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“Worst customer service ever”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Bassman51 on 16/07/2016

I had the misfortune of having my vehicle booked in for repair by my insurance company following an accident. What should have taken a week at most ended up taking 2 months. This was mostly down to the abysmal communication skills of the staff. They are friendly enough when you eventually get to speak to them but they have no idea about customer satisfaction. My repair initially took 1 week but the car was retained for a further week as every time I phoned to arrange collection there was a different excuse why that car was not ready. This ranged from geometry checks, computer code resets and valeting. the car only had scratched paintwork to be repaired. when i eventually got it back, they had not completed the repairs and it had to be booked in again. This time around the repair was delayed by a further week as they could not provide a courtesy car on time despite arranging it beforehand. I was asked to wait for 10 mins until the driver showed up, but gave up after nearly an hour as I had to be at work When I did finally get it booked in, guess what, no courtesy car again and I ended up taking the managers own runabout. Most of the updates on progress had be obtained via the insurance company as i could not get a reply by telephone. They have plenty of staff in reception but they operate on a strict demarcation and will not pick up a ringing phone if it is not their subject area. If your insurance company wants to book you in to vespers, please ask for an alternative unless you are prepared for a long wait.

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“Booking In For Service - Vospers Plymouth!”

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written by Herndon497 on 24/06/2016

First you have to find a parking space in what seems like car park chaos! Priority has clearly been given to new car sales than for customers. You then have to register at the front desk before you can be seen. They take your basic information and ask you to be seated. There is a long service desk split into multiple brands. Two are for Ford with only one in use. Other member's of staff are busy working away but not serving customers. Eventually my details get passed to anyone who can see me. I had a pleasant conversation with the lady who booked my car in but what seemed like a lot of faff and waiting for something so basic. I've gone through this twice now. Once to book the car in and second to hand over the keys. It's not very customer friendly because customers don't want to be hanging around. I blame upper management for poor design. I'm sure Vospers are busy but when your only point of contact is with clerks it is not a confidence inspiring experience.

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Written on: 24/06/2016

Totally agree
I booked a service on 1st June fir my a Seat Ibiza with a courtesy car for today 24th June.
I arrived to chaos as there were no courtesy cars available, customers left waiting and stranded.
I live 25 miles away and had plans for the day.
Vospers offered to re schedule service in 2 weeks time which meant me driving away with my car going over service mileage .
I questioned the warranty and was told,miss ok, Vospers fault do they will cover it.
That did not fill me with confidence.
They also offered 10% off next service (£17.50) or to put "some" fuel in my tank!!
Really???
I was also informed ( off the record) that there was only 1 Seat technician in that day which was obviously the main reason for their failing NOT the lack of so called courtesy cars
This is my first involvement with Vospers Service desk which has left me with no confidence what so ever
Very poor customer care.
I brought into a brand (Seat) I did not buy into Vospers.
I have tweeted to Seat Uk, let's see what they have to say

Very poor customer service.

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“Not Recommended”

★☆☆☆☆

written by oldsilky on 19/06/2016

Well what can i say about Vospers Truro, terrible customer service and they have no idea what they are doing, so dont take a car there to be fixed, it will cost you more later to put their mistakes right.They call theior mechanics technicians, Hmm i would use that term very with some restraint, and not what i would call them. They dont miss a trick to make a few quid extra if you are stupid enough to stand for it. A Simple job of refilling the gearbox with fluid and replacing the filter, over filled fluid every where yet they deny it was their fault despite taking it to another specalist dealer whgo gave me a full report of how the gearbox was over filled and had to remove nearly a litre of fluid. Now taking court action to get my money back.

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“Useless, uncaring, don't want to resolve the issue! ”

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written by ANDYCOOK7 on 26/05/2016

A standard Service job - quoted 2 days, now 2 weeks with NO contact from them unless I complained, even then, no interest from Customer Service Manager in resolving the issue, or even bothering to get back to me at any stage without pressure from me. Highly unprofessional, extremely poor service. I was driven to contact as many directors as I could through LinkedIn to even get me case heard, even then, a load of complete flannel from the so called Customer Services Manager appointed to my case. DO NOT WORK WITH THIS COMPANY - I AM HAPPY TO TALK TO ANYONE WITH SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THIS COMPANY AND WILL BE TAKING IT FURTHER WITH AS MANY COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE COMPANIES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION BODIES AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE OF THIS SHAMBOLIC, UNCARING BUSINESS.

