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Smart Shopper Stories from the Sales Frontlines
47909 messages, Last post on Nov 26, 2009 at 9:59 AM
You are in the Smart Shopper Forum. Your Hosts are kirstie_h & tidester
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Replying to: jipster (Mar 04, 2008 3:14 pm)  If I must "defend" the dealership a tiny bit . . . I bought this truck a couple weeks after they started being delivered - 2005 being the first big redesign of the truck in a decade. When I spoke to customer service at Nissan USA, they explained that the dealer may have assumed the keys with microchips, alarms, and remotes were extras because they were not standard in some of the similar 2004 models. The sales manager and F&I guys only had the 2004 literature showing alarms being options. There insistence on the alarm being an option that my truck did not have (despite the sticker stating otherwise) was what pushed me over the edge. So, I figured a demonstration of the nonexistent alarm was in order. Jason
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Replying to: jasongauthier (Mar 04, 2008 4:31 pm) Right. And, of course, if Jips wants the control buttons that will be $125 extra.  tidester, host SUVs and Smart Shopper |
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Replying to: madmanmoo (Mar 04, 2008 6:46 am) A little bit of hazing comes with the territory. Sounds like you're doing (at least) okay & that you've fit right in at your new store. You'll get to do the same to the next newbie. Enjoy! 
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Replying to: cdnpinhead (Mar 04, 2008 5:51 pm) You stick around, so you can abuse the incoming freshmen, the way you were abused.... 
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Replying to: isellhondas (Mar 04, 2008 11:50 am) Indeed I do remember. Exactly as you described above. As these were my formative driving years, I learned to drive "as if there was an egg under your right foot." Still do, take pride in getting max mpg while still having fun behind the wheel. One of the reasons I chose my TL over a G35 back in '05, TL better mpg. And prettier, quieter and smoother... YMMV
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Replying to: kyfdx (Mar 04, 2008 8:05 pm) The first time I read your post, I thought you wrote geek, and agreed. Re-reading, more carefully. . . I was/am a Gamma Delta Iota. |
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Replying to: laurasdada (Mar 04, 2008 8:09 pm) But what really reminded me of the gas crisis of '73 was the movies Amercian Graffiti and The Exorcist. I do remember that ethyl was $.38 a gallon in '72 and $5 to fill a '64 Galaxie 500 XL with the 390 V8 Carter 4BBL.
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the '73 ('74?) one, then another around '78, just before I got my first car.
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Replying to: stickguy (Mar 04, 2008 8:38 pm)
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Replying to: obyone (Mar 04, 2008 8:36 pm) The locks on on our city vehicle gas pumps were broken one night and a nice quantity of gas was stolen, that made us look pretty bad I guess. I still shake my head at some of the extreme actions of some people, the me first crowd.
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