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that's pretty impressive short sightedness & greed on the dealers part (I know, I know I shouldn't be surprised)
Main Dealer Return Policy?
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that's pretty impressive short sightedness & greed on the dealers part (I know, I know I shouldn't be surprised)
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making all the right life decisions
I can't understand spending £16,250 on something and not being 100% sure that it's exactly what I want. At that price i'd be completely convinced that i'm making the right decision before committing my signature to anything.
Still, I live with a woman so I have experience of the train of thought. Mine also wants a car that is "new" and "pretty".
Still, I live with a woman so I have experience of the train of thought. Mine also wants a car that is "new" and "pretty".
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Just... wow.
Does she not realise that a new 123d would be about 10k more than she actually paid? Surely the fact it's not brand new is negated by that?
Admittedly the lack of iDrive would be a big deal breaker for me.
Does she not realise that a new 123d would be about 10k more than she actually paid? Surely the fact it's not brand new is negated by that?
Admittedly the lack of iDrive would be a big deal breaker for me.
This is a person that bought a used car and wants to return it because it's used, do you think this person is going to employ any sort of logic in this situation?
Sounds awful silly of the dealer though for a used car, I assume she hasn't had long, surely they can do a better deal than making her lose £2k especially as they're a BMW dealer that should care more about brand than perhaps other dealers should.
I wouldn't think it would be unreasonable of them if they were to take it back but essentially charge here a hiring fee for the car for when she had it so maybe £200-300 quid hit, for a week or 2. And I'd probably expect them to make the refund 'credit' to be spent with them so it wouldn't really hurt them.
Instead the clever salespeople seem to think it's a good idea to probably make said person and friends / family not use dealer and so on as it spreads by not doing a change they'd probably still profit from and come off looking good and helpful.
I wouldn't think it would be unreasonable of them if they were to take it back but essentially charge here a hiring fee for the car for when she had it so maybe £200-300 quid hit, for a week or 2. And I'd probably expect them to make the refund 'credit' to be spent with them so it wouldn't really hurt them.
Instead the clever salespeople seem to think it's a good idea to probably make said person and friends / family not use dealer and so on as it spreads by not doing a change they'd probably still profit from and come off looking good and helpful.
Just to bump this.....the car got stolen off her drive last week!! No broken glass or alarms going off makes me think its to do with BMW's massive flaw in the alarm system that has seen newer generation BMW thefts on the rise.
Unsuprisingly she isn't that fussed that its gone.
Unsuprisingly she isn't that fussed that its gone.
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lol as if. Blessing in disguise?
