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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give
Yep, we got a lot for our entertainment dollar during that little episode.
Anyone remember when his wife got his password and gave us "The rest of the story" about John "Big Water" Galt?
Priceless.
Anyone remember when his wife got his password and gave us "The rest of the story" about John "Big Water" Galt?
Priceless.
Nope. The thread was removed to protect the [-]guilty[/-] innocent.I missed this... any link
Well you do need the Dale Carnegie course but in the prof's defense I have to say I am impressed with how knowledgeable (at least on the surface) lawyers can become in a very short period of time. DW is a partner in an energy law practice and I dealt with lots of lawyers in my career (primarily lawyers who dealt with HR, labor relations, technology and contracts). It never ceased to amaze me how quickly a good lawyer could get up to speed on an area he or she had no previous background in and do a bang up job representing my interests.It's a busy life. My field is law and technology. Every one of the areas you describe has a legal component, which is what I work on...
Is there nothing you have not done?
Well you do need the Dale Carnegie course but in the prof's defense I have to say I am impressed with how knowledgeable (at least on the surface) lawyers can become in a very short period of time. DW is a partner in an energy law practice and I dealt with lots of lawyers in my career (primarily lawyers who dealt with HR, labor relations, technology and contracts). It never ceased to amaze me how quickly a good lawyer could get up to speed on an area he or she had no previous background in and do a bang up job representing my interests.
He revealed his actual name in one of his posts, and a crack team of hard-working Internet researchers immediately devoted all of their efforts to... creating a Google Alert.I missed this... any link
Interesting to me that people are coming to the defense of car dealers in this case - thought they were pretty universally reviled.
Lol, apparently people dislike lawyers more than used car salesman. Well, this tread went no where in a hurry.
Here is my take, for whatever it its worth. dm's dealer should have eaten the difference. Which is what happened. Great!
Also, I'm surprised a dealership would be so petty with a potential client because they bought their warranty elsewhere. Wouldn't you want repeat business? As in, wouldn't you do your best to get them back there when it comes time to lease or buy a new vehicle?
Since someone else brought it up.... why would someone go to another DEALER to buy an extended warranty I mean... they sell these things cheap... usually all you have to do is say 'Joe down the street will sell it to me for half'... done deal... heck, evey time I am there.... they discount it... and the ask 'well, how much do you think it is worth'... trying to get a number out of me and then selling it for that amount...
Since someone else brought it up.... why would someone go to another DEALER to buy an extended warranty I mean... they sell these things cheap... usually all you have to do is say 'Joe down the street will sell it to me for half'... done deal... heck, evey time I am there.... they discount it... and the ask 'well, how much do you think it is worth'... trying to get a number out of me and then selling it for that amount...
My favorite exchange is with sales people is when they ask me something like "how much do you want to pay etc. Theri goal is to get you to make an offer. I never make an offer, that is their job. But I always ask "do you have full authority to sell the car? I don't talk price unless you have the authority. I don't negotiate with someone who has no authority. I respectfully ask that he go get authority by having the manager sign the contract in blank. In one case he came back with it signed, and asked what I had. I pulled out a certified check for about 80% of the price and said my wife would bring the balance in cash when we had a deal. Then we negotiated. Great fun
You want the manager to sign the contract in blank? Why, so you can sue them later?
We used to have customers like that come in. For the most part, they wasted everyone's time and would drive 50 miles away to save $50. If they did buy and came back for another "deal", they would want us to give them massive amounts for their trade-in. Who says the customer is the only one who can have fun? I would have the salesperson pull the file and show the customer what they PAID for the car, usually below invoice. Then a reasonable depreciation for mileage and years driven. It is amazing how well logic worked...........
Who says the customer is the only one who can have fun? I would have the salesperson pull the file and show the customer what they PAID for the car, usually below invoice.
I have a friend who shopped at a local dealer, didn't like the price, so he said he was going to try elsewhere. The salesman told him he wouldn't be able to get warranty service at his dealership if he bought elsewhere.
A couple days later he called, talked to the same salesman over the phone, but didn't tell him he had been in recently. He said he was from a town 60 miles away but wasn't getting a good deal, and wanted to see if he could get a better deal from this dealership. But there was a problem. His "home" dealership said they wouldn't do warranty work if he bought out of town. The salesman exclaimed "THey can't do that!! Toyota wouldn't allow it!"
Vince, no offense intended, but I think if I ran a dealership I would ask that you take your business elsewhere.
Customers, OTOH, are known for always telling the truth, never concealing issues with their trade-ins....
Nearly always buy used cars from private parties, but my latest I bought from a small wholesale lot - I would have expected them to be the worst of the worst, but you know what? They were people just like, you know, other people. I was happy, they were happy, nobody had to be at all dickish. weird. I like my life.
Vince, no offense intended, but I think if I ran a dealership I would ask that you take your business elsewhere.
. so the guy said... I can sell all I get for sticker... sorry, I will not discount... if you want last years model I can give it to you for X... it was quick and easy... he did not sell me a car, but at least it was not a high pressure job on selling..