jc74 wrote:insanojackson wrote:
i did similar at the weekend, on a 1.4 tsi in rising blue with leather (which i wanted) and nav (which is not worth 100 quid to me let alone 1200) however after a bit of haggling i effectively got the nav for nothing.also got a bit more off. I was happy with the deal really as i didnt expect to get very much off at all given that the car i wanted seems to be in short supply and demand is high.
I'm starting to be suspicious just how high this 'demand' actually is. The dealer said they couldn't get models with a sunroof, since they were in such high demand, and yet the only car they could get me my spec was with a sunroof! I was told originally they weren't big discounts to be had since there was huge demand, and yet they caved in as soon as I bounced some figures around...
Then another dealer I looked at a month ago who said they were shifting the Scirocco quicker than they could get them, yet they had one in their showroom and 3 for sale out on their forecourt!
Also, I've yet to actually see any on the road!
Nevertheless, works out well for keen buyers!
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I do not believe salesmen one bit. I only belive there was one car in stock as i watched him go through the computer and thats what it was saying. I also saw the same car on its own on 2 different dealers screens.
On walking in the dealers one older salesman said "were all busy all ten of us, you will have to have a coffee and wait your turn. we have sold more cars this month than ever etc" I said "its a recession though isnt it?" he replied " we have never been so busy" (i immediately thought he was talking crap)
My dad after about 10 minutes asked the receptionist how long it would be to see a salesman, she replied "I will get you one" then straight away a different salesman comes over.
I have a bit crack with him and tell him i want the best deal straight away, i dont do the usual sales rubbish etc etc he then says "Look I need to sell another 10 cars this month, we are under target so we might do a deal" We have a bit crack , i tell him to forget about gap insurance, paint protection, fianance etc etc as i am not interested. He gets to the point and I buy from him there and then for £350 less than the dealer 15 miles away quoted an hour earlier. To be honest i bought from him because as i aksed he was honest and too the point with no sales patter. Thats what i want when i buy a car!
So what about the older bloke who told me the porkies? I recon he had a few reasons for doing so.
1) to make me wait til he was free so he had the chance of a comission.
2) to make me think they werent desperate to sell cars so that i wouldnt haggle as hard
3) to extract as much of my hard earned from me as possible.
In the end what did his lies achieve?? I bought a car for over 20k within 10 mins of going in the dealers from someone else and he lost out on a sale and some comission.
oh and as for the young salesman i spoke to in the first dealer i visited (newcastle), His deal got beated by £350 without any problem. so buy telling me your deal was the best you could possibly do, you also lost a sale and a comission. I told you i wouldnt come back and ask a second time!
HONESTY IS ALWAYS THE BEST POLICY.
