Eddie Wright Car Supermarket, Scunthorpe, Humberside

I find myself having to write this due to the time and effort spent resolving a problem (that I will come to later) that this company caused, and even after ringing them to try and get the issue sorted, and being promised a call back from the lady who runs the site.

I wish I could remember her name as if she is the Boss ,Site Manager and if she cannot be bothered to return my call, what hope is there.

I was not going to bother with the first part of the story in this review, after my aborted visit, but given what happened next I think that all should be made clear to anyone who reads this. I also feel that as you use the phrase below to describe yourselves to others, I think I need to have my say.

Where you will find Honesty, Trust & Impeccable Standards

I had originally seen a car they where selling on line and spoke with a young saleman on two occasions regarding its condition. It was checked and verified when I rang back being told that it was in very good condition. This was very important as I had to travel with a friend in his car for two hours (£30 in petrol) to view it and give me the option to drive it home. On the strength of his answers I also arrange a cover note from my broker at a cost of £25 to enable me to bring it back. None of this would have happened if I had been given a true and accurate description of the cars condition in the first place.

Having arrived after 5pm the car was waiting for me. The outside body work was in excellent condition, however the inside was a mess, and only took a few minutes to realise that my time had been wasted, as it was not as described. i.e. in very good condition.

Every door panel inside was marked, and one had a tear. The centre console was heavily scratched, as was the centre of the steering wheel!! The mats where missing (told that they had been thrown away as they where soiled) and the spare wheel cover which is normally a flat compact carpet material, looked like it had been scrubbed hard due to a spillage, and had the look of a fluffy jumper. Even the plastic sections that the boot cover attachers to were heavily marked. Lastly the rear view mirror had a chunk taken out the bottom edge that you would look at every few minutes when driving. If the previous owner allowed that to happen inside, what else was I missing?

Not a car worthy of a price tag of £14500. To me it looked like a dog had often been locked inside and had run wild waiting for the owner to return, and maybe could not wait for a call of nature!

I was also at the time of viewing told by a different and much older salesman that it had been Taxed ready for me to drive away. I asked why and got the answer that the post office closers at 5 and would not have been possible to tax it for me to take away. They where that sure I would buy it.

The salesman said he had over 15 years experience of selling cars and must know that a car can be taxed on line 24/7. Others could well be fooled by his helpfulness. He will no doubt deny this but I have checked online and the records show it as taxed on the day of my visit.

So 5 hours of time, and £55 wasted I go home with nothing.

So 5 weeks later having purchased a car from another dealer I receive from the DVLA my V5C for my new car. WRONG. What I receive is a V5C for the car I viewed at Eddie Wrights car lot in Scunthorpe, but never purchased, that now has me down as the new Registered keeper! Please explain to me how having given them no money, my name and address are passed on to the DVLA saying that I acquired the vehicle, when the vehicle is still on their car lot? Were they so convinced that I was going to buy it they did the paper work before I arrived. Maybe they were happy to be getting shut of it?

I am now responsible for any traffic offence that is committed by anyone test driving that car!!

At the time I received the V5C I had no idea how my name could be on it. I had to go back through any notes I still had on cars I had seen and maybe test driven for clues. More wasted time.

Finally Eddie Wrights of Scunthorpe site was checked, and there it was, the car that had costed me so much time and effort was still doing the same. Not a surprise its still up for sale, but just as well it was as I now had the answer I needed.

So even though I am angry that I still have to sort out their mess so I ring them, give the lady on reception the details and get a promise of the call back to sort it out.As I have said that did not happen. I feel sure that they will give an excuse why it did not happen. Never got the message, busy showroom, someone never passed it on, dog ate the note......, but the bottom line it can only be discribed sloppy.

Look it up, it means ; Careless Slapdash Disorganized Haphazard.

I am 64 years old and I have never ever heard of anyone receive a V5C or log book in all my years for a car they did not buy. What would they tell someone that finally buys the car when there is no V5C to fill in??

I have now spent EVEN MORE TIME writing to the DVLA with all the details and asking them to remove me from the registered keeper list and exonerate me from any traffic offence this car may be involved in by anyone that test drives it.

I have just received a letter back from them to that effect, which I have to use if anything happens before another name appears on the V5C. Given that it is still for sale at the same price and the same condition when I saw it, it could be along time.

All this has taken over 3 months to get to this point and lots of work, as anyone reading this will clearly see and understand.

So enjoy the review Eddie Wrights and learn that whereby you may get good reviews, but not everyone will accept being messed about.

