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CONSIDERATE Salespeople & CONSIDERATE Buyers

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#295 of 304 Re: How Considerate can you get! [oldfarmer50] by obyone

Apr 06, 2008 (10:03 pm)

Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Jan 26, 2008 1:02 pm)
Did you end up buying from that considerate salesperson?
 
I know, I know 3 months later with a question. Trying to kick start a dead topic.

#296 of 304 Re: How Considerate can you get! [obyone] by oldfarmer50

Apr 07, 2008 (3:03 pm)

Replying to: obyone (Apr 06, 2008 10:03 pm)
"...Did you buy from that considerate salesperson?..."
 
As a matter of fact yes I did. I didn't buy the car they "borrowed", however. It wasn't the color my wife wanted. So in the end they "borrowed" another one.

#297 of 304 Re: How Considerate can you get! [oldfarmer50] by obyone

Apr 07, 2008 (9:07 pm)

Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Apr 07, 2008 3:03 pm)
Now that's interesting. I never heard of borrowing a "demo".
 
Was there some type of relationship between the dealers to loan each other demos on request?

#298 of 304 Re: Organizational interest ahead of personal gain [jipster] by mitzij

Apr 08, 2008 (6:06 am)

Replying to: jipster (Sep 30, 2007 1:47 pm)
I believe you... but that's a hard story to believe. First time I've read of a dealership taking a car back due to uncomfortable seats. Glad it worked out for you.
 
How about for 'wrong color'?
We had a lady come in last summer. She knew the color she wanted-granite grey. She'd seen a car on another lot that color and wanted to order an Equinox. We order the car, get it in, deliver it-no problem.
 
Well, no problem until she sees her new car in the sunlight. It was dark and overcast the evening she picked it up. In the sun, this lovely grey color has a brownish sheen to it from a certain angle. She hated it. Refused to drive it anymore and parked it at our dealership. We had to call a GM engineer in to check the paint color-it was right. She ordered granite grey and that's what she got.
Five months later, she's got a new Equinox. In red.

#299 of 304 Re: Organizational interest ahead of personal gain [mitzij] by jipster

Apr 08, 2008 (7:11 am)

Replying to: mitzij (Apr 08, 2008 6:06 am)
So your dealership took the car back? Hadn't been titled yet?

#300 of 304 Re: How Considerate can you get! [obyone] by oldfarmer50

Apr 08, 2008 (8:40 am)

Replying to: obyone (Apr 07, 2008 9:07 pm)
"...I never heard of borrowing a "demo"..."
 
Me either. Don't know how they did it. Perhaps they were lying about how they got it. It seemed like a nice gesture at the time though.

#301 of 304 Re: Organizational interest ahead of personal gain [jipster] by mitzij

Apr 08, 2008 (9:18 am)

Replying to: jipster (Apr 08, 2008 7:11 am)
I think it actually had been titled. She had it all of two or three days, then parked it on our lot. It went through as a GM buyback.

#302 of 304 Re: How Considerate can you get! [oldfarmer50] by joel0622

Apr 10, 2008 (3:07 pm)

Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Apr 08, 2008 8:40 am)
Me either. Don't know how they did it. Perhaps they were lying about how they got it. It seemed like a nice gesture at the time though.
 
We get cars "on a look" all the time from dealers we have a good relationship with. Gives them a chance to move a demo but they know we won't commit to putting it on our floor plan till it is sold.

#303 of 304 Re: Organizational interest ahead of personal gain [mitzij] by joel0622

Apr 10, 2008 (3:08 pm)

Replying to: mitzij (Apr 08, 2008 9:18 am)
It went through as a GM buyback.
 
Ya if it was a buy back then it had to have been titled.

#304 of 304 Re: Organizational interest ahead of personal gain [joel0622] by obyone

Apr 10, 2008 (3:20 pm)

Replying to: joel0622 (Apr 10, 2008 3:08 pm)
Must've been a special customer. In all my dealings over the years with GM I found them to be the most resistant to buybacks of all the manufacturers. Now for them to bend over and do it on a "color" basis is most interesting.

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