Random Irritations

[AmandaJR]

Disingenuous car salesmen.

Or rather, lying git car salesmen.

 

[3offTheTee]

Disingenuous car salesmen.

Or rather, lying git car salesmen.

Understand exactly what you mean and agree. Wanted to change mine 3 weeks ago. Could not have met a more laid back person. Told him I was looking to sell with Motorway. No,problem. He would keep the same price he offered for 2 months as having sold with MW my Mrs would be without a car. It will need a MOT. Will do that for free. excellent. Any further discount? Sorry no. However Interest free for 2 years, yes please. He agreed mats front and back.

It was a pleasure to talk with somebody like that as I was ready to walk away.

 

[D-S]

Just seen a Chevy ad in the states for ‘Supercruise’ on one of their pickups. The tag line as the driver takes his hands off the wheel is ‘it lets you drive and free, even tow hands free’.
Its not the future that’s scary, it’s the present.

 

[AmandaJR]

Understand exactly what you mean and agree. Wanted to change mine 3 weeks ago. Could not have met a more laid back person. Told him I was looking to sell with Motorway. No,problem. He would keep the same price he offered for 2 months as having sold with MW my Mrs would be without a car. It will need a MOT. Will do that for free. excellent. Any further discount? Sorry no. However Interest free for 2 years, yes please. He agreed mats front and back.

It was a pleasure to talk with somebody like that as I was ready to walk away.

This guy was full of. Said he could get close to the price I'd been quoted on mine as p/ex and then came back with a number EXACTLY as he'd quoted by email despite me saying at that we would simply be wasting each others time. What happened to "please come over as we can get very close?"...oh well it needs two front tyres for us to put it on the forecourt at £600...joker, they're £110 each fitted for me pretty much anywhere. Then he brings out the manager who states it also needs new brake pads despite them being nowhere near in its first MOT a couple of months back. Shame as the car I want is competitively priced and I like it but I won't be made a fool of.

The more I think of it the angrier I get. Shame as so far I've really enjoyed owning a BMW and had felt some brand loyalty. Mercedes might be finding a new customer.

 

[RichA]

This guy was full of. Said he could get close to the price I'd been quoted on mine as p/ex and then came back with a number EXACTLY as he'd quoted by email despite me saying at that we would simply be wasting each others time. What happened to "please come over as we can get very close?"...oh well it needs two front tyres for us to put it on the forecourt at £600...joker, they're £110 each fitted for me pretty much anywhere. Then he brings out the manager who states it also needs new brake pads despite them being nowhere near in its first MOT a couple of months back. Shame as the car I want is competitively priced and I like it but I won't be made a fool of.

The more I think of it the angrier I get. Shame as so far I've really enjoyed owning a BMW and had felt some brand loyalty. Mercedes might be finding a new customer.

It's a main BMW dealer?
My 5-series is the best car I've ever owned but everything about my local dealership, where I bought the car, is dreadful.

 

[Red devil]

It's a main BMW dealer?
My 5-series is the best car I've ever owned but everything about my local dealership, where I bought the car, is dreadful.

Why do these people act like they're doing you a favour buying a car off them. And how you should consider yourself lucky we're even letting you in the showroom?

 

[Billysboots]

Why do these people act like they're doing you a favour buying a car off them. And how you should consider yourself lucky we're letting you even in the showroom?

I deliver vehicles part time as a pension top up and some of these dealers, although by no means all, treat drivers like dirt.

 

[Red devil]

I deliver vehicles part time as a pension top up and some of these dealers, although by no means all, treat drivers like dirt.

And the more expensive the car the worse they are, it seems.

 

[3offTheTee]

I deliver vehicles part time as a pension top up and some of these dealers, although by no means all, treat drivers like dirt.

Well, it cannot be right treating drivers like dirt but more importantly treating potential customers like Amanda is far worse. In this day and age people have options and will take them. They need us more than we need them!

 

[Deleted member 29109]

And the more expensive the car the worse they are, it seems.

Nah. They are equally as bad across the board.

 

[3offTheTee]

Football Clubs have had around 2 months to sort out their transfer dealings. Why does everything have to happen in the last hour of the last day?

It is called planning although I accept some clubs need to sell before they can buy.

 

[Red devil]

Football Clubs have had around 2 months to sort out their transfer dealings. Why does everything have to happen in the last hour of the last day?

It is called planning although I accept some clubs need to sell before they can buy.

Has Harry Rednapp been spotted leaning out of the Range Rover?

 

[Neilds]

Well, it cannot be right treating drivers like dirt but more importantly treating potential customers like Amanda is far worse. In this day and age people have options and will take them. They need us more than we need them!

I wonder why these places actually hire salespeople. Every time I have a bought a car they always go back into the office to check with the ‘manager’ to see if they can offer you the deal - if they aren’t authorised to deal with customers, what is the point of having them?

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I wonder why these places actually hire salespeople. Every time I have a bought a car they always go back into the office to check with the ‘manager’ to see if they can offer you the deal - if they aren’t authorised to deal with customers, what is the point of having them?

It's the most annoying and pathetic sales trick in the car sellers locker. Do they genuinely think people believe it?

It's either true, at which stage your point wins the day, or it's just psychology at which my point wins out. Either way, it's just embarrassing and poor.

Buying a car should be a wonderfully exciting time. Occasionally, with the right dealer it is exactly that. Too often, it's a major irritation and a disappointment. For the record, my wife only has praise for Mini dealers. They seem to have had very different training and they got it spot on.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Leaking flask of tea in the golf bag. Got to the club on Saturday and put the bag on the trolley and wondered what was coming out of the bottom. Flask had leaked and the back seat where the bag was sodden as well. Mittens, waterproofs et al all covered. It got everywhere.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

We were in Florida in the summer, and spent a few days in Naples. Having been to Florida now multiple times we were shocked at the increase in prices of just about everything - the cost of living has skyrocketed, with the possible exception of fuel. The grocery shopping was way more expensive than our last trip a few short years ago.

The tipping aspect had always been a bit of an irritant. I’m happy to tip for good service but what I noticed in the summer, which I haven’t previously been aware of, is that bar and restaurant staff now often ask if you’d like to leave a tip. It’s almost like a pressure sell, and it made me feel really uncomfortable.

Tipping is my choice. I’ll always tip if I receive good service, but I certainly won’t be bullied into it.

It was explained to me first time in the States was that tipping was expected as basically the staff pay is so very poor, if anything at all in the smaller places. So basically the tips are what the staff earn. No tips, No income. On that basis I decided I could put up with less than perfect service if that happened…though it’s rare as the staff depend on the tips.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Discovered when jumping into bed last night that one of our cats must have got shut in our bedroom and had wee’d on the bed…soaked through duvet, sheet, mattress topper…currently got a washing on.

 

[Deleted member 29109]

It was explained to me first time in the States was that tipping was expected as basically the staff pay is so very poor, if anything at all in the smaller places. So basically the tips are what the staff earn. No tips, No nothing,

In some states waiting staff pay tax on their expected tips. So if they don’t get any, they could almost be working for nothing.

 

[Neilds]

Discovered when jumping into bed last night that one of our cats must have got shut in our bedroom and had wee’d on the bed…soaked through duvet, sheet, mattress topper…currently got a washing on.

Are you sure it was the cat.................

#oldmansproblem

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Are you sure it was the cat.................

#oldmansproblem

Maybe I did pause for a moment or two, thinking maybe I’d spilt something, but the stain on top of the duvet cover was definitely not coffee.