Just had a phone call from the in-laws who are out trying to get a new car sorted today.
I'd previously taken my father-in-law around all the local garages over the last couple of weekends, and he finally found a 55 plate Corolla
p) he really liked at £7.5k.
Anyway, they went back to the dealership today to talk money, and from what I can gather the conversation went something along the lines of:
Mother-in-law: "We like that car but don't wanna spend that much, how about £xxxx" (don't know how much they offered).
Salesman: "I'll go have a word with the sales manager!" (predictably)
Salesman on return: "Actually we had the price wrong on that car, it should be £8.5k, but we'll sell to you at £7.5k as a sign of good faith"
Utter ********! What so it's been on the forecourt for at least a week with the price wrong by £1000? Yeah right! They've just seen an older couple
looking for a car, seen ££ signs, and tried to pull a fast one.
I'm really glad they phoned me, I'm pretty sure they would have gone with it had I not exploded on the phone. I told them to walk away, got a funny feeling the salesman might suddenly be able to do something with the price.
I'd previously taken my father-in-law around all the local garages over the last couple of weekends, and he finally found a 55 plate Corolla
p) he really liked at £7.5k.Anyway, they went back to the dealership today to talk money, and from what I can gather the conversation went something along the lines of:
Mother-in-law: "We like that car but don't wanna spend that much, how about £xxxx" (don't know how much they offered).
Salesman: "I'll go have a word with the sales manager!" (predictably)
Salesman on return: "Actually we had the price wrong on that car, it should be £8.5k, but we'll sell to you at £7.5k as a sign of good faith"
Utter ********! What so it's been on the forecourt for at least a week with the price wrong by £1000? Yeah right! They've just seen an older couple
looking for a car, seen ££ signs, and tried to pull a fast one.
I'm really glad they phoned me, I'm pretty sure they would have gone with it had I not exploded on the phone. I told them to walk away, got a funny feeling the salesman might suddenly be able to do something with the price.
