Disinterested dealers - why?
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Owing to change in circumstances I've been recently looking to buy a second car and possibly swap my bike. I've looked at a few options and been bemused by the lack of interest or follow up by some of the car and bike dealers I've come across. As an example, I went to local Toyota dealer having called and said I was interested in a 2nd hand Aygo. I made it pretty clear that I was looking to buy and needed a car for the following week. Young sales guy takes me out in one and then I ask for drive in newer model. He says that they can source cars from within the group so even if they don't have one suitable on site he could get one. Yet after spending ages away he comes back with just two examples (having checked myself afterwards on the Internet they had many more possible cars). I said I was interested in one of the two and offer a lower price. He goes off to check and comes back with a straight no. No attempt to meet me half way or offer anything else to get me to do the deal. I turn to the car we drove and make an offer...off he goes...comes back and says that someone already put a deposit on it. What is the point of showing me a sold car? Bizarre. He then says they are getting another similar car and he will call me on Saturday when it arrives. Except he doesn't. However, in the meantime, when I got home from local dealer I called their sister branch with the first car. Offer them deal. They don't accept but offer me something near the middle. I buy car.
I know dealers must get lots of time wasters but are they incapable of noticing when someone is waving cash in their face saying they want to buy that they shouldn't let them leave until they have bought something?
I know dealers must get lots of time wasters but are they incapable of noticing when someone is waving cash in their face saying they want to buy that they shouldn't let them leave until they have bought something?
Showing you a sold car; perhaps the salesman wasn't aware that it had been sold and had made a mistake, or perhaps a deposit had been placed on it whilst you were out on a test drive?
As for not taking your money for the car that you wanted; perhaps the sales manager of that particular branch didn't feel it needed to be discounted as it was well priced already and was prime stock, the sales manager from the other branch where you did a deal may have just decided "we've got an easy one on the phone and we need to do do a deal here as we have had a slow week"
As for the salesman not coming back to you regarding one coming into stock; be would likely have known that you purchased from their sister branch.
As for not taking your money for the car that you wanted; perhaps the sales manager of that particular branch didn't feel it needed to be discounted as it was well priced already and was prime stock, the sales manager from the other branch where you did a deal may have just decided "we've got an easy one on the phone and we need to do do a deal here as we have had a slow week"
As for the salesman not coming back to you regarding one coming into stock; be would likely have known that you purchased from their sister branch.
Why? There's an infinite number of possible reasons, but generally I think anyone who comes into a forum to complain about the attitude of a salesman when they already got a deal somewhere else that they are happy with spends too much time thinking about complaining....
Pointless thread is pointless.
Pointless thread is pointless.
shake n bake said:
What deal did you offer? How much off? Was your offer on the phone to the sister dealership the same as the one I the branch?
Usually a stupid offer is met with a flat no.
It was the same offer. About 7% of the listed price. The car had already been discounted but the second dealer found a way to make me a customer by giving me a 3% discount. Usually a stupid offer is met with a flat no.
Esceptico said:
shake n bake said:
What deal did you offer? How much off? Was your offer on the phone to the sister dealership the same as the one I the branch?
Usually a stupid offer is met with a flat no.
It was the same offer. About 7% of the listed price. The car had already been discounted but the second dealer found a way to make me a customer by giving me a 3% discount. Usually a stupid offer is met with a flat no.
HTP99 said:
Showing you a sold car; perhaps the salesman wasn't aware that it had been sold and had made a mistake, or perhaps a deposit had been placed on it whilst you were out on a test drive?
As for the salesman not coming back to you regarding one coming into stock; be would likely have known that you purchased from their sister branch.
Yes it was a mistake but a pretty fundamental one when the sole purpose of your job is to sell cars.As for the salesman not coming back to you regarding one coming into stock; be would likely have known that you purchased from their sister branch.
Your second comment must be a joke or very worrying if when dealer sells cars they send around information to all other dealers that their car X has just been sold to Mr/ Mrs Y who live in town Z.
Esceptico said:
HTP99 said:
Showing you a sold car; perhaps the salesman wasn't aware that it had been sold and had made a mistake, or perhaps a deposit had been placed on it whilst you were out on a test drive?
As for the salesman not coming back to you regarding one coming into stock; be would likely have known that you purchased from their sister branch.
Yes it was a mistake but a pretty fundamental one when the sole purpose of your job is to sell cars.As for the salesman not coming back to you regarding one coming into stock; be would likely have known that you purchased from their sister branch.
Your second comment must be a joke or very worrying if when dealer sells cars they send around information to all other dealers that their car X has just been sold to Mr/ Mrs Y who live in town Z.
shake n bake said:
Esceptico said:
shake n bake said:
What deal did you offer? How much off? Was your offer on the phone to the sister dealership the same as the one I the branch?
Usually a stupid offer is met with a flat no.
It was the same offer. About 7% of the listed price. The car had already been discounted but the second dealer found a way to make me a customer by giving me a 3% discount. Usually a stupid offer is met with a flat no.
SlimJim16v said:
Esceptico said:
It was the same offer. About 7% of the listed price.
No wonder they said no.7% off an Aygo isn't going to be a massive amount - £500 ish? I'd expect there to be a bit more of a conversation than "no", even if it ended up being a very polite no with a bow on it!
Frankthered said:
Fair enough, it would help if I paid attention, wouldn't it. 
Surprising people don't know the difference between disinterested and uninterested.
Interesting Surprising people don't know the difference between disinterested and uninterested.
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