02GF74
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 posted on 22/11/09 at 04:53 PM |
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got the hump now
why are the younger generation so rude?
went to see and drove the 911 today, hmmmm...... and once done, the heavens opened up.
I had arranged to see boxster and had called the geeza in the morning to say I'd be there between 11:30 and 12:00.
No. 1 rule is "never buy a car in the wet" and didn't fancy the M25 in torrential conditions so rang at 11:15 to say I won't
be visiting. did not go down well and he went off on one saying he had wasted whole day polishing it. Hey, did I ask him to do that? (regretfully I
didn't say that at the time - csught me by surprise).
Anyways, got the hump with yo Essex yoof wideboy . Yoofboy is gotta learn that manners do not cost anything - I could not have even bothered to let
him no since there is no obligtion other then politeness - especially if someone is wafting fifteen big ones in front of his nose.
Anyways, there is plenty more boxsters in the sea, not literally ofcourse since most of it is taken up by pintos.
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 04:59 PM |
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I'd agree that you're right to leave it. If his car ownership is anything like his attitude then you might have had a lemon. Loser!
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big_wasa
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 05:03 PM |
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I bought a car today and it started to pee down on the test drive.
And all the way home 
He was 30 and a very nice bloke.
[Edited on 22/11/09 by big_wasa]
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 05:05 PM |
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You dont want a boxter anyway. They are just a half hearted 911
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tegwin
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 05:09 PM |
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Looking from the other side of the fence..
I had a chap arange to come and look at my kit car yesterday morning....
In the end he was nearly 45 mins late because he had to keep phoning me to ask for directions....
Seriously... if you have an appointment to be somewhere at a specific time, take a few moments to go on multimap... print off a fecking map of the
place you are going to... and turn up on time(ish)....
Seemed like a nice enough chap when he did turn up mind...which is always nice!
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gazza285
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 05:24 PM |
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Could be worse, once drove 50 mile to look at a van which had been sold three days previously.
DO NOT PUT ON KNOB OR BOLLOCKS!
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flak monkey
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 05:36 PM |
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Dunno, having sold a few cars and have been messed around something silly with the last 2 with people not showing up or calling late to let me know
they arent coming.
It is very frustrating as most people will make sure the car is washed and clean before a potential buyer visits.
Sorry but I have to side with the seller on this occasion. The forecast was heavy rain today, you could have called last night to say that if it was
raining you wouldnt be viewing the car?
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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austin man
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 05:46 PM |
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at the end of the day whichever way you want to dress it up the buyer is more important than the seller. Rule 1 the customer is always right call him
what you want when hes gone.
Rule 2 if you dont get the punter to come back on a dry day sale lost .
As a matter of courtesy the seller could have mentioned that the car was loking at its best at this poin as he had given it a polish which he may
struggle to to if the cusomer where to come back.
Politeness costs nothing and hopefully he will lose a sale and learn a lesson from it.
Todays yoof's tend to shown no politeness at all, in the rare instances they do we mature people are often shocked
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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02GF74
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 05:47 PM |
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Interesting, must be generation gap as he probably was your age.
I had no idea it was going to rain and didn't check.
But regardless, IMO that is no excuse for being rude.
Never forget, the buyer is always right.
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A1
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 05:48 PM |
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yea, but then it just means you dont have to wash and polish it again. besides, anyone with any sense will see through the clean paintwork if the cars
crap...
plus, theres no need to be rude, especially if somebody is decent enough to phone and let you know they wont be coming...
my 25ps worth
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mookaloid
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 05:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
Never forget, the buyer is always right.
Absolutely not - Buyers use this to to try and bully the salesperson/shop/organisation. Mostly the buyer is wrong and think that the seller is either
an idiot or very rude - in my experience it is the opposite.
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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Hellfire
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 05:59 PM |
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Sounds like the seller has a bad attitude. At least you had the courtesy to call and let him know you wouldn't be viewing. I'm sure if
he'd processed that information differently, you may have gone on a dry day to view it and potentially bought it. His loss not yours.
Phil
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 06:28 PM |
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He obviously had the wrong thing to say to you personally on the phone, and you didn't have to telephone (but not doing so would have been much
more rude).
