Well the knob of a dealer rang me up today. He was rude really. Couldn't understand how I could spend 2 1/2 hours looking at a vehicle and then not buy it. So it's my fault? I couldn't understand how he could be selling a vehicle for that money claiming it to be virtually mint with a bashed in roof and front end that's been badly rebuilt. Again he said I was being over fussy as was everyone else who had looked and not bought it. Hello, massive clue there. I'd said in an e mail that I wasn't perusing the car any further but if things changed at his end - such as it was fully restored and the seller came to his senses, he could contact me and I'd be 'interested'. He ranted on about the scratches in the roof (hmm, loose tiger in Berkshire methinks) and the slight gap at the front door (forgetting the gap at the scuttle, bonnet and the half inch misalignment over the headlights) and how he'd said they'd be put right. The guy selling it (local bloke) isn't a car dealer he said which is why he'd stayed out of the conversations. No, I said and you're not a body repair specialist, so why would I take your word that it could repaired? He wanted me to buy it for the price agreed and then it would be fixed. Err no, you fix it and if it checks out, I'd consider it - as a repaired car. His view again was that you don't get many 15 year old vehicles that haven't been repaired to a degree. Well repaired maybe but that doesn't mean crashed!!!! Sure a car collects dints and dings along the way and I don't mind that. As long as they're not shocking, but work to the degree that has been carried out on this one is not age related. That could happen to a brand new car - but I'd still want it straight after a repair. Is it me?
My cruiser outside is worth £12 k in mint condition. So I want £12k for it. I know it's not mint, but it could be, so it's £12k. Buy it and I shall have all the work done. Trust me it will be perfect. What no offers, well how queer.
What a dick.
Never met anyone in sales who had less idea of how to deal with a customer. Not since Woolworths closed. The reason we were there for that time was that it was a 300 mile round trip and we didn't find the issues for some time partly because he lost the key and we had to wait to get the thing outside. There was no apology for wasting my time! It's a nice car and fixed I'd pay good money. Unfixed, I wouldn't touch it - unless it was hugely reduced. Which I know isn't going to happen. I just can't figure his logic. For sale for a lot, but now he knows it's not right, it's still the same price the issues are so slight that they don't affect the value. So if I want it unfixed there'd be no drop in price?
What happened to 'I can really see you in this car, what do we have to do to get you in there?'
So that's an end to that I think. Feel free to go and waste your time on him. A few grand less than I'd agreed and I might have had it to drive for a bit.
Chris