RDM Direct Limited Reviews 132

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Looking at 48 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the excellent service and the helpful, professional staff who go above and beyond to ensure a smooth and stress-free purchasing process. Many appreciate the non-pushy sales approach and the thoroughness in preparing vehicles, including servicing, MOTs, and addressing any issues. However, some people were dissatisfied with significant issues with their purchased vehicles, including serious mechanical faults that appeared shortly after buying. There were also complaints about poor communication, unfulfilled promises regarding collection or repairs, and a lack of responsiveness from the company after the sale.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic service at RDM Direct! Scott was an amazing salesperson, so fair and couldn't do enough for us. Highly recommended, will definitely use again. Fair prices, high quality pre delivery checks a... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Just picked up my second car from RDM and honestly couldn’t be happier. I had a pretty bad experience with another dealership before coming here (which I now regret), but RDM completely turned thi... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Possibly the best customer service I’ve had. Nick went over and above to make sure your expectations are met and more. Absolutely delighted with the car and I would have no hesitation in rec... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I am not a fan of being asked to do a review but this one is easy! What a delight to deal with the team at RDM Direct, especially Lucy and Nick. I was in a bind and needed to change my car sooner rat... See more

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  1. Used Car Dealer

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Welcome to RDM Direct Ltd, offering huge savings on used cars in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire Used car sales of Burton-on-Trent Here at RDM Direct we have over 30 years experience in the motor industry and are confident you will not be disappointed with our extensive range of quality used cars with prices to suit all budgets We regularly price check all of our vehicles to ensure you’re getting the best value for money and ensure we pass any savings directly on to you We can also offer you an extensive range of services and extras meaning that you can buy your used car with confidence and peace of mind, including: Full finance packages to suit all budgets HPI checked vehicles 12 months AA Breakdown cover (or upgrade for existing AA members) RAC Warranty 12.9% APR representative With excellent road links from the M1, M42, A38 and the A50 we’re easy to find here in the heart of the Midlands – we look forward to meeting you soon!


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4.3

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Highly Recommend

Loved my experience from start to finish , was kept updated through out the transition and communication was clear , Martin was lovely and very helpful.

June 21, 2024
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Reply from RDM Direct Limited

Thank you for the great review! it was our pleasure to be able to help you purchase your new car.

All the best
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

RDM Direct LTD fair and quick…

RDM Direct had a very fast response time to the text i sent enquiring about the car i purchased. Within 20 mins of me sending a text we had a phone call and arranged a same day visit. The car i chose wasn’t fully prepped but i was still shown everything both positive and negative about the car. The part ex offered for my car was much higher than any other places and left me able to afford a nicer car than i could have without PX. Adam was excellent and professional and friendly throughout my interactions and even helped with documentation i was unsure of.

June 24, 2024
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Reply from RDM Direct Limited

Thank you for the great review! it was our pleasure to be able to help you purchase your new car.

All the best
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best car dealership !

Picked up my dream car , such a quick and easy process no messing around all thanks to jim made the process as smooth as it can be and explained everything in good detail definitely recommend if ur buying a car

June 14, 2024
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Hi Leon, thank you for the 5 star review! It was a pleasure to meet you & we hope you are enjoying the Polo Gti

All the best

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Happy with the service

Had a look around for a new car met a lad called Liam who showed me around a few cars told him my budget and type of car I was looking for was very accommodating and Liam is a credit to rdmdirect and gave me a good trade in offer and let me test drive the car I eventually chose, fantastic service not pushy couldn’t recommend enough will come back when I want to upgrade my car in the future

June 10, 2024
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Hi Malcolm, thank you for leaving us a 5 star review! I am glad your experience with us was good, i will pass on your kind comments to Liam.

All the best

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Would recommend

The whole process of buying my car was made easy with the helpful and knowledgeable staff. The manager Nick was honest and gave me a good price for my old car. Would definitely recommend RDM.

May 26, 2024
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Reply from RDM Direct Limited

Thank you for the great review! it was our pleasure to be able to help you purchase your new car.

All the best
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DONT ACCEPT AN OFFER FROM RDM VIA MOTOWWAY

Sold my car via the Motorway way to RDM Direct. After reading reviews on this site, I decided to email direct to express my concerns and ask for confirmation they would honour the purchase. No response and no contact to discuss uplift of my car. After the 48hours per Motorway's contract, I contacted Motorway who in turn contacted RDM, still no contact. I have reported to Motorway but don't know if RDM can still purchase via Motorway. I would recommend not accepting any offer from RDM.
Thankfully I had alternatives and didn't need to sell at that time.
Please see response below. After discussion with Motorway, this company was actually given 5 days to contact me but never did. Amazing that they responded to this review so quickly, certainly sends out a message about what is important to them! If they haven’t got the capacity to deal with the numbers of cars they are buying they shouldn’t be buying them!

