Letter to URGENTLY call Honda about my vehicle
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I got in my door to found a letter which asked me to call my local Honda garage about my vehicle.
I got on to the phone to them straight away.
The told me that I have been selected to receive an offer which allows me to buy a new Honda car from them at cost price.
When I pushed for an example of how much saving "cost price" would be over list, I was told that for a Honda CRV for example it would be about £1,000.
I haven't vast experience in this matter, but everyone I know who has brought a brand new car has never paid list price... and further more, they've usually managed to get far more off the list price than £1,000... - one recent example, my friend brought a brand new Beetle last weekend and secured nearly £2,000 off list.
I am a little annoyed to be honest...
I don't consider this urgent?
The letter stated it concerns my vehicle, - it doesn't?
Telling me they're going to sell a car to me at cost is surely a lie given the example above?
Am I missing something? I appreicate sales people lie etc, but sending me a letter asking me to CALL THEM urgently... - bit far, no?
PJdB said:
I don't consider this urgent?
They clearly do. They must be worried about meeting their targets.PJdB said:
The letter stated it concerns my vehicle, - it doesn't?
Well, it does, because they want to change your vehicle. Urgently.PJdB said:
Am I missing something? I appreicate sales people lie etc, but sending me a letter asking me to CALL THEM urgently... - bit far, no?
So vote with your feet, by not buying a new car off them in response to this piece of half-arsed junk mail.PJdB said:
I got in my door to found a letter which asked me to call my local Honda garage about my vehicle.
I got on to the phone to them straight away.
The told me that I have been selected to receive an offer which allows me to buy a new Honda car from them at cost price.
When I pushed for an example of how much saving "cost price" would be over list, I was told that for a Honda CRV for example it would be about £1,000.
I haven't vast experience in this matter, but everyone I know who has brought a brand new car has never paid list price... and further more, they've usually managed to get far more off the list price than £1,000... - one recent example, my friend brought a brand new Beetle last weekend and secured nearly £2,000 off list.
I am a little annoyed to be honest...
I don't consider this urgent?
The letter stated it concerns my vehicle, - it doesn't?
Telling me they're going to sell a car to me at cost is surely a lie given the example above?
Am I missing something? I appreicate sales people lie etc, but sending me a letter asking me to CALL THEM urgently... - bit far, no?
Send them a bill for your time and charge whatever hourly rate you see fit! Myself, for example, I expect an hourly rated of £6000/per hour when working out of hours at home. I got on to the phone to them straight away.
The told me that I have been selected to receive an offer which allows me to buy a new Honda car from them at cost price.
When I pushed for an example of how much saving "cost price" would be over list, I was told that for a Honda CRV for example it would be about £1,000.
I haven't vast experience in this matter, but everyone I know who has brought a brand new car has never paid list price... and further more, they've usually managed to get far more off the list price than £1,000... - one recent example, my friend brought a brand new Beetle last weekend and secured nearly £2,000 off list.
I am a little annoyed to be honest...
I don't consider this urgent?
The letter stated it concerns my vehicle, - it doesn't?
Telling me they're going to sell a car to me at cost is surely a lie given the example above?
Am I missing something? I appreicate sales people lie etc, but sending me a letter asking me to CALL THEM urgently... - bit far, no?
Hate these stupid cost price deals. The 'cost' is whatever they want it to be. It gets worse when they pull out a folder with the actual price of the exact car you're negotiating on to prove the point. When you point out that theres a back end bonus to come back, plus some finance comm they get all upset and start talking about cost price.
OK, I can see the invoice price but that doesn't mean you can't go lower if you want to. If you don't thats fine - but stop hiding behind the 'cost' price.
OK, I can see the invoice price but that doesn't mean you can't go lower if you want to. If you don't thats fine - but stop hiding behind the 'cost' price.
PJdB said:
When I pushed for an example of how much saving "cost price" would be over list, I was told that for a Honda CRV for example it would be about £1,000.
A grand off the list price of a CR-V is a pretty pathetic saving. Drive The Deal can put you in touch with a dealer who'll sell you one for between about £2k and £5k off list, depending on what engine and spec you go for.Long story short, Honda's junk mail is just that; junk.
My recent experience of a Honda VIP Sales Event.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
We did buy a car, so they probably think it works. But we were going to buy it anyway.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
We did buy a car, so they probably think it works. But we were going to buy it anyway.
I had a call from some lady at my local main dealer ( who's name is identical to a famous maker of small petrol/paraffin marine engines)telling me that my car was due for a service( I'd had the oil/filter done when I got them to do cambelt ,at reduced prices) . I asked how much to be quoted a figure, rather higher than local indie. So I said so ,to be told that perhaps Indie was not using proper stuff. I then mentioned that last visit, I'd asked about a flexible fuel pipe replacement to be quoted £160 for parts and same again for labour. VAG TPS system said "flexible fuel pipe cut to length", cost 50p.
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