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« on: 05 January 2018, 22:42:36 »

I was in the Merc dealer yesterday to find out about the new E class petrol hybrid, and asked the receptionist for a sales rep. "In connection with?" She asked down her nose, (I was in scruff order). "Take a wild guess" says I. Blank look ensued. " Why do people come into a car dealer and ask for sales?" Nope, penny didn't drop. Departure in despair. I doubt she will last long.
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« Reply #1 on: 05 January 2018, 23:01:03 »

Go back tomorrow in monkey suit and bow tie - see if her attitude changes!  :P

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« Reply #2 on: 05 January 2018, 23:26:50 »

Hoity Toity bitch. who said the class system is dead ;D
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« Reply #3 on: 06 January 2018, 00:32:02 »

You clearly don't look old enough to be considering Merc ownership yet, Shackeng. ;)
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« Reply #4 on: 06 January 2018, 00:44:36 »

Go back tomorrow in birthday suit and bow tie - see if her attitude changes!  :P

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« Reply #5 on: 06 January 2018, 01:26:18 »

You clearly don't look old enough to be considering Merc ownership yet, Shackeng. ;)

Or look like a black drug dealer?  :-X

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« Reply #6 on: 06 January 2018, 09:47:58 »

I had the same at HSBC, had to go in to prove my income for a current account (the £250 incentive seemed worth filling in a form for). Went in dressed in DIY attire, some sniffy little man in a suit was very snooty with me until he looked at my payslip.

“Is this your payslip?”
“It’s got my name on it hasn’t it?”
“And this is the amount for one month?”
“No, it’s the amount I get every month”
*cue broad beaming smile*
“Mr Marriott, please do step this way”
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« Reply #7 on: 06 January 2018, 10:34:47 »

£250 or not, I would have turned around and walked out...
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« Reply #8 on: 06 January 2018, 10:47:07 »

I must appear more wealthy than the Signum owning pauper I really am.

Test drives in a C63.....BMW M4.....and a brace of SC 5.0 F-Types (RWD and AWD)  came without even requiring the salesman to sit in the passenger seat. Just a pair of trade plates and off I went.

The Jags had more soul. The M4 lacked any real go. A white C-class looks like it should be parked outside a German airport with a sign on its roof.



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« Reply #9 on: 06 January 2018, 10:55:17 »

You clearly don't look old enough to be considering Merc ownership yet, Shackeng. ;)
I suspect being dressed in mufty rather than an office tosser's suit, Shack looked far to intelligent to buy a modern Merc ;D
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« Reply #10 on: 06 January 2018, 12:10:58 »

As a young trainee salesperson on a static caravan park, I once gave a rough looking family who turned up in a rusty Transit short shrift as I considered them a waste of time when they wanted to look at the most expensive £35K models on the premium pitches.  ::)

My manager gave me a massive bollocking and went out into the car park to talk to them before they left.  He brought them back in and then went on to sell them the most expensive van on the best site on the park.  ::)  To further humiliate me, he made me sit in on the proceedings and taught me a very valuable lesson which I have never forgotten!  :-[  ::)

He collected a nice wad of commission that day, that should have been mine, and after that some of my best sales came from those who looked like they were on the bones of their arse!  :y  Those who turned up in a flash car, wearing designer clothes and talking the talk, were often the waste of time, as they usually wanted to buy on finance which was invariably declined!  ;)
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« Reply #11 on: 06 January 2018, 13:53:49 »

A very true saying " Never judge a book by its cover"
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« Reply #12 on: 08 January 2018, 23:14:43 »

I had a similar experience with our local Aston Martin dealer, let me look round the cars but wouldn’t give me any information on the rapide as the salesman was busy and I’d have to make an appointment. for a broacher???????
By contrast the local Maserati dealers welcomed me asking what I was after and the receptionist, yes receptionist gave me a very detailed over view of the range and in-depth spec of the car I’m interested in!
For that alone they’ve got my business come bonus time😊
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« Reply #13 on: 09 January 2018, 10:25:07 »

But nobody in their right mind would buy a modern day Miserati!
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« Reply #14 on: 09 January 2018, 11:12:39 »

I would, but then I don't claim to be in my right mind.  :)
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« Reply #16 on: 09 January 2018, 11:20:41 »

Some years ago we had a very modest house. but no mortgage. A good business deal meant we were in a position to move quite a bit upmarket. We spotted a couple of properties in an area we liked both with the same estate agent. He wouldn't let me view them. Discouraged me on every house I asked about. Didn't want my contact details. He couldn't take on board the price range jump.

I bought the house I wanted via a different agent, and 18 years later refused to consider using the same agent when I sold. Never pre-judge people. I now have a small business, and I'm always surprised at who spends the most.

 
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« Reply #17 on: 09 January 2018, 11:53:02 »

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/maserati/quattroporte/first-drives/2016-maserati-quattroporte-gts-review

The Quattroporte GTS on Top Gear did sound rather nice.  8)
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« Reply #18 on: 09 January 2018, 11:56:07 »

Some years ago we had a very modest house. but no mortgage. A good business deal meant we were in a position to move quite a bit upmarket. We spotted a couple of properties in an area we liked both with the same estate agent. He wouldn't let me view them. Discouraged me on every house I asked about. Didn't want my contact details. He couldn't take on board the price range jump.

I bought the house I wanted via a different agent, and 18 years later refused to consider using the same agent when I sold. Never pre-judge people. I now have a small business, and I'm always surprised at who spends the most.

 
There’s nothing I like better than putting on my thickest Scouse accent when ringing anyone in authority, they can’t wait to put the phone down, I can tell. But I won’t let them.  :)
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« Reply #19 on: 09 January 2018, 11:59:03 »

One of the wealthiest men I've ever known used to always dress like he'd just been digging the garden. He ran his own successful business & drove a Rolls Royce.
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« Reply #20 on: 09 January 2018, 12:16:37 »

I would, but then I don't claim to be in my right mind.  :)

As would I......although like Mr Bitz I'm not of sound mind. :) :)

The Italian do passion.....the Germans do pragmatism. :y
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« Reply #21 on: 09 January 2018, 12:17:46 »

I would, but then I don't claim to be in my right mind.  :)

As would I......although like Mr Bitz I'm not of sound mind. :) :)

The Italians do