Blackburns (UK) Ltd Reviews Summary

Category: Used car dealer

Address: 200 Neasham Rd, Darlington, DL1 4DF, United Kingdom

Phone: +441325251110

Rating: 4.8
based on 164 reviews.

Customer Service

Pros:

  • "Fantastic service. I purchased a Mercedes after viewing online and speaking with the extremely helpful and friendly sales team."
  • "The sales agent I dealt with was Steven who provided excellent service throughout the process."
  • "Stephen was great to deal with from the start, no pressure, honest, genuine and couldn’t do more to help."
  • "Very friendly and approachable. Stephen quickly took me through the process."
  • "Stephen delivered my new car and picked up my old one and was brilliant to deal with, really friendly and easygoing."
  • "Pure professionals. So happy with the car and the service."
  • "Matthew and Stephen were super helpful and made the experience so effortless for me."

Cons:

  • "Oh and to top it off they never fixed the car correct, I still have an unsafe, dodgy and dangerous car."
  • "Awful never trust these kind of garages they are nothing but COWBOYS!!"
  • "If you want a dodgy car and disgusting customer service then this is the place for you."
  • "Complete waste of time and effort."
  • "For some mysterious reasons, they told us they’re unable to meet us on Saturday."
  • "Don't believe a word they say, RUDE, NASTY man."
  • "Absolutely terrible. They took my 200.00 deposit of a car that apparently had already been sold."

Quality of Cars

Pros:

  • "Bought a Golf GTi around 6 months ago but forgot to write a review at the time, travelled up from Manchester with the understanding that the car was immaculate, it was."
  • "The vehicle on collection was immaculate, exactly what we expected."
  • "When you see the cars in person. They are like new outside and in."
  • "The car itself was spotless and in pristine condition."
  • "Car immaculate and the description on the advert was accurate."
  • "The quality and condition of the vehicle inside and out when I picked it up was perfect."
  • "I was blown away by the superb condition of the car, and I could tell that it had been meticulously cared for by Blackburn’s."

Cons:

  • "They had not removed the red paint, in fact they had sprayed over it with black paint that was still wet!"
  • "Noticed that 3 wheels were kerbed and the rear badges were peeling."
  • "The only issue I had was the next day when I went to drive the car. There was quite a lot of condensation in both headlights which I was surprised to see."
  • "The front passenger tire had chunks missing out of it so I had to get the front two replaced costing me more as it was driving to the left baring in mind it had a 'mot' before I had it."
  • "I noticed the car on Facebook for £500 less then what I paid? How does that work?"
  • "The turbo coolant pump failed."
  • "The auxilliary battery had failed."

Value and Deals

Pros:

  • "They gave the best p/x price out of everyone."
  • "We agreed a good trade in deal and paid a deposit which was fully refundable if I did not like the car."
  • "I had an old car to trade in and the figure quoted over the phone for it was exactly what I got."
  • "I was given a fair trade in value for my old car which was higher than online quotes I’d received from other places."
  • "Doing the deal was easy and felt like we were both winners - the best type of deal!"
  • "Got a fantastic deal from Matthew for a part-ex and I managed to buy my dream car from these guys."
  • "Buying cars is usually full of trials and tribulations, in the form mainly of bargaining. I was offered a fair price on my part exchange."

Cons:

  • "We were then asked if we could make sure the money was paid into their account on the Wednesday as he needed it for end of month figures."
  • "Moral of the story get everything in WRITING because they will rob you blind."
  • "GO TO A BIGGER GARAGE AND IF YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS GARAGE THEN GET EVERYTHING IN WRITING."
  • "I then got in the car after sorting tax and insurance to drive a way to a snub ‘have you drove Before’."

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