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“TOTALLY USELESS SERVICE DEPARTMENT”

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written by AdrianaCarson on 24/05/2016

I used Ford lease for my new Ford Fiesta ST, when it had a problem i called Vospers who had sullied the car to me. after trying over 10 times to get to speak to service reception i eventually got someone to answer, they told me i had to wait four weeks for an appointment, not happy but had to meke the appt, unfortunately when we took the car on a transporter to Vospers they had no record of the car being booked in, so we had to wait a further two weeks, eventually we got the vehicle into them but they could not fix the car because they said there was no fault codes, but the car would not run properly and was so rough we could not drive it, we are still waiting a further 6 weeks later to get the vehicle back into them, and they have now said that we must take it somewhere else. they are possibly the worst main dealer in the world. totally lacking in customer skills or customer service and still i cant drive my bew car. please do not go to these guys

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“Lack communication skills”

★☆☆☆☆

written by 401Clancy on 29/04/2016

Someone went into my car, as I bought it from vospers I thought I would ask the insurance company to use them to repair car. Everything was fine, they picked up car and said somone would call me in a few days, no-one called, so I called them to see what they thought and how long it would take. They said not long and should be ready in a few days, someone will call me. So again I waited and no one called so I called them and they said, that it will now take about another week because they are waiting for another part to arrive, someone will call me next week. I waited over a week and then yesterday get a phone call from the rental company telling me that they have phoned vospers and car should be ready by the end of thursday and to drop rental car back Friday, that someone from vospers should be in contact. So I wait all day Thursday, no call, friday I wait, lunch time I get another call from rental company telling me it won't be ready till later today and they can't drop it back till Tuesday, someone from vospers should be in touch. I'm fuming, this accident was not my fault at all and I should of gone with someone else to repair car, from them saying a few days to it being over 2 weeks before I get my car back. If they had kept me up to date I wouldn't be so annoyed but they haven't rang me once. I need my car as rental I can't take my dogs in it. Get your act together vospers and start communicating with your customers, it only takes a second to phone and keep a customer in the loop.

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“Never ever buy from vospers.”

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written by on 19/03/2016

Bought a new transit from vospers Exeter, My first ever new vehicle. Faults galore, asked to drive another van to compare if mine was as it should be, Manager personally contacted me to tell me that I was wrong and he would not allow me to drive another. When sold the van I was not informed it had adblue or where to purchase it.... They drove it 100miles to clear a fault and I had to battle for fuel to be out in it when it came back at the bottom of the red. 6 weeks lead time for the 1 and only courtesy vehicle......That is one vehicle serving thousands of ford van owners under warranty and undoubtably more. I cannot stress how poor the aftersales by the sales team in particular is. Everybody I have spoken with has had the same experience and will not purchase from there again.

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“Totally Disgusting After Service”

★☆☆☆☆

written by cabstar1 on 09/12/2015

Bought a brand new Nissan Cabstar March 2013, after a couple of months noticed rust running down outside of cab. Contacted them and they said bring it back. Took it back and this gentleman said it was "slight corrosion", not rust. Also quite a bit of "corrosion (rust), on chassis and around fuel tank straps. He took photo's to send to Nissan! I've heard nothing back. After many calls and false promises, I've given up on Vospers Plympton, and Nissan. NEVER, to buy there again. + I've heard i'm not the only one!!!!! Don't Buy From Them!

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“Useless”

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written by EveAm on 28/10/2015

Would not even give it one star! Plymouth vospers are absolutely useless! No help what so ever, get passed around 4 people three times and still didn't get the information on what I wanted to know about my car. Dropped my car off at 8:30 got told it would be an hours job, 4 o'clock came and still it hasn't been looked at. The customer service is diabolical and the honestly do not care if you have a life outside of your car.

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“Vospers Ford Exeter Marsh Barton”

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written by on 24/02/2015

I ordered a Kuga on Jan 14th 2015. The car showed as being built, in stock and ready for sale on the dealerships computer system - presumably linked to Ford's. The car was ordered with a collection date of March 2nd - 6 + weeks away from order date. Due to the lack of printed literature for the car, over the space of five weeks I must have spoken to the dealership close to ten times and almost always finished the conversation checking that all was ok with my collection date and being told all was fine. Yesterday, exactly a week before I am due to collect the car I get an email from them telling me my car will not be with the dealership until March 14th ! After calling and emails it seems that the dealership have placed all the blame on Ford logistics as they say that suddenly my cars ETA has been changed by Ford and there is absolutely nothing they can do. It seems, and I quote " I am one of hundreds over the years " that this has happened to ! They are of the opinion that they have done nothing wrong as the change by Ford is beyond their control. So ordering a car from them 6 weeks before collection, that is in stock, being told that all is ok by them, as recently as last week, is not something that Vospers Ford feel any responsibility for. Treat this as a warning - don't let the same thing happen to you. Fore warned is fore armed.

