I went to Team Toyota, O’Neal Lane, Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Friday, December 9, 2005 at 1:00 pm, to have my brakes repaired on my 2000 Toyota Tundra 137,000 miles.

My daughter’s car needed tires, it had electrical problems and a few other things wrong with it, so we were going to see if Team had something we could afford and trade in just the 1999 Camry. Well we were too upside down, (owed more than the car was worth) so we told them okay, and were leaving Team going to get something to eat while my truck brakes were being repair.

Well all of sudden this man comes out identified himself as Karl Jones and says come back in and let him see what he could do for us. Karl Jones does some fast talking about how we need to trade both car and truck in a newer version with a 100,000 mile warranty on each. Sticker price on 2003 KIA Sedona ,995 and the sticker price on the 2002 Toyota Tundra was ,995. I told Mr. Jones that I couldn’t afford to trade both vehicles in and that I didn’t want the warranties. Well with his high pressured tactics saying oh but you need this, you can’t afford not to, the note will not be but 0 difference on the notes you already, well the note went up 5 (1999 Camry note 6)(2003 KIA Sedona car note 2.15) and went up 7 (2000 Toyota Tundra note 8)(2002 Toyota Tundra 9.88); I ending up trading both vehicles in with warranties, gap, life insurance, and Toyota Auto Care Prepaid Maintenance Program car after care (oil changes) of which he said he was going to throw that in. Gary in Service told me that Chiquita Kingdom told the repair shop not to repair my truck because a deal was being work for me, because when I went to check on my truck it still had not been touched (in fact my 2000 Toyota Tundra Truck wasn’t repaired until late Monday evening December 12, 2005.

My 2000 Toyota truck (136,000 miles on it) into a newer model is now on sale at Team Toyota for ,885 when I bought it in 2002 it had 75,000 mile on it and I paid ,000.

Well with all of Karl Jones’ high pressured tactics saying oh but you need this, you can’t afford not to, the note will not be but 0 difference on the notes you already had, before I knew it I was leaving Team Toyota with two different cars with notes well over the 0 more that he quoted me and warranties that I said I didn’t want.

February 23, 2005, I had to buy 4 tires for the KIA Sedona. When a person pays ,000 for a vehicle, you should not have to buy tires for a least a year or more.

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pappee16@yahoo.com

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