Dealer 54 Posted October 13, 2018 50 minutes ago, David Horgan said: Just had one woman ring us is the Megan Cup for sale still . " yes " We are weekend cash buyers . " Ok " Are you in a position to take 85 " 85 what " 8 50 , " you mean £8,500 " Yes "Its £9,495 my dear so you want a thousand pound off the price" . Yes " NO " "You want more than we do out of it " But your getting £8,500, what more do want out of it " She says " Customers this week are all on drugs I reckon , had the most dopey requests ever Number 2 I like your Z4 , Its a px 04 plate . Customer request , Can you send me a price to have my sat nav and canton sound system took out of my dads car and put into the Z4 , I will send you my post code so you can arrange to remove the unit from dads car ,also I think the speakers need updating so can you arrange the purchase of 2nd hand ones from ebay as I'm short of cash till pay day . When your man is here to remove Sat Nav i will send you £500 deposit back with him . Then collect on 14th Nov . Its a 14 yr old Z4 , his dad has a 15 plate Octavia , and he is 200 miles away . The resounding reply sent back was " NO " what a plonker Some funny people out there reading what every one else has had Number 3 Email this morning Hi we bought a fiesta off you Thursday . "ok " It catches when going over speed bumps . Reply SLOW DOWN THEN . Email back , Thanks for the advice , its a lovely car by the way . Totally Bloody NUTS they are Number 4 Young woman comes in for MOT yesterday Aygo ,, takes it for her this morning , failed on de laminated tyres on both rears . Hi Marie its failed on tyres , both rear ones , £40 + Vat fitted each , oh have you got any you can lend me , er no . Suppose I can stay in this weekend if its totally necessary " There Fecking tyres and its winter " ffs girl get a grip . Waiting for one more customer and I'm off , out for dinner These types are all I'm getting lately too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
umesh 336 Posted October 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Mark101 said: Or just get your kebab ready for you with plenty of mayonnaise and lots of salt and vinegar on the chips - FFS, when will they learn, that’s all a bevvied up man wants to eat. Amazing Umesh - didn’t Saab go pop at least 3 years ago, where can you find these nearly new ones? SAAB did go pop ! " wasn't recently ..when SAAB were alive and kicking it was a " 12 Month old SAAB " Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grant8064 219 Posted October 13, 2018 5 hours ago, Del Boy said: What is it grant? A bmw 320i? lol Ha no, we don't get involved with much German stuff. Small GM auto...shame because it would've got me back to site but it was such a nice day I decided to take the long scenic route...not sure the fields and quaint villages were worth the roadside wait! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Horgan 564 Posted October 13, 2018 20 hours ago, grant8064 said: At least you're getting enquiries of a sort. Dead day so decided to take a bit of stock for a run...on the side of a verge 20 mins later awaiting a recovery truck with a flashing oil light and lots of smoke. Thank f**k it's the weekend. Mondays job then fixing it , didn't want that to happen really did you , Could of been worse it might have been a test drive or a sale car , Least times on your side for a fix Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stockedup! 63 Posted October 13, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 4:46 PM, whitestone679231 said: So local rag cocks up on price of a car that we advertised, should be £19995 and they put £1995, phone never stops and they were actually serious, one woman actually threatened me with trading standards if i didnt honour price!!! Then I had guy this week on a 2004 smart car wanted me to take it to Mercedes for inspection,,, i said no, so he arranges for RAC to come here and inspect it, nice RAC guy came but as he said the car is 14yr old and guy seems to be expecting the earth,,, he faults it on few bits,, so I have just got e mail off the "customer" who says "I will not be proceeding with the purchase of your smart car due to numerous faults (car was MOT,d Monday) I do obviously expect you to reimburse my £300 RAC inspection fee" FFS,,, then to cap it all guy just e-mailed me on 99 Bentley Arnage at £20k I am prepared to purchase your car subject to inspection I will want finance over 5 years with nil deposit,,,, how the fcuk does he expect to run a Bentley if he cant find a dipper.... RANT OVER ITS FRIDAY I AM GOING TO GET PISSED,,, HAPPY WEEKEND FOLKS. They are there all the time, we just notice them more when the job quietens down a bit. Got a beautiful MX5 on for 5k, punter comes to look at it and loves it and offers me 3k for it. I just started to laugh(Not very professional I know), it takes all kinds I suppose! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BHM 994 Posted October 14, 2018 11 hours ago, stockedup! said: They are there all the time, we just notice them more when the job quietens down a bit. Got a beautiful MX5 on for 5k, punter comes to look at it and loves it and offers me 3k for it. I just started to laugh(Not very professional I know), it takes all kinds I suppose! What’s wrong with laughing in their face? Stuff professionalism with a cheeky bastard like that, they need to know where they stand. Let them go to Tesco, load the trolley with £50s worth of produce, offer £30 & see what response they get. