Purchased a Ford Focus ST from Redgate Lodge on 27th April initially paying the £200 deposit. The remaining balance was transfered later that day. On 8th May I was advised that the car was ready for collection - however the immaculate car I originally viewed and paid for, now had an extra 9 miles added to the clock along with two chips out the paint work. Redgate tried a botch up job of repairing the chips which looked utterly horrendous - they refused to have the paint work resprayed or offer any compensation. So effectively I bought a car and was collecting the same car in worse condition!!!! A refund was promptly offered however I needed to chase them up to action the refund numerous times. Awful customer service and fully deservant of 1 star. I did notice the next day they had the car back up for sale for £500 more than I’d paid for it, despite it having new damage!!!!!!! Safe to say I wont be recommending them to anyone.
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scott sibley from Redgate Lodge in response to Horrendous experience
Richard. I’m Scott the owner of Redgate Lodge. I would like to express how shocked and disappointed I am that you have decided to attack my company in this manner. You have given us a 1 star review on Facebook then have taken the time to copy and paste it onto two other platforms. James has already responded on your Facebook review confirming that the extra 9 miles was due to preparation ie service, mot and road test. He has also clarified that we refunded your payment immediately however held back £200 until you returned with the log book as the car was now in your name, we do this to ensure we get the log book back. As we purchased the Ford Focus from the previous owner we have been able to contact him and investigate further the two stone chips, he has confirmed both stone chips were on the car when he owned it and that he would be happy to send us an email confirming this. We were also aware of them when we bought the car in as all panels are checked. I’m disappointed that the two stone chips hadn’t been touched in by our valeters, they do this as it’s part of our normal process. It is my option that you missed the two tiny stone chips when you originally purchased the car. You asked us to respray the two panels which had the tiny stone chips, and Sam explained we wouldn’t be willing to do this due to the special paint colour as it would mean the full front end of the car would have to be painted along with the full side of the car. We both agreed that we would have our bodyshop touch them in for you. On your return you were not happy with the two touch ins, therefore to make you happy we decided to offer you a full refund, which is something we didn’t have to do, as you had paid for the car in full and you were the new registered owner. I personally would have thought this would be worthy of a 5 star review and not a 1 star on 3 separate platforms. I would be curious to know had we of resprayed 50% of your car for you, getting rid of the stone chip on the front, and on your way home you unfortunately got another stone chip, would you respray the full front end of the car, and continue to do this every time you had a fresh stone chip? Two months ago I personally purchased a new car from Bmw Chester. The car is 18 months old with 16,000 miles at a price of £49,000. The car came with at least 3 small stone chips on the bonnet. My point is there must be a limit as to when to respray a full panel due to stone chips. You are a “Firearms Police Officer” deemed a professional, someone I would like to think I could trust. I would have had no hesitation returning your full deposit and trusting you to return the logbook to us with the extra owner on it. You should have explained the importance of receiving the £200 refund more quickly due to your personal financial situation. James has also confirmed on your Facebook review why the car was re listed at £500 more and in fact sold the same day. The new owner thought the car was stunning and was extremely happy with it. It’s interesting after we gave you a full refund, along with your comments with reference to the awful service, why you would go back onto our website the next day? You clearly were not planning on buying another car from us, therefore it is of my opinion that maybe you had regretted your decision and possibly hoped the car was still available. As we were not willing to “knock” any money off the car due to the two small stone chips, and when you found the car had been resold, your frustration then lead you to attack my company. Managing Director Scott Sibley
The team at Redgate Lodge were very nice and care about their customers. i had never bought a car from this dealership before, i was very impressed with all the team and i would like to thank James and all the the team for looking after me so well.
JAMES BROWN from Redgate Lodge in response to Professional service
Thankyou for your lovely review.
I was impressed by the video on the Redgate Lodge web site so I went to see and test drive the car I thought I would buy, unfortunately they did not seem bothered that a cash customer was left waiting and waiting and waiting in the rain and that was after I had walked to the showroom and spoke to a salesman, if this is how they treat their prospective clients I dread to think what the after sales might be like.
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scott sibley from Redgate Lodge in response to Left standing in the rain.
We are very sorry about this, we would have been unaware that you were standing in the rain. We don't like to pounce on customers as soon as they walk onto the forecourt and operate a much more relaxed approach. If you are looking for a new car in the future please do come and see us, if you would like to speak with a sales person first then call into the showroom and our team will be happy to help.
After constantly looking on the Internet for an Audi & being dropped in by a private seller we decided to look at this website then saw the perfect car & visited the garage, I was concerned about handing over a large sum of cash but as soon as we spoke with the staff we were happy handing over the cash the 2 lads couldn't do enough for us we knew we had done the right thing purchasing our new car from redgate lodge we trusted the staff & felt so happy with the service we recieved before,during and after our purchase,They were more than happy to help every way they could they even processed our tax online for us they let me take the car the same day even though they had to move all the other vehicles on the forecourt in the pouring down rain so they could get my new car (that was prep for a valet) in to drive away & promised to valet my car if I wanted to pop back with it anytime that was suitable for me & they kept there word they had my car gleaming and told me any problems with my new car just give them a ring & they promise to sort it I got free lifetime mots on this vehicle the sales & after sales service is 110% excellent thanks guys for giving me peace of mind your so pleasant to speak to,trustworthy & we will be purchasing our vehicles from redgate lodge in the near future well done guys your an asset to redgate lodge.
Unbelievable!!!! i went into this garage with a part ex bmw and cash with my wife and 3 year old daughter.To view , test drive and more than likely buy a bmw on site. well that was the plan , but the rudest "salesman" i've ever encountered put end to that almost immediately on entry to premises. I was told that i couldn't test drive the car until I'd bought it, and as i had a test drive in a similar car the day before at another garage surely i know how this car would drive. I was then left in the show room while he went to inspect my car then proceeded to go into office with another member of staff for 10 mins. He then came out office stated price for my car ( which was reasonably fair) but said " I think you should buy the car you test drove yesterday at another garage , I'm sensing a brick wall between us". I listened to this ,open mouthed and not quite believing the arrogance and lack of manners from this man. We ended up leaving the place. AVOID!!!!
We went into this showroom with a part exchange and cash to purchase a new car! As soon as we said we didn't want finance, the lady (blonde haired and extremely rude and arrogant) didn't seem to want the sale! Wouldn't allow us to test drive the car as " it cost a fortune to valet " if we didn't want it, and then grossly undervalued our part ex. When we told her she had undervalued our car, she shrugged her shoulders and told us to go elsewhere with our part ex. If we could get a better price! Disgraceful attitude and arrogant demeanour. Avoid this business. There are much nicer more helpful car dealers in the area. Manners cost nothing and this lady had absolutely none! No wonder they can't sell cars.
Daniel Thomas in response to Saddened customer
That’s sounds like the same experience I’ve just had from these bullies
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Redgate Lodge
New York Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear
NE27 0ER
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