Carnival Kia

lisa wrote:

This place it total rip off like previous ones say. I went there about a year ago with same idea if you have &149 etc.it's all gimmick, they hassle you and try to get you by a car with their terms. Stay away from this place at any cost!! Go down the road to Freeland Chevy, I bought mine from them after bad Kia experience.

kaylee wrote:

man! I have always wanted a kia rio and finally got me a job..not a high paying one but still...was hoping to finally get me one but now doesnt look like it is going to happen :(

Ding Dong wrote:

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If you want a Kia, just buy a used one. A one yr. old Kia is only worth about 45% of what a new costs, so you are much better off to buy a used car. Also, if you can avoid doing business with TV hucksters (simply as a protest mechanism) then do so, but if you have to do business with them, understand that no matter what they tell you on TV, the following things are true: 1) all dealers pay the manufacturers the same amount for their cars, so no one can sell you one for significantly cheaper than anyone else. The only real negotiable item is the value of your trade, which might be worth more to one dealership than another. 2) don't lose focus by locking in on payments. Hell yes they can get your payments lower, they just add a year (or two). 3) Don't buy any aftermarket items from the dealership, including warranty. You can get it cheaper elsewhere. 4) You have 3 business days to bring the car back, that's contract law. 5) Don't ever buy a car without thinking about it overnight and going over the numbers. If they sell the car, big whoop. There are 50 million other cars out there. 6) CPO (certified pre-owned) cars are typically a pretty good deal, but you will pay a little more for them (and get more). Sometimes the warranty on these cars is better than the original.
Above all, pay attention. If you are uncomfortable, leave. That is your best protection against getting screwed.

Ding Dong wrote:

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If you want a Kia, just buy a used one. A one yr. old Kia is only worth about 45% of what a new costs, so you are much better off to buy a used car. Also, if you can avoid doing business with TV hucksters (simply as a protest mechanism) then do so, but if you have to do business with them, understand that no matter what they tell you on TV, the following things are true: 1) all dealers pay the manufacturers the same amount for their cars, so no one can sell you one for significantly cheaper than anyone else. The only real negotiable item is the value of your trade, which might be worth more to one dealership than another. 2) don't lose focus by locking in on payments. Hell yes they can get your payments lower, they just add a year (or two). 3) Don't buy any aftermarket items from the dealership, including warranty. You can get it cheaper elsewhere. 4) You have 3 business days to bring the car back, that's contract law. 5) Don't ever buy a car without thinking about it overnight and going over the numbers. If they sell the car, big whoop. There are 50 million other cars out there. 6) CPO (certified pre-owned) cars are typically a pretty good deal, but you will pay a little more for them (and get more). Sometimes the warranty on these cars is better than the original.
Above all, pay attention. If you are uncomfortable, leave. That is your best protection against getting screwed.

HotJazzFan wrote:

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Wrong.
They prey and advertise to people with bad credit, no money, and prone to make bad decisions.
Why did you go there again?

Jesus wrote:

Avoid that dealership at all costs! They sacrilegiously use my name to advertise their slimy business. My dad (and by, "my dad", I mean me) says that when that creepy, cheesy, huckster, that uses religion to sell cars to his/my/our gullible followers, kicks the bucket he'll be spending the rest of forever in a very bad place. Amen.

HotJazzFan wrote:

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Wrong.
They prey and advertise to people with bad credit, no money, and prone to make bad decisions.
Why did you go there again?

JadedGigi wrote:

WEll Id id buy a Kia from them. I don't know him personally but this is my second Kia. They are actually great cars. Have had no problems out of either. I highly recommend. I never would have thought they were great cars but I got one as a rental while my more expensive SUV was in the shop for the 5000th time. So I got it out and traded it for a Kia. Drove it for 185,000 miles with not one problem. That 100K mile bumper to bumper warranty didn't get used 1 time! Not once. Now I am religious about doing maintenance the way the manufacturer recommends so that may help but it didn't with my other car. So after 185,000 I traded it in for Kia #2 a few months ago. I love it! Now the advertising thing, well they all do that. They make all these deals sound so great and you get there and they aren't. That's just the business. I don't even listen to them anymore. Just buy what you want for the price you can pay.

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Sing Sing wrote:

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Since Hyundai bought Kia, the quality issues have gone way down. There is nothing at all wrong with the cars, but, even if, as you say, they all do it, that doesn't make their sales scams right. You sound like an educated consumer and probably have neven been ripped off by one of these sharks, but they do prey on less sophisticated buyers and people who are good-hearted enough to trust them.