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Contracts 68 Posted October 14, 2018 Last week I had a call on a Nissan GTR and was asked if it has nitrogen or air in the tyres? I said I assumed nitrogen as it had the green valve caps but assuming was not good enough for this chap. He seemed to get more angry as he was asking me questions I had no idea about, diff pressure and temperatures, previous launches etc and asked me to call him back once “I knew what I was selling”. I guess he is still waiting for a call back as I traded the car onto a specialist Friday which was probably for the best as I was also dreading test drives. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stockedup! 63 Posted October 14, 2018 11 minutes ago, Contracts said: Last week I had a call on a Nissan GTR and was asked if it has nitrogen or air in the tyres? I said I assumed nitrogen as it had the green valve caps but assuming was not good enough for this chap. He seemed to get more angry as he was asking me questions I had no idea about, diff pressure and temperatures, previous launches etc and asked me to call him back once “I knew what I was selling”. I guess he is still waiting for a call back as I traded the car onto a specialist Friday which was probably for the best as I was also dreading test drives. Sounds like a pure anorak, probably runs an 07 Nissan Micra Sport with a sports exhaust and coilovers and has no intention or means of buying one. He just sits on the net reading the obscure specs and phones dealers to share his encyclopaedic knowledge. AKA Sad Bastard!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BHM 994 Posted October 14, 2018 Yep, that’s why ‘specialists’ wipe such margins across their cars. They have to sit on them & endure every sad, pathetic, know-all, dreaming twat on the planet. I recently had a near-30yr old Merc in stock. I was sick of middle aged men sending their pathetic, embarrassingly long emails. Not that I answered any but I changed my advert to something along the lines of “Serious enquiries ONLY BY PHONE, emails will not be answered and only contact WHEN YOU HAVE THE MONEY & ARE READY TO DEAL”. Funnily enough not one of the email pen-pals could stretch to a phone call. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Horgan 564 Posted October 14, 2018 4 hours ago, stockedup! said: Sounds like a pure anorak, probably runs an 07 Nissan Micra Sport with a sports exhaust and coilovers and has no intention or means of buying one. He just sits on the net reading the obscure specs and phones dealers to share his encyclopaedic knowledge. AKA Sad Bastard!! Agree with that comment , total nut case . No money , No intentions , probably cant even drive . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lastyboy 23 Posted October 14, 2018 7 hours ago, BHM said: What’s wrong with laughing in their face? Stuff professionalism with a cheeky bastard like that, they need to know where they stand. Let them go to Tesco, load the trolley with £50s worth of produce, offer £30 & see what response they get. Agree with this. IVe lost count how many times ive laughed at a customer over the past 20 years Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick M.K. 574 Posted October 14, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, Contracts said: asked me to call him back once “I knew what I was selling”. On more specialist stuff I always expect my buyers to know more than me because they should've done months of research compared to my hour or two at most. Tell the Pistonheaded muppets: I am sorry, I am not SELLING anything here, I am just here to give someone in the know an unrepeatable opportunity to buy it. Edited October 14, 2018 by Nick M.K. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EPV 631 Posted October 14, 2018 9 hours ago, stockedup! said: Sounds like a pure anorak, probably runs an 07 Nissan Micra Sport with a sports exhaust and coilovers and has no intention or means of buying one. He just sits on the net reading the obscure specs and phones dealers to share his encyclopaedic knowledge. AKA Sad Bastard!! 100% that wasn’t a buyer. People who drive high performance cars (speaking from past and current personal experience) want to drive the fucking things, look good and draw envy. I make no bones about my way of choosing cars. It certainly ain’t to rush on to PH to talk about diff pressures and what type of gas is filling my tyres. They tend to matter not when you’re doing 30mph 90% of the time. What a div. I sold a 545i tourer a few months back. Some bloke bored me for 25 mins telling me everything he knew about BMW’s and a lot he probably didn’t know. Despite my best efforts to curtail the call I eventually said I had someone just walked in wanting to test drive it, just to get rid of him. Seriously he was a MONUMENTAL bore. He never called back, asking if the phantom bloke bought it. A week later it sold to someone who needed a big car and wanted to go fast occasionally. Precisely what the fucking thing was manufactured for. Like your experience, the nerd was never a buyer. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dave2302 387 Posted October 15, 2018 14 hours ago, EPV said: Precisely what the fucking thing was manufactured for. Like Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
