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"Worse car company we've ever dealt with."
1 out of 5 stars
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My fiancé went to Carz at Hillington and we spoke to the salesman. We described that she required a 4 wheel drive car with sat nav. She's a nurse and that type of car would be beneficial during the winter. The salesman showed us a Nissan Qashqai which met our requirements (so he said). Anyway when we collected the car there was no Sat nav and the salesman told us it’s on order and it’ll be there in a couple of weeks. Well months passed and contacted them again, then we were told these take 8 months to come from Nissan. (Got one on eBay next day delivery)…. But thank you Reg Vardy. Still haven’t received the one from you yet. Now, Couple of years later (now), my fiancé was complaining of the car sliding on the road often. I took the car to my local a garage for a MOT and service and I asked him to check it out, as it’s meant to be a 4 wheel drive. To our shock, we were told this car was not a 4 wheel drive, which we were told it was and that’s why we purchased it. As you can see by this above, the company and the salespeople are just complete liars and they don’t care about customers. How companies and people like this can actually sleep at night known they’ve lied and ripped off innocent people. Shame on these people and as a company, hopefully you won’t get away with doing this to customers much longer. The more people who hear about the terrible practices in your company I hope more stay away. Dec 2023 ** Still no message from Peter Vardy regarding this. The salesman was Nick. They have been getting this same review removed from Trustpilot stating we are not real customers **

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"Appalling"
1 out of 5 stars
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I took out a warranty with Peter Vardy, over £2000 and it is not worth the paper it is written on. I have complained to the Complaints Department who were no help at all and I have contacted Mr Vardy himself and he hasn't even had the decency to respond. He states that he is a Christian man and a philanthropist. What an absolute joke...he is a criminal. I WOULD NEVER ADVISE ANYONE TO BUY ANYTHING FROM THIS COMPANY.

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"Absolutely terrible company ripping off"
1 out of 5 stars
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Car wasn’t 4x4 as told and no Sat Nav as promised My fiancé went to Carz at Hillington and we spoke to the salesman. We described that she required a 4 wheel drive car with sat nav. The salesman showed us a Nissan Qashqai which met our requirements (so he said). Anyway when we collected the car there was no Sat nav and the salesman told us it’s on order and it’ll be there in a couple of weeks. Well months passed and contacted them again, then we were told these take 8 months to come from Nissan. (Got one on eBay next day delivery)…. But thank you Reg Vardy. Still haven’t received the one from you yet. Now, Couple of years later (now), my fiancé was complaining of the car sliding on the road often. I took the car to my local a garage for a MOT and service and I asked him to check the out as it’s meant to be a 4 wheel drive. To our shock, we were told this car was not a 4 wheel drive, which we were told it was and that’s why we purchased it. As you can see by this above, the company and the salespeople are just complete liars and they don’t care about customers. How companies and people like this can actually sleep at night known they’ve lied and ripped off innocent people. Shame on these people and as a company, hopefully you won’t get away with doing this to customers much longer. The more people who hear about the terrible practices in your company I hope more stay away.

"Worst experience ever "
1 out of 5 stars
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My experience with Peter Vardy Hillington was the worst experience I have ever had, the staff were awful no help, what so ever I had to wait for a week to 10 days for my car to arrive still not seen it. They kept telling me we'll phone you back no reply I phoned them all of the time , once I waited 2 days for a reply, shocking. The car they showed me at Hillington CARZ was similar to mine wouldn't start, even from a jump start. From start to finish it was a absolute nightmare, no customer service. I hated the place. They kept delaying everything. I had to find my own Finance for the car, once I got that, they wanted me to pay £300 cause I got my own finance and done there job for them. I managed it in one day and they couldn't in two weeks. As soon as I left to go to another Car Showroom two days and I got my car. That's how it's done.

Andrew Goodwin in response to Worst experience ever

I have been without a car now for 4 months after having the car for only 32 days. No courtesy car, no return calls, finance company (MotoNovo) useless and now raise a complaint with ombudsman, I would say that Peter Vardy are the absolute worse care dealer I have ever dealt with. My mental health has taken as beating.

"The worst car buting experience"
1 out of 5 stars
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I cannot put into words how awful my entire experience has been. Car was sold faulty and three months later it still has not been repaired. Now im struggling to get a refund. Avoid at all costs!

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Pauline Picken in response to The worst car buting experience

My daughter has had the same issue on more than one occasion. We also purchased the warranty at the initial purchase for piece of mind due to her having two young children. When we had yet another problem after owning the car for 9 months and numerous repairs at the beginning we got told conflicting stories of who was responsible for the repair. I was then told it is for a 3rd party who deal with the repair even though we paid several hundred pounds to Peter Vardy and was not not told that at the time of purchase. To top it all off today (15062023) it was insinuated by the Guest Manager in Glasgow I am a liar. Not happy!! Safety is obviously not a No 1 concern for Peter Vardy Cars.

"Poor After Sales Service"
2.4 out of 5 stars
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My daughter bought her first car here at the end of Feb '23, after being seriously let down previously after purchasing a dud from Arnold Clark, Crow Road. Initially the purchase of the car was straight forward enough, it was noted that there was a boot spacer missing, which meant anything of weight place in the boot sank into the boot well. The salesman assured my daughter this would be available in a few days to pick up, along with locking wheel nuts that were also missing! Finally after seven weeks, numerous telephone calls, fobbing off and generally feeling that Peter Vardy were not at all interested in dealing with the issues, my daughter was told the part was ready to be picked up! And you have probably guessed, it was the wrong part! Simply not good enough Peter Vardy, treating an 18yr, first time car purchaser like this is simply unacceptable, and if that is the business model used to ensure buyers stick with you in subsequent purchases, you seriously need to give your head a wobble! We have have told the part can now be posted out, and that we would be given an update ASAP. At time of writing, still haven't been contacted. Get your act together Peter Vardy!

