Appleton Auto

They do a great job. Mike did a great job getting me in to a nice car. [redacted]

I was very pleased, I did not actually believe I'd be able to get a car I could afford without a lot of money down, but Mike got me into a new car and a payment I could afford. Would recommend them to anyone who needs a new car.

Appleton Auto is a joke. After a phone inquiry about the inventory, and the current vehicle trade in bonus, I was informed by the sales clerk that I could bring my vehicle in that day to be evaluated. Then that evaluation would then be locked in for 30 days to use towards a vehicle on their lot. When I arrived, I was told that I could not get my vehicle evaluated until I picked out a new vehicle to trade it in for. OK, sure. We went outside to look for the 2 Chevy Cruze LTZ's, that I was assured were in stock, and there were none! We went inside to see what could be done. In that time, I had made it clear that I was not interested in financing through their company. I said that I would only buy from Appleton Auto if the trade-in offer, combined with the price tag of a Cruze LTZ, fit my budget. After that, I pushed to get the trade-in evaluation. I then had to fight to get the 30 day, locked-in offer that I was assured I would get before I drove down. After waiting around for an hour, the Manager came back with a handwritten,18 day locked-in offer agreement. Hmmmm? I was done, I just wanted to go home because I wasted my time. To my surprise, when I got home I received a notice that a 'hard credit check' was done on my name. I never requested financing or agreed to a credit check. Thanks, Appleton Auto, for wasting my time, giving me the run-around, and putting a mark on my credit report.

On Thursday, September 3 I went to check out vehicles at the Marinette, Walmart after receiving a mailing in the mail about a mega tent sale by Applecars, LLC.I arrived about 9 o'clock in the morning and didn't find any automobiles and I was interested in. I asked he representative there to check my prize. The mailer indicated I was a winner of one of five prizes. Having witnessed many of these scams before I realized the prize I would win is a one dollar scratch off ticket. The person there indicated they were all out of prizes.. This is false advertisement and the Revdex.com should investigate. I asked this individual who the company was that he work for and for his business card. He indicated that it was Walmart, who put on sale, which was false. The mailing stated Walmart was was not a participant in the sale.

I went with and friend to look for a car for her at Appleton Auto. I was preparing to use my credit to co-sign and get her a better deal. We told them that she didn’t want to pay more than $250 per month. The salesperson (Tony) showed her a car that he indicated that they could deal. The car had numerous scratches and was very over-priced base on its blue book value. My complaint is that there advertising practices are very deceptive to the point of being criminal. First, they had an ad saying they would give you $4000 above the appraised value. It seems that deal wasn’t available no more …. How convenient. He gave us an initial value of $7800. When it was time to talk payments, the value magically went down to only $5500. They pulled my credit with over 8 lenders and all of these inquiries has affected my credit score. I did not agree to them pulling all of these inquires and was never disclosed before hand. When they he finally came back with a payment …… it was $360-$370 per month and she had to pay a $3500 down payment. Plus, they refused to use my excellent credit to bring the rate down for her. So what was the point in me even co-signing and screwing up my credit file? But they offered to eliminate the $3500 for me if I bought the car in only my name. Isn’t that illegal? BUYER BEWARE. I also recommend that Revdex.com down their business rating.