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New Jersey
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Very bad service
March 29, 2017

As a big company for advertising cars, they have very bad service to the point that they don't deserve even one star. I hate dealing with them and call them so I'm canceling my service with them.

Date of experience: March 29, 2017
Texas
1 review
16 helpful votes
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Dont buy from them went for a month with them and not one lead came thru.
Try to cancel and was getting bullied from lady sales person
She was rude and not professional
Dont use car gurus its a HUGE SCAM

Date of experience: December 6, 2018
GB
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Part ex
August 9, 2017

I arranged a price to part ex two cars and buy a merc CL200, I drove from Torquay to Bristol, when I got there the price went up £2K, I asked why, they said its because its part ex, I said but you knew that?

Tosser, I left with both my cars, drove to Lexus and bought one and part ex my two cars. They called me a liar, haha couldnt believe they said that, dont trust them

Date of experience: August 9, 2017
Missouri
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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How receptive do you think I'm going to be to solicitation emails while I'm trying to eat my supper?
Tweak the algorithm, be respectful.
Fire the idiot that says the above is OK.
Cheers.
Marc

Date of experience: May 10, 2023
Illinois
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Scam Artist Supporters!
December 19, 2017

Every vehicle that I've looked at has always been in much worst shape than advertise. "Great Deal" is purely based on the year and mileage, however, there are always more serious issues going-on with these vehicles. I bought a car through them at SA Auto Exchange in Skokie, Illinois. I paid cash for the car, (8/2/17) the owner there promised me the title within the week. After weeks of inquiring about it, I realized in October when the temporary plates expired, that this jerk never had any intentions to give me my title. I tried to write about this experience on CarGurus, just as here, I didn't mention any names, however, they claimed that I violated their "Terms of Use." I have since then learned that SA Auto Exchange of Skokie buys their autos from auctions often without obtaining the title, and often jerk their customers around. They have negative reviews on the bbb, however, CarGurus doesn't want you to know about them. With CarGurus, the money they make from dealerships far outweigh quality purchases from customers!

Date of experience: December 19, 2017
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I had a bad experience with Humberview vw, I will not trust a dealership again. I purchased a 2016 GTI 5 door white, little did I know the vehicle was in an accident, but thier car fax did not state it. I thought the quarter panel was touched up. My question to them was don't they do "pre inspections from cars off lease, you would think a reputable dealer would not do those things. They fixed the body twice, the Bondo showing, pitting and color off. The hood chipping all over the place, paint dust and clear coat coming off! I called numerous times to not have my calls picked up. I gave them two chances and it did not work out. Even when I finally convinced them to return the vehicle and had to get a less buy back. Cause of kilometers, I was not happy!
The day I returned the car they had their backs to me and given a screwdriver to remove my own plates, what happened to customer service, I guess its attitude and this specific dealership has lots of it.

My advice STAY AWAY from this dealership! Now is this the kind of dealership you want to deal with?

I even made a complaint with OMVIC!

Date of experience: January 23, 2021
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I worked with Jerry West on finding me my new car. He was professional, helpful and found me the best deal. I am in love with my ride and very happy with everything!

Date of experience: April 6, 2020
Wisconsin
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Low to no customer service, redirecting leads with other units to other dealers within minutes, rude CENTER team that will not let you talk to team leads/managers to cover up their poor service.

Date of experience: September 12, 2023
Louisiana
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Limited access
August 8, 2017

I looked for private seller ads. Dealers are too unethical with respect to fees. I found access to to private sellers extremely difficult and controlled by Cargurus system. Very difficult.

Date of experience: August 8, 2017
Minnesota
1 review
1 helpful vote
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GREAT!
January 4, 2019

Very nice dealership. I like the service and they are very friendly. If you do happen to visit this dealership, please ask and do business with Earnest Norman. He is nice and very professional

Date of experience: January 3, 2019
Minnesota
1 review
5 helpful votes
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As a dealership, ULRICH MOTOR's, which has been in business for 75 years, I have advertised with many different avenues. But I have never run across a more obnoxious and belligerent and harassing sales rep has Sam Kost. They wanted to increase our monthly rates approximately by 33% so I parted company with CarGurus. After calling me back approximately a half a dozen times I said maybe in the future I would consider it but I'll call you. After another 6 to 12 calls from the same Kost I finally told him to quit calling. Otherwise, I would never consider going back to CarGurus. Today, May 16,2023. He is called three times. This is very unprofessional at that point it is harassment. I have been in this business 46 years and have never wrote a bad review about any sales representative for any dealership or company. But he takes the cake. I'm sure not all the sales representatives for CarGurus are like this, but if you consider CarGurus do not use this person I know I will never go back to CarGurus regardless.