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"100% dissatisfied"
1 out of 5 stars
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I am 100% dissatisfied with the customer service that I received at Carz Peter Vardy, KIRKCALDY. The car I purchased came from another branch and was not delivered in the stated time frame. One particular representative made mistakes in the information she communicated with me. She also made mistakes in the paperwork. Invoices needed to be redone. The car was again delayed due to her mistakes with the paperwork. Once received, the car wasn’t even clean. After complaining, They took the car back to be valeted and it still didn’t get cleaned inside properly. For example I cleaned the cup holder myself with a wipe and it was full of dirt etc Moreover the car was low in engine oil and coolant water and to end the list the car needs alignment. Overall, the customer service, sales, communication, time management, administration, customer complaint handling, presentation of the car was all very low standard. It’s not what you expect when buying a top of the range Mercedes for 30k. Most of all, it took the fun and excitement out of buying a new car.

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"APPALLING"
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Okay I'll try and break this down as much as possible. 8th March - seen a Nissan Juke put deposit down 14 March - day to pick up new car. Changed over insurance at a cost of £42 and paid PV in full and two hours before I was due to leave to collect the car got a call from the salesman to say they couldn't sell us the car as it had too many faults. 15 March - Got money refunded seen another Nissan Juke this time online and spoke to the salesman. This car would be available on 22 March. 22 March - Picked up car. On way home various warning signs started to come on. Drove the car to shops and wouldn't start again but eventually did after around 40 mins. 23 March - Car would not start at all. Called for assistance. Had to pay for assistance as the paperwork was wrong (registered to the first car). The mechanic who came out couldn't help as it was an electrical fault. This money has been refunded. Arranged for car to be towed back to PV. Arranged a hire car from Arnold Clark as PV said they couldn't help with a courtesy car but would pay up to £50 per day for us leasing one. Still not got the money even though I sent a receipt in for £192. Changed insurance again this time costing £63. 29 March - Got a call to say the car was fixed. Picked the car up and stopped to get diesel. All the warning lights started flashing again and the doors wouldn't close to. The doors eventually closed but it wouldn't restart. It did however start after an hour of sitting in the forecourt causing a blockage. 30 March - Having to call Arnold Clark to extend the hire of my car. Have been in touch with PV to say the car is being towed back and want a full refund. Another review will be posted on how easy/difficult it is to get a refund. Please note I live a remote area of Biggar and there is no public transport to get me into Edinburgh at 7.00am in the morning for work so this has had a huge impact on my life and I still don't have a working car after nearly 4 weeks PLUS I'll need to change the insurance again!!!

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Liz hastings in response to APPALLING

Hi saw you’re review I’m the same but I’m going to take them to court as they said the car I was getting cdnt be sold as it had to many things wrong and had to be crushed but told me they wd get me one same price and I didn’t need to change finance form as was same price so I just signed it my daughter was checking it was meant to be over 49 month at £472.40 car price £17.988.00. But they have changed price to £19.194.00 60 month £463.20

"Worst Customer Experience EVER!"
1 out of 5 stars
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6 months of having issues with car bought from them in may 2021, Fobbed off lots of times by after sales, car left with them for whole week with no work done to fix issue, all i got was apologies, AFTER SALES DEPT A JOKE full story on Trust Pilot under 1 star section, its quite appalling to be honest, please read up on all reviews,

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"An absolute Scam"
1 out of 5 stars
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DO NOT GO TO PETER VARDY!!! This company is an absolute joke!!! I bought my car from the Hillington branch 5 months ago. Agreed with the dealership they would put a new battery in, 2 days later the car broke down. Had to phone the AA who told me the battery was old and hadn’t been replaced. Took it to Peter vardy and lo and behold a week later it broke down again. Then had an issues with the tyre pressure sensor system, again had to take it back to them twice for them to fix it. A week later the battery went dead again, took it back and they said it was an alternator problem, then they ordered the wrong alternator… The after sales team are completely pointless. The manager, Craig hasn’t a clue how to manage customers, let alone the staff. Couldn’t offer any money for all the taxis I had to get back and forth to the dealership. But could offered me a free service worth £250, then when I told him I didn’t want that proceeded to tell me I was losing money! Had to ask them for a curtsey car, had to wait a month for one then on the day I was meant to collect it, they miraculously didn’t have one… didn’t brother to let me know though. They will do the absolute minimum to fix your car, just to get it through the warranty period. They’re all a bunch of liars and if you go with them you will be ripped off. By the way don’t fall for the scam of you paying for the service initially and them paying you back monthly for it, we got 1 payment then they stopped paying it to us. After a meeting with them they agreed to reject the car and give us our money back… however after speaking to finance company they ‘never said such a thing’… completely went against their word. Overall in the 3 months we had the car it broke down 4 times and was returned to Peter vardy 5 times. Thankfully the finance company could see through all their bullshit and decided to reject the car and give us our money back plus compensation. This company is a scam and I would strongly encourage you to NOT give them your business as it will only backfire on you

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Michelle Fitzpatrick in response to An absolute Scam

How did u go about getting ur money and that back my and my partner have a on going dispute regarding been sold a faulty car and have returned it they keep fobbing us off, I have emailed the finance company a complaint with all rhe faults they have agreed to investigate it, we have sat 1 week now without a car still no further forward with it need some advice from someone who has had dealings with them in the past, thanks

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