Dealership BS...who\'s gotten some?
Ok, I know probably everyone has their own dealership BS story. Dealerships are famous for this. What lines have the salesmen fed you? The service dept?
I tend to update my service department on all the new recalls and whatnot. LOL. They're really nice people though, just not well-informed, though the work they do know about, they do well.
OK, so this isn't about a Ford Dealership, but, when my buddy was lookin' for a car, and he had a $1300 budget, we were out budget car huntin'. Now if you've ever been in this position, you can have a lot of fun with it.
I apologize ahead of time to any people here who may be used car salesmen, but, they drive me nuts. We went to look at this lot. Mostly cars in the $300 & Runs to $2000 and looks decent were here. We looked around, spotted a nice 1984 Honda Prelude outside. Was marked $1949. We didn't think anything of it, just cause it was so "expensive". Well, we went in to go ask about another car we saw (don't remember what) and he said "Well, what exactly are you looking for? Do you have a budget?" We explained. He said...oh, well I have a little blue Civic outside that I'll sell to ya for $1250! We said "Uhh, sorry to burst your bubble, but either you sold that, or someone just sold it, cause there are no Civic's on this lot." He replied with a "Oh, yes there are, let me show you!". So he took us outside....to the Prelude. "Yap! Here she is!" My friend and I just looked at each other. "Uhh, yeah, ok, but this is a P-R-E-L-U-D-E." *points to back of car* "Oh, I would've sworn it was a Civic...looks just like one!"....riight. Anyway, we test drove it. He liked it a lot...in good shape. We decided to get it. We talked him down to $1100. He claimed he bought it for $1000, and couldn't go less than $1100 as "he had to make his money too". Acceptable statement. Complete BS. Now before you go accusing me of not knowing anything about this, let me explain the situation. The title on this car had been lost. With the help of this dealership, he applied for a new title. For some DMV garbage reason, they wanted to know the two previous owners, and to see copies of the Bills of sale. Well, this guy had bought this car from a Mazda dealer in town, who'd bought it off some younger girl. We got all of the information, including the bill of sale from the Mazda place to this used car dealer. What did he pay? $400. We just laughed.
Ah, and has anyone else ever known more about the car you're looking at than the salemen? That happened to us when we were looking at Mazda MPV vans for my parents. Haha, I'd done my research, and the guy was looking pretty bad when I was contradicting the information he was giving us...and I'm 17.
So what are your BS stories?!
~Tim
Ok, I know probably everyone has their own dealership BS story. Dealerships are famous for this. What lines have the salesmen fed you? The service dept?
I tend to update my service department on all the new recalls and whatnot. LOL. They're really nice people though, just not well-informed, though the work they do know about, they do well.
OK, so this isn't about a Ford Dealership, but, when my buddy was lookin' for a car, and he had a $1300 budget, we were out budget car huntin'. Now if you've ever been in this position, you can have a lot of fun with it.
Ah, and has anyone else ever known more about the car you're looking at than the salemen? That happened to us when we were looking at Mazda MPV vans for my parents. Haha, I'd done my research, and the guy was looking pretty bad when I was contradicting the information he was giving us...and I'm 17.
So what are your BS stories?!
~Tim