Date of experience: May 16, 2023
New York
2 reviews
13 helpful votes
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My first question or complaint was why is it that your site does not have a transmission filter like every other site like this does. Then I started to notice that all of the sedans are automatic or that stupid CVT garbage that chews up your transmission and spits it out. HAIL TO ALL OF THE LAZY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD! Used to be you had to pay extra for an automatic car. Now try and find a decent car that IS NOT an automatic. You may be offering a manual transmission on here somewhere. But I'll be damned if I am going to look at 100 automatics before I find it.

Date of experience: April 5, 2022
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Jeep Cherokee 2016
August 1, 2019

I want to say thank you to Gregory Langfeldt for all your help to buy my car, he is very seller professional & friendly.
Dallas Land Rover Jaguar.
Thank you again.

Date of experience: August 1, 2019
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Cargurus is ridiculous. Spent first 3 weeks trying to fix problem that wouldn't allow me to contact interested people. Missed out on five contacts. It is nearly impossible to contact admin.

Date of experience: May 20, 2019
Ohio
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I had several online offers on my very clean 2015 Lexus RX350 and CarGurus was slightly higher than Carmax or Carvana at $19,200. Upon accepting the offer one of the first chats online with CarGurus was with a rep confirming my vehicle was a 2015 RX350 F Sport. I replied immediately that it was not an F Sport but just an RX350. The rep said my corrected trim had been noted (by the way, my initial offer email said nothing about F Sport). I saved the screen shot of the rep saying the record had been corrected. The selling process continued and I did the self inspect photos and video as requested. A pickup was scheduled and confirmed for tomorrow. I received the FedEx package of documents needed for pickup. 4 days ago the Lemon Squad came, inspected and drove my vehicle. Today, less than 24 hours before my vehicle was to be picked up I received an email saying that the inspection found my vehicle was not an F Sport so the offer was reduced by $1000 to $18,200 which I would not accept. I wasted a week of my time with CarGurus when I could have accepted one of two earlier offers only slightly less. Today I went on Kelly Blue Book and within minutes I got an instant offer from a local dealer for $19,000. The car was inspected and we closed the deal. Beware of CarGurus.

Date of experience: May 16, 2023
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Helpful
January 4, 2024

Very friendly and helpful... also very fast to respond and the even guide you through the whole process 10 out of 10

Date of experience: January 3, 2024
Carlyle M. CarGurus Rep
over a year old

Thank you very much for your rating and sharing this with us! We are so glad you received such excellence service!

New York
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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Helps when they tell you how many days the listing has be posted. Also a big plus that they tell you when the dealer decided when they drop the price.

Date of experience: October 31, 2017
Arizona
19 reviews
59 helpful votes
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I used them to find a car and buy a car, and that car lot TOTALLY screwed me and I went to leave a review, and Car Guru tells me that it has to be a car lot I contacted to leave a review. I left MANY messages to Car Guru telling them I have contacted them, which I'm keeping record for court, and Car Guru will not reply! So their reviews are what they want everyone to see and not what us customers want to leave!

Date of experience: August 9, 2018
Texas
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Great place to buy a used car. Love the place and love the owners. This is a great place to buy a used car. Heritage used car

Date of experience: December 8, 2023
Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Beware of scammers
March 7, 2021

I inquired about a 2011 Chevy Tahoe the seller Elda said to contact her sister. The car is in Pittsburgh. ( great so am I) her sisters address is *******@gm. I wrote and got this back Hi,

My name is Samantha and I'm emailing you regarding the 2011 Chevrolet Tahoe that I have for sale. It is in perfect condition, with no need for any additional repairs. Flawless exterior condition, no scratches and no dents. It has never been involved in an accident. The interior is in excellent condition. I have a Clear Title. Great mileage: 90.000, Engine: V8 5.3L and the automatic transmission shifts perfectly. The last price for the vehicle is $3000 (including delivery and handling to your address). I'm selling this suv because my child of only 26 years died 4 months ago in a bike accident, this was my son's suv and it brings me bad memories.Me and my husband travel a lot with our business and we want to make this deal through eBay's Buyer Protection Program, so if you're interested in purchasing the vehicle just reply me your full name, full address and phone number, so I can notify eBay Motors. Once that is done, they will contact you in the next hours to explain the entire procedure.

God Bless you and your family

I suggested we meet at a "safe" zone so I could see the vehicle. They declined. Only insisted on my info and they would have the vehicle shipped (? Your a few miles from my house).

Date of experience: March 7, 2021

Overview

CarGurus has a rating of 2.9 stars from 366 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with CarGurus most frequently mention customer service, good deal and phone number. CarGurus ranks 7th among Car Buying sites.

service
76
value
71
shipping
30
returns
33
quality
62
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