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“ABSOLUTELY NO RECOMMENDATION ”

★☆☆☆☆

written by coralp33 on 02/09/2014

Before I begin I would like to emphasise this is the 4th new car I have purchased from Vospers over a 10 year period and it will be my last. I bought a new Abarth on the 23rd Dec 2013. As of the 29th Aug 2014 it has only covered 600 miles 1. Developed brake pedal fault early Aug 2014. Car in workshop for 4 days waiting for a part. 2. I week later the car lost power and cut out three times and would not start 3. Vospers service reception advised it was my responsibility to have the car towed in 4. Incorrect - New Fiat cars are automatically covered by Fiat Assistant for 1 year 5. Fiat Assistance came to my home. No surprise to be told the car had a brake pedal fault - the same fault as previously 6. Car again in Vospers workshop 7. Collected car 2 days later and.... Vospers managed to dent it and the red leather on the drivers door was covered in 'oily' finger prints. 8. Vospers Car Service booked the car in to into Vospers bodyshop Valley Road for Friday 29th Aug 2014 at 9am 9. Advised car would be ready Mon 1st Sept & bodyshop would ring me - they did not ring 10. Bodyshop called 9.30am 2nd September.. 'can you tell us where the damage is' ! we cant get hold of reception for clarification and we have not started the repair. 11. Received a call from the Customer Relations Manager 2nd Sept 2014 at approx 11am. Lame excuses of a key staff member being on Holiday followed by quote 'we are at a loss as to how the damage occurred, however we have taken you at your word that we have caused it and will repair it' It would appear poor customer customer emanates from the top at Vospers ! No apology for damaging my new car just indirect accusations... A formal complaint has now been raised with Fiat. VOSPERS I RATE YOU... Customer service 0/10 Communication 0/10 Value for money 0/10 Apathy 10/10 My invoice for 4 hours of my time @ £50 per hour (which is half your hourly charge) is on its way.

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“Avoid Vospers Ford Like The Plague”

★☆☆☆☆

written by honestdanGB on 07/04/2014

If it was possible to award Vospers 0 stars I would. Each time I have been in with car related problems over the years (roughly 4-5 times) I can honestly say that they have never managed to fix it, or helped me, or dare I say it, gone the extra mile in any way. One of these trips to Vospers was for a sun blind in the roof which had been dislodged. One of my boys when younger had pulled it out and needless to say it didn't work any more. I was quoted over £1,500 for a new one to be fitted. I had hoped their skills would be slightly better than mine and would try to sort it for me, clearly not. Armed with nothing more than a few paper clips and some patience I myself decided to tackle it and to my surprise I managed to get it back working again. Shortly after this I was foolishly tempted at buying a Ford Direct car from them until they blundered the deal by giving me their cost price by mistake, forgetting to add on their £2K commission, yes £2,000 for looking up a car on a database, getting it delivered and then giving it a quick PDI and a polish. Needless to say that once they realised their error they refused to honour the original quote, instead offering to sell the car to me at the 'discounted' price totalling £1.5k more instead. How tempting. Eventually I bought the car from a London main dealer (very helpful), at a price very close to my target. Sadly, not living there it is not easy to take the car up when something goes wrong. Having took the car into Vospers of Plymouth with a problem I was told that the car was 4 days out of warranty, yes 4 days, and as their computer diagnostics wouldn't tell them what was wrong I was informed that they might actually have to look at it the old fashioned way to find out. Now, I know what you’re thinking, why do I go back? The reality is I try not to, but because I had 2 warranties on this car and the fact that they enjoy something of a monopoly around these parts sometimes one has no choice. Now, my experiences has taught me that Vospers don’t like to do anything unless lots of cash is involved. Usually, when something develops a problem, you take it to an expert, they tell you what is wrong and then they tell you how much to it will cost you to fix it. Lets gloss over the fact for a minute that there is still Ford Direct warranty available and I am only 4 days out of warranty, Vospers like to try and extract the maximum possible cash out of you. They would like you to pay them to scratch their heads and talk things over at the very reasonable rate of £144 per 1.5 hours! Nice work if you can get it, particularly if the mechanic / apprentice mechanic looking at your car is feeling tired, slow, or just not really very good, remember, this is not for parts or expensive equipment just old fashioned labour. Bear in mind for minute, they are hardly likely to get their top banana out of the draw when they can squeeze more money out of us by utilising the slower less qualified mechanic. Also bear in mind these guys are probably earning around £8-9 per hour (I hope) of this money. OK, lets be optimistic, it may be a supervisor earning around £13-14. Would you let them loose on your car at £96 per hour? Incidentally, this is more than our prime minster earns, only to wait ominously for that call from their very nice lady advising you how sorry she is, but they they are a little bewildered and they will need a few more hours. Of course you wouldn’t. No one would, but clearly some people do. Judging by the fact that the polite lady who phoned me to give me this joyful news didn't even know that Vospers were in fact a Ford Direct authorised dealer, heck, she didn't even know what Ford Direct was! You can imagine, I felt even less enthused to part with my hard earned cash. I felt sorry for her actually, sorry that her training was so poor and that Vospers had chosen to then dispatch her to the front line to phone people like me armed with such poor information. To conclude, a terrible dealer with poor technical skills, and once you scratch the surface, terrible customer service too. A dealer that will not go an extra inch or think ahead. And it surprises me really, if they are so keen to lighten my pocket that they would not think 1) I have bought a Ford before and 2) the car is 'just' three years old, and maybe, just maybe, I might be tempted to buy another one soon. By dealing well with this problem could lead to a potential sale. Sadly I just do not relate to their business model at all. Frankly, I would never buy from Vospers or give them any future business of any kind. All in all I think they could probably look at changing their slogan...Vospers, means fleecing you in the South West.

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