In a LR dealer today - disgusting service

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Paul S. Brown

Guest

• Oct 24, 2004

• #21

Wolverine wrote:

> I think 'taking the ****' is a bit harsh, not everyone knows the facts
> you pointed out!
>

Sorry - I'll try and come out of my main dealer salesman point of view )

That wasn't supposed to be an attack on you by the way.

P.
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If Mind over Matter is a Matter of Course
Does it Matter if Nobody Minds?

 

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EMB

Guest

• Oct 25, 2004

• #22

Hirsty's wrote:

> My ex brother in law used to work selling new Nissans in Bexley, one day an
> elderly scruffy couple came in about 4:30 pm and started to look at cars. No
> one wanted to help so they tootled along the goods; after a while they
> collared a junior and asked what they wanted. "We'll take it"; brother in
> law and mates laughed until they were roped into counting out £9000 in 5's,
> 10's, and 20's from an old carrier bag the couple carried.

I arrived unshaven and dirty (just done a clutch in my Series IIa) in
said LR at a largish, urban Toyota dealership. I found a new 4x4 Hilux
I like the look of and then started ticking the option boxes for all the
nice bits. The salesman came up with a silly price, so I asked him very
nicely to sharpen his pencil a bit for me seeing as how I might actually
buy a couple of them. He told me "the price is the price". 10 minutes
on my cellphone to a slightly more rural Toyota dealer (and relating the
above) had me a price that was 15% cheaper - they got the order for all
15 Hiluxs that we bought over the following 4 months.

One quick complaint to the urban salesman's boss, and there was one
unemployed salesman too!


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EMB

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Oct 25, 2004

• #23

On or around Mon, 25 Oct 2004 12:12:17 +1300, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Hirsty's wrote:
>
>> My ex brother in law used to work selling new Nissans in Bexley, one day an
>> elderly scruffy couple came in about 4:30 pm and started to look at cars. No
>> one wanted to help so they tootled along the goods; after a while they
>> collared a junior and asked what they wanted. "We'll take it"; brother in
>> law and mates laughed until they were roped into counting out £9000 in 5's,
>> 10's, and 20's from an old carrier bag the couple carried.
>
>I arrived unshaven and dirty (just done a clutch in my Series IIa) in
>said LR at a largish, urban Toyota dealership. I found a new 4x4 Hilux
>I like the look of and then started ticking the option boxes for all the
>nice bits. The salesman came up with a silly price, so I asked him very
>nicely to sharpen his pencil a bit for me seeing as how I might actually
>buy a couple of them. He told me "the price is the price". 10 minutes
>on my cellphone to a slightly more rural Toyota dealer (and relating the
>above) had me a price that was 15% cheaper - they got the order for all
>15 Hiluxs that we bought over the following 4 months.
>
>One quick complaint to the urban salesman's boss, and there was one
>unemployed salesman too!

I reckon the theory here is that yer better off with rural dealers unless
you look smart and besuited.

the rural lot are more used to scruffy-looking farmers with a couple of
grand in notes in their back pocket... or they are around here, maybe.

 

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Neil Brownlee

Guest

• Oct 25, 2004

• #24

Sounds like a prime customer for one of my "Warning! No Franchised Dealer
Serviceable Parts Inside" stickers ;-)

Only £1.50 each!

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Neil

 

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Mother

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• Oct 25, 2004

• #25

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:24:57 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>the rural lot are more used to scruffy-looking farmers with a couple of
>grand in notes in their back pocket... or they are around here, maybe.

VAT receipt?

 

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Hirsty's

Guest

• Oct 25, 2004

• #26

>
> the rural lot are more used to scruffy-looking farmers with a couple of
> grand in notes in their back pocket... or they are around here, maybe.
>
>


True, I've never met a poor farmer yet ! )

 

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JD

Guest

• Oct 25, 2004

• #27

Hirsty's wrote:

>>
>> the rural lot are more used to scruffy-looking farmers with a couple of
>> grand in notes in their back pocket... or they are around here, maybe.
>>
>>
>
>
> True, I've never met a poor farmer yet ! )
That's why we complain about the European Agricultural Policy - plenty of
poor farmers round here!
JD

 

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Hirsty's

Guest

• Oct 25, 2004

• #28

> >
> >
> > True, I've never met a poor farmer yet ! )
> That's why we complain about the European Agricultural Policy - plenty of
> poor farmers round here!
> JD



Don't worry only leg pulling. I very much appreciate the mire many are in.
Most of my friends in Somerset in my youth were farmers kids.
I take it you're in Oz; I was there in the early '80's and in the remote
bits it was just as hard, you have all my sympathy. Seems many politicians
here have forgotten their real friends !!

 

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Austin Shackles

Guest

• Oct 26, 2004

• #29

On or around Tue, 26 Oct 2004 05:56:09 +1000, JD <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Hirsty's wrote:
>
>>>
>>> the rural lot are more used to scruffy-looking farmers with a couple of
>>> grand in notes in their back pocket... or they are around here, maybe.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> True, I've never met a poor farmer yet ! )
>That's why we complain about the European Agricultural Policy - plenty of
>poor farmers round here!

FWIW, I don't think the farmers get the sort of easy ride they did at one
time get. It used to be the case for example that you did quite well out of
just the subsidy on the sheep, and then sold the lamb and fleece for good
money as well.

now, the subsidy is much lower, even without considering the effect of
inflation, the lamb prices crashed a year or 3 back with the moot and fouth
outbreak, but have recovered now, I gather, although in real terms they're a
lot lower than say 20 years ago, and the wool price apparently is such that
it only just pays for the shearing.

having said all that, I see quite a few new vehicles around the place this
year... and even if they're on HP, they still have to make the payments.
Now I know they use the vehicles hard (lots of heavy towing etc) and thus
they wear out more quickly, but not everyone keeps replacing 'em...

 

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horse

Guest

• Oct 24, 2004

• #30

Nigel wrote:

> Thats my nearest LR garage!
>
> but I don't use it, much prefer the extra few miles travel to;
> Four plus 4, Sheepscar Street
>
> Nigel

Ah!

May I add my 2p worth?

I've used Four + 4 in Leeds many times! I find them one of the best! When my
EFi ECU went tits up, they lent me their 'good one' until a refurb. item
appeared! They're also great with used parts!

The parts guys there really know their stuff! and if they don't have it in
stock will get it pdq!

(No connection, other than a well satisfied customer!)

Regards,

Horse.

 

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Nige

Guest

• Oct 27, 2004

• #31

"horse" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...

> I've used Four + 4 in Leeds many times! I find them one of the best! When my
> EFi ECU went tits up, they lent me their 'good one' until a refurb. item
> appeared! They're also great with used parts!

Have you got a website?

Nige