May 8, 2024
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Reply from RDM Direct Limited

Hi R Mac, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. Unfortunately i am unable to locate any email regarding a motorway collection - We purchase hundreds of cars via motorway and get a lot of emails regarding collections as you would expect. the 48 hours set out by motorway is unfortunately not always achievable by ourselves due the sheer volume of vehicles we purchase.

Hopefully you have found a resolution to selling your vehicle.

Kind regards
RDM DIRECT LTD

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Reply to Mr Rodgers email

Reply to Mr Rodgers email. So you admit that We did have a conversation about the ROOF which you denied?. And the conversation about the hole was keep an eye on it and if it gets any bigger I'll get the person who does are upholstery to come and sort it as I told you it was a very little hole. So there was no rush?. And one of the emails I sent you was a template that trading standards told me to use. So if you get in touch with them they will have a ref. Like I said in my previous reviews you don't CARE about your customers as long as you're getting MONEY out of them. I've sorted out the problems myself and the car is lovely. You need to be ashamed of yourself the way you treated me after you got my MONEY. Thanks for reading my review Mr o'shea....

May 29, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Purchased my new BMW X5 from Dan

Purchased my new BMW X5 from Dan. Friendly service with a great atmosphere. I had to wait for my new car to be ready for collection, well worth the wait. When I collected the car was as described, clean tidy and serviced.I highly recommend RDM. Thanks Dan

April 15, 2024
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Reply from RDM Direct Limited

Hi Steve, thank you for the 5 star review! It was a pleasure to meet you & we hope you are enjoying the Bmw X5

All the best

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Went to RDM for a look around

Went to RDM for a look around, looked at a L200 this is when I Met a guy called nick had a bit of a chat with him. Asked if I could take out on a test drive, then I was introduced to Liam. He is very knowledgeable explained anything I needed to know about the truck, when I got back I decided it could be the truck for me.After a chat with staff I got the truck. The service received from Nick, Liam and other members of staff was fantastic 5stars would recommend.

March 10, 2024
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Reply from RDM Direct Limited

Hi Gary, thank you for the 5 star review! It was a pleasure to meet you & we hope you are enjoying the Mitsubishi L200. I will pass on your kind words to Liam

All the best

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very helpful knowledgeable staff with…

Very helpful knowledgeable staff with no stress. I would definitely use again.

May 24, 2024
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Hi Clare, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. It was great to meet you & we hope you are enjoying the new car.

All the best

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The experience was very good and Luke…

The experience was very good and Luke was super helpful with sorting out all the paperwork and the logistics. The car was cleaned very well and ready for me when I arrived for my appointment. Overall very good service

May 14, 2024
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Reply from RDM Direct Limited

Hi, Thank you for the 5 start review. Your comments are great to here and we will pass on your kind words to Luke.

All the best

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Went to RDM to purchase my misses a new…

Went to RDM to purchase my misses a new car, dealing with Luke was a pleasure went through everything on the car, service history etc. Definitely recommend will be coming back to purchase another.

May 28, 2024
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Reply from RDM Direct Limited

Hi Luke, Thank you for leaving us a great review. It was a pleasure to be able to supply you guys the new car!

All the best

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service

Great service, purchased my Z4 from here, Liam was really helpful showing me the features, very open and honest about the car

May 25, 2024
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Reply from RDM Direct Limited

Hi Jennifer, Thank you for leaving us a 5 star review! The Bmw Z4 was a stunning vehicle - we hope you have many happy miles driving it.

All the best

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brought my fiat 500 here as my second…

Brought my fiat 500 here as my second car, Dan made it really easy for me and gave me a good part exchange price too

May 15, 2024
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Hi Luke, thank you for the 5 star review! It was a pleasure to meet you & we hope you are enjoying the fiat 500

All the best

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic Group of Lads

Fantastic easy process , the guys really know their stuff and my car has been amazing , communication through the process was second to none would recommend to anyone.

May 23, 2024
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Reply from RDM Direct Limited

Hi Marvin, thank you for the great review, it was a pleasure to meet you and your family! Wishing you all the best with new car.

