At first, I was impressed by the down to earth and helpful sales gentleman Erik when I first arrived at Deruelle's Auto Sales. I came to look at a specific vehicle they had advertised on Craigslist, but was on my way to look at few more that day. I was a serious buyer, cash in hand, and let him know where I needed to be and Erik said they could get me under that amount. The car was a bit older than what I was looking for, but seemed like a quality car and drove well. They offered me no pressure sales, and even checked out other cars on my list through carfax for me. I was impressed, and after some thought, decided not to look at the other vehicles I had planned on and make Deruelle's an offer on the vehicle. They were asking $1,000 over blue book, the car had no records for service, was very basic and needed new tires within the next few months. I offered blue book top dollar, knowing that I might need to go over, and thought that we would meet at a fair price. Being a young woman, I knew I would probably get a little hassled, but I trusted that they were good guys. Now, they probably didn't realize I had spent 2 years working at a car dealership, and I know the sales pitch front and backwards. They were literally text book in trying to sell me. The back and forth, the trying to make me feel bad, and that they weren't going to make their $2000 they wanted to, even told me they were already discounting it so much for their "Craigslist price." What was their bottom line? out the door for $300 MORE than what they were asking for the vehicle. Haha, what a deal! When I didn't take the bait, their owner was rude, started talking down to me, and generally treated me with complete disrespect. I walked away, even got the old "chase you down and offer you $100 off!"... No thanks.
I was told by Deruelle's owner I would never find a decent car for price I was looking for. WELL, I just bought a beautiful car, 5 years newer, with every bell and whistle I could ask for, with ALL the service records, 2 sets of brand new tires (one studded snow tires!) that included rotations for life, a perfect engine, and the list goes on. And I paid $600 less than Deruelle's final offer. Glad I moved on.
If you go with these guys, they may be likable, but they are still car salesman. Get ready to play hard ball.