David Smith in response to Awful place avoid

Just to update my previous review…. I was sold a car that had been serviced by Penybanc, the only proof being an emailed pretend invoice showing a service kit for the car as I was told “you can’t add to a Mercedes service record because it’s online (another lie) After a couple months of ownership the “major service required” message has come up on the dash. My local reputable garage informs me that the car hasn’t been serviced recently as the filters are obviously not new. The major service including a gearbox service has cost £800. Just another lie from Penybanc car centre. AVOID

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"Shocking!"
1 out of 5 stars
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Well where do we start…… Buying a vehicle from this garage has been the worst car buying experience I’ve ever encountered and would certainly NOT recommend them at all to anybody. Firstly, we were seriously messed around with the delivery of the car, we received excuse after excuse until eventually the car was delivered after 2 weeks of waiting. The vehicle was delivered with the incorrect part of the V5 log book which made it a hassle to tax and also assign a personalised registration. A day after delivery of the car we noticed that the pressures on 3 of the alloy wheels were very low and after correct inflation they went down again within a matter of days. We took the car to a local garage to investigate as we suspected that slow punctures were to blame. Low and behold the garage were unable to remove the wheels off the car due to damaged locking wheel nuts, which in the end, resulted in having to get a mobile specialist to remove all 4 of them at a cost of £90! - the dealer did in fact contribute £50 towards the cost of this, but in all fairness should of paid the full amount. At the same time, the local garage advised us of the appalling condition of the rear brake disks, they were badly worn and one was also cracked! What added insult to injury is that the car had just had a 12 Month MOT prior to delivery, we were advised that the car should have never passed the MOT due to the condition of the brake disks. They weren’t even highlighted as an advisory item!!! We have had to buy replacement brake disk and pads in order to rectify this and at a further cost of £260 When the deflating wheels and tyres were inspected, the cause of the constant deflation was discovered, it wasn’t the fact that they had slow punctures at all, the cause was due to 3 of the 4 wheels were cracked on the rim resulting in slow loss of air. The alloy wheels also show signs of being welded in the past due to previous cracks. Also during this investigation of air loss, the 2 front tyres were also deemed illegal and should have never have passed the MOT either, the inside edge of the tyres was completely bald with no tread. Again, the cost of replacing the 2 tyres was £338!!! We are absolutely mortified that such issues and added expense exist after spending £11995 on this car from what we thought was a reputable dealer, and we certainly didn’t expect to have to pay out all this money to make the car useable. The issue still remains with the cracked alloy wheels and we are having to seek legal advice as to where we go next in relation to getting a satisfactory resolution. This has been our honest and genuine review of this dealer and unfortunately on this occasion we cannot recommend them due to the issues mentioned and our poor buying experience.

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"Disgusting Customer Service"
1.6 out of 5 stars
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My partner purchased a car from Pennybanc Car Centre last month. We initially drove 2 hours to collect my new car only to then have a phone call to say it wasn’t ready yet and to drive back home. Me and my partner were due to go away and it was agreed the new car would be delivered upon our return. The new car was then delayed again due to a suspension related issue which they agreed to fix but couldn’t guarantee a day despite stressing I use my car for work. My car eventually arrived 3 days later- delivery driver had no service history or proof of suspension related work and water pump/timing belt being completed as requested- multiple paint related markings to the chair which weren’t stipulated in the original advert- advised to contact the garage the following day- garage agreed to post all relevant documents and to contact Land Rover for a touch up pen which were more than happy with. 4 weeks later we still have no paperwork, no touch up pen, and are now covering a bill for faulty parking sensors which again weren’t stipulated as broken. My partner has had multiple dealings with the garage over the last few weeks- customer service has been disgraceful from both staff and management- swearing at him down the phone, shouting, and stating ‘we’re p***ing him off’- initially agreeing to cover work, then only certain parts, now not responding to messages, just abusive phone calls. We will now be taking this further as we have spent £100’s of pounds to repair the parking sensors to ensure the car works to the correct standards as outlined in the Consumer Rights Act 2015- after giving the garage multiple opportunities to repair!!!. Pennybanc Car Sales you are a disgrace.

"Robbers and Thieves! "
1 out of 5 stars
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Bought a C2 Vts from Ceri and the car wouldn't start the next day? They took it back and basically fobbed me off for 3 months. Lying to me, saying it was with the mechanic but it was actually parked outside Ceri's house. I had to get very forceful to get the car back, (I told him that if I don't get the car then I WILL leave with something of the same value). I took the car to a very good local repair garage and they told me loads of stories of the garage and also told me that the cars ECU's circuit board had been soldered. Which it never should have been! As well as many other issues. Avoid, avoid, avoid! You've been warned!

"very helpful with enquiry for 2016 van"
4 out of 5 stars
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just wanted to say we enquired to the company, about a van for sale, when we enquired ceri told us it had been sold. he told us he had another coming through and if we left a deposit we be guaranteed same as the vehicle advertised, condition as close to and if when ready, we didn't want he return our deposit. week, or so went by, hadn't heard from him when we called he said van just returned from paint shop rectification, we called to let him know we couldn't wait much longer and we had to purchased a van from others. and we asked for deposit returned. which just wanted to say .we had full refund. and given previous reviews from others on website. we found dealing with ceri , straight forward and wanted to say i deal again with his company. thanks again. kind regards steven

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"Avoid "
1.2 out of 5 stars
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First off there were mileage discrepancies between MOT's which I raised with them. I was assured this was a recording error and that the vehicle's service history confirmed the mileage was legit. Okay fine - let's wait and have a look at the service history then... Second issue - car gets dropped off with one key and not a single other piece of documentation. No V5, no warranty, no service history, nothing. Asked the delivery driver about the documentation - he said here's all I've got - handed me the key and said we're not taking it back lol. Phoned up and asked about the v5 (because I can't tax it without it) and spare the key because I don't want it getting nicked - got some run around about how it had previously been on a private reg and they were waiting on the v5 coming back from DVLA said they'd send it asap. Was told the tax issue is a grey area - not to worry about it. Told the other key was knocking around and they'd try to dig it out for me. Asked them to provide the service history that confirmed the mileage and it all went quiet. I double check the invoice they emailed over and there's a mileage disclaimer (in the smallest possible font) saying the mileage could not be verified and should be considered incorrect. So there's a good chance I've paid top dollar for a low mileage vehicle that's probably not low mileage. (and they knew it, hence the disclaimer) On top of that it's taken almost 3 months of ball ache to get the v5 back in my name. All in all, not a good experience.

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"Brilliant Service"
4.8 out of 5 stars
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I have bought my last 2 cars from Ceri and the whole team are so helpful. Nigel who took me for a test drive was a lovely polite person too. I can’t fault the sales or after sales service unlike some other garages locally! Would highly recommend Penybanc Car Centre!

"Terrible service "
2.5 out of 5 stars
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well where do I start....I will start by saying avoid ceri and these bunch of cowboys like your life depended on it. No transparency when it came to telling us we had to tax the car ourselves when leaving the forecourt, ceri thought it would be a bright idea to leave until last minute to say we needed to find a post office to tax the car and risk a police stop. Ceri also left it until the last minute to inform us he didnt have a log book for the vehicle. I was warned by many not to use these cowboys but decided to give them the benefit of the doubt. how wrong was I on the contrary I'm glad I purchased the vehicle outright to avoid dealing with these again.

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    96 Penybanc Road
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