Kind regards

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely Descusting service we have…

Absolutely Descusting service we have had all the people there think they know everything we are 13 months in now full of stress from the car we brought from these people problems with the car from purchasing the car had the car back multiple times for about 3 to 4 weeks at a time and issues was still there after they had said they was now sorted all that had happend is car was coming back at 300+ miles on the clock than it went there with spent £17000 on the car in total to get a bag of nails with problems and still not sorted absolutely disgusting I wish I never purchased the car from them the man that works there called Liam is an absolute disgrace of a worker telling me that the hole suspension has bin changed then a manger tells me no it hasn’t after being lied to multiple times do not buy a car from these people don’t care what so ever about customer service all about getting your money off you

May 21, 2024
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Reply from RDM Direct Limited

Hi Ryan, it is a shame it has come to this. Every issue you had we looked at including respraying certain parts of the car because it was not to your ‘standards’. Even after a year of ownership you stated the problems were still there - we still tried to assist in getting these sorted. It was until you got the finance company involved for an independent inspection. The result of this was proven they were not & the case closed.

We will not be having any more conversations with yourself regarding this.

Kind regards

RDM DIRECT LTD

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Purchased a used Renault Clio for my…

Purchased a used Renault Clio for my wife. We were very happy with the service we received and Adam was great to deal with. My wife is a very happy bunny!

May 11, 2024
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Hi Dean, thank you for the 5 star review! I am glad to hear to are happy with the purchase of the Clio!

All the best

RDM DIRECT LTD

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Really poor company to deal with

Really poor company to deal with. Nothing but problems after agreeing to purchase the car.

A date was arranged for me to pick the car up (84 miles away from my home) I was on the train on my way when I received a call stating the car was not ready. The company was well aware that I was coming from so far away and still chose to only tell me on the day.

I was then told I would be provided with a full tank of fuel as a gesture of goodwill. After no contact around the date my car would be ready I decided to call again and chase it up. Multiple calls later and still non the wiser I requested the car be delivered to me. I was told this was a possibility but. Still no follow up from RDM so once again left in the dark. I contacted again and they advised it would be delivered that afternoon or the next day (nobody had contacted me about this to ensure I would be in, which I wasn’t)

I finially managed to get the car delivered, the fuel tank was empty. I contacted again only to be told I needed to contact another number. The employee then advised he remembered he had offered the full tank and this must have been an oversight by someone else and not him. He said if I filled the tank and sent the receipt and then this would be refunded by bank transfer. Took over 2 weeks for this to be sent. Chased it up several times via email and eventually a phone call (after emails stopped being replied to) before my money was returned. Would never use this company again and certainly would not recommend them to anyone.

May 27, 2024
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Reply from RDM Direct Limited

Hi Chris, Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review.
I agree that your experience with ourselves was not as expected. Sometimes the unforeseen can happen on delivery/collection days.

With any refunds or reimbursements they have to go through accounts who will process the payment on the next run.

i know we are also in the process of covering the cost of a wheel bearing for you. Hopefully once complete you can enjoy the car.

Kind regards

RDM DIRECT LTD

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Disappointed

Recently part exchanged our car for a car at RDM. We were mostly happy with the process, however when we came to pick the car up 2 weeks later it was a shame to see that it was still being prepared for us. This might not sound like a bad thing, but it made us feel like it was being rushed. Unfortunately all the passenger seatbelts were caked in mould and some of the back seats (I had pointed this out 2 weeks previously at the test drive) - so it clearly was rushed. We also discovered one of the headlights was out and some other little bits, like chips on glass, bodywork panel’s misaligned/popping out of place and an issue with the parking sensors.

Disappointing to say the least. (No we have not reached out to RDM as we live such a distance away, so it’s not like we would be driving back anyway).

April 15, 2024
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Reply from RDM Direct Limited

Hi Monica,
Thank you for leaving us a review. We have taken all your comments on board in order to improve our services for customers.

Please may i ask you contact us to see if we can offer some assistance to yourself.

Kind regards
RDM DIRECT LTD

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best experience

I was greeted with excellent customer service and took the car for a test drive. They provided me with a new MOT for the next 12 months and the car was spotless inside and out. I sorted finance and a collection date on the phone in the few days leading up to picking up my new car. I also part ex my car with them for a decent price. Very satisfied with everything! Thank you!

April 17, 2024
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Reply from RDM Direct Limited

Hi Scarlett, thank you for the review & kind words!

We hope you are enjoying the new car.

All the best

RDM DIRECT LTD

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