The only thing I would say is - he may have been fobbed off by a dozen more people before you, so perhaps just lost his rag with you. Of course that
may not ohave been the case, but I'd rather give someone the benefit of doubt!???!
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JoelP
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 06:59 PM |
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i dont wash my cars when i own them, im certainly not going to wash it when i sell it!
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mr henderson
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 07:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
Never forget, the buyer is always right.
Absolutely not - Buyers use this to to try and bully the salesperson/shop/organisation. Mostly the buyer is wrong and think that the seller is either
an idiot or very rude - in my experience it is the opposite.
"The buyer is always right" is an expression which isn't meant to be taken literally, it's for the guidance of sales people
and describes an ethos which is benficial to those who wish to sell things.
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MK9R
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 07:16 PM |
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get a proper porker 964 or if budget can stretch a 993!!
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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MK9R
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 07:18 PM |
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or blow the budget and get this, i nearly blew my load
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=773316&hw=LuckyP&nmt=This%20was%20quite%20fun...
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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RAYLEE29
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 07:48 PM |
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The buyer/customer is not always right
the seller/ retailer is not always right
if you dont get on before the sale dont go ahead as if you find a prob afterwards your not gonna get on about that either.
and finally there is always another car and prob better one around the corner
Ray
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GreigM
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 08:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
You dont want a boxter anyway. They are just a half hearted 911
Having owned both - in my opinion the boxster is a far superior drive.
As for the original problem - if the seller puts a lot of effort into prep on the car for the viewer to pull out with just minutes to spare, I can see
why from his perspective this could wee him off. Agree he didn't handle it at all well though.
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iscmatt
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| posted on 22/11/09 at 10:29 PM |
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always got to have a dig at the Pintos eh!!??
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02GF74
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 10:07 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by GreigM
quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
You dont want a boxter anyway. They are just a half hearted 911
Having owned both - in my opinion the boxster is a far superior drive.
As for the original problem - if the seller puts a lot of effort into prep on the car for the viewer to pull out with just minutes to spare, I can see
why from his perspective this could wee him off. Agree he didn't handle it at all well though.
^^^ boxster apparently is the best handling Porsche ever, just happens to have an image problem, not helped by Mr C off Top Gear.
... but back to the incident. I didn't ask for any special prep - he did this on his own accord - and if he had been messed about by other
prospective viewers, then that is none of my concern.
I still stand by the fact the buyers is always right since he can take his money elsewhere, it is rare that there is an item that cannot be gotten
elsewhere.
Yes, maybe I cut off my own nose to spite my face as it were but in the end, this purchase is not essential. Maybe wait until after Christmas or New
Year when cars reg. get one year older maybe time to look again.
In the meantime, I am quite happy for the cash to be generating interest, albeit pitiful, whilst I ponder.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 10:20 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
In the meantime, I am quite happy for the cash to be generating interest, albeit pitiful, whilst I ponder.
I think this post tends to suggest you are far from happy...
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mr henderson
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 10:36 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
... but back to the incident. I didn't ask for any special prep - he did this on his own accord - and if he had been messed about by other
prospective viewers, then that is none of my concern.
I still stand by the fact the buyers is always right since he can take his money elsewhere, it is rare that there is an item that cannot be gotten
elsewhere.
This is all extremely true stuff. There may be times where what one is selling is rare, sought after and valuable, such as a Van Gogh painting. When
it's just a car, though, a seller needs to make more effort, there's plenty of other cars for sale.
Amongst the mistakes this seller made was to fail to build a relationship with his potential buyer. A better reaction to he phone call would have
been something along the lines of-
"sorry to hear that, and I've really got it looking at its best, too, are you sure you can't come? How about later? Or tomorrow
evening, I can be here by 6.30?" By so doing he could have turned the situation around to one where the buyer felt mildly obligated to re-set
the appointment, and might well still buy the car.
What the seller did was to assume that there was no chance of making this sale, and to sound off to the person who had made the effort to let him know
he couldn't make the appointment, thus turning a possible 'no sale' into a definite one.
General rule of business is that there are more people with things to sell than there are people with money to buy- this idea is simply expressed in
the old fashioned saying- the buyer is always right.
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MK9R
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| posted on 23/11/09 at 11:00 AM |
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YHU2U
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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