Rheanna N.
Stay away if you need to register out-of-state
Prepare yourself for a long review. My salesperson, Stacey, was wonderful. She is the only reason I'm giving two stars. My husband and I purchased a 2018 Ford Edge Sport on September 25th. The purchase process was easy. It was one of the better experiences I've had. It's what happened later that disappointed me and well, pissed me off. Stacey told us that they would take care of sending the title paperwork to the Wisconsin DMV for us since Wisconsin is our home of record (we're military). We wouldn't have to do a thing. Well, that's not what happened. At all. Chris Howell, who I believe is the Business Office Manager at the Thornton location, is nice, but a condescending jerk. I spoke to him on November 1st after finding out that the Wisconsin DMV didn't have our title paperwork. Chris let me know that Colorado DMV still hadn't given them the title. So of course, I'm a little upset that I was sold a vehicle that they didn't even have a title to. I let him know the tags were going to expire while we were in Wisconsin visiting family. He let me know I can get a new temp tag, but I'd lose 20 days or so if I did that right now, so I should wait until it gets closer to expiring. I reminded him again we were leaving for a couple of weeks and the tag expires a few days before we would get back. And I'm a little more heated because of his condescending tone, so I asked him if he was telling me to drive with expired tags across state lines since we leave on the 15th. He said, "No, that's not what I'm telling you." That tone.... ugh! I told him it sounds like I'm screwed either way. He said, "No one's screwed. We can overnight you a temp tag while you're in Wisconsin. Or you can pick one up before you leave on the 15th." I asked him when he expected to be able to send the title paperwork to the Wisconsin DMV. Then he proceeds to tell me that they will NOT be sending the title paperwork to the Wisconsin DMV for us because Wisconsin requires a VIN Verification. Side note: The lady I spoke to at the Wisconsin DMV thinks Chris isn't very good at his job because that's not true at all. Back to Chris. He let me know he would send it to our Wisconsin address instead, and we would have to take the paperwork to the Wisconsin DMV ourselves. I let him know that we are unable to do that because we are stationed at Fort Carson. We can't just take time off to go do paperwork because we were lied to. And here comes my favorite tone, again. "You don't need to go in to do it. You can fill everything out online and send in the paperwork that way." I ended up saying "We'll figure it out. Bye," because I didn't want to listen to his voice anymore. So I had my husband call and give the address we needed the paperwork sent to in Colorado so we could take care of getting our vehicle titled in Wisconsin. Fast forward to November 23rd. After finding out that Chris was wrong about the temp tag (a Sales Manager at EchoPark told us we could only get one 5 days before it expired, or anytime after it expired. Thanks for the wrong information, Chris. It's a good thing we didn't listen to you) we call EchoPark again to check in and see if they have sent the paperwork yet. And to make sure they sent it to our Colorado address. A representative let us know that someone would call us back. Our good ol' friend Chris called my husband back. My husband gave Chris the Colorado address, again, to ensure it's sent to where we are stationed. To cause less hassle and frustration later. Well, after giving the address to multiple people at the Colorado Springs location, to multiple people over the phone in the call center, and multiple times to Chris, IT WAS STILL SENT TO THE WISCONSIN ADDRESS!!! Now I have to have family overnight it to me because NO ONE at EchoPark listened to us, especially Chris. We will NEVER recommend anyone go to EchoPark, especially the Military.