Its how you handle the problems that defines a good company from a poor one, and the slogan you use of Honesty, Trust and Impeccable Standards needs to be rewritten,as I have not seen any of that.

One last thing. I have not said which car I hold the V5C document for. That is for you to find out.

You only have a few hundred cars to check. Waste some of your own time sorting this out. You have not been put to any trouble, whereby I have been put to lots. Any remarks you write for this review come too late, you had your opportunity to resolve it when I rang you but you blow it. Any reply will only be there to hopefully justify to others reading this that you are a good company.

And don't ask me to ring you if you reply. When you find out which car I speak of you will have my details you took at the time. YOU should ring me.

Let other buyers decide who is wrong and if I have made this up.

The only good to come from this is I never gave them any money, as looking at other reviews I could well have to travel to them again to have things resolved.

Purchased car, however after 8 weeks the battery was flat! The car wouldn't start so was stuck in drive. Eddie rights didn't want to know and told us that the car was still under manufacture warranty and had to take it back to main dealer (ford) battery was out of warranty! But booked it in to main dealer who checked battery and found it wasn't a ford battery! Air-con was also out of gas and this led to an unexpected bill to nearly £200, extremely disappointed with the after sale service and wouldn't recommend Eddie rights to anyone. I certainly won't be going back there again.

After driving 80 miles to Scunthorpe for a text drive we booked well in advance and confirmed on the day, we were presented a filthy car smelling of dogs and full of dog fur.

The metal work was damaged and when we pointed out this, and the sawn off damaged boot cover to the salesman, he asked the manager who disappeared to " come up with an answer" made us,wait ages and then never did.

Total waste of 5 hours, we are both busy professionals and wasted half a day off work, because of the casual and callous attitude of the online sales staff.

We looked at a 1 year old car, with low mileage, suiting our requirements and booked an appointment to test drive it, with 5 days notice and a 48 hour reconfirmation, as we were driving from Leicester to the showroom in Scunthorpe, nearly 80 miles away, and naturally were expecting the car to have been prepped in anticipation, indeed that was promised to us by the online sales staff.

What we were offered for a test drive, was the car, in an absolutely filthy condition, with muddy footprints on the seats, a boot full of dog hair, an extremely nasty smell which made our eyes smart, a boot cover that had been sawn off by the previous owner to presumably fit a dog-gate, which was apparently never noticed by any staff member there!

The wrist thing was that we had made the appointment for the test drive, the useless man who is one of the two people who are in charge of online sales, assured us that the car had NOT been previously owned by a smoker or a pet owner, as this was important to us as one of our children tends to wheeze with these triggers.

We wasted 4 hours driving there and back, the options for cars are limited and if this is the casual and callous manner in which potential customers are handled, we expect this previously highly regarded family run business is soon going to fold up.

Full marks to the sales in charge who unfortunately bravely tried to lie and cover up his colleagues' shortcomings but soon got as frustrated as us and has promised to let the owners know and told us to expect a response from them. Well, we are waiting....!

Special thanks to Salesman!!!

I guess I'm old school when comes to buying anything, I don't like to be pressurized or shepherded around when looking for a potential item. I recently had a very bad experience at the Car shop, Doncaster, by the salesman who wouldn't leave you alone.(Completely turned me off buying anything).

I am please to report this wasn't the case at Scunthorpe, I was greeted by the person I dealt with who asked me if he could help. I replied I just wanted to look around, and if I liked something I would let him know. He did exactly that, and left me to look around. I picked two cars I fancied and returned back and asked if I could have the keys to properly look at the cars. the person I dealt with was very helpful, and eventually I test drove both cars. I then selected the Skoda Yeti and bought the car.

When it come to picking the car up five days later I met another guy who prepared the documentation. Again very good service from him.So to sum up my overall experience I was very pleased in the way your salesman presented/conducted themselves. I would definitely come again!!

Thank you

Was well looked after from start to finish. Honest and friendly staff that have been very helpful. Made buying a car easy :) would use again in the future.

Brilliant from start to finish. Excellent sales and follow up. Family run business, no pressure but very helpful.

large selection of cars to see no hard sell

but incredibly polite /friendly/ helpful/cheerful staff on hand. Particular mention for  great sales and brilliant handover. Thanks guys

The adviser has been very helpful, well organised, transaction from start to finish has been smooth and faultless. Recommended to friends. 10 cars bought already.

Great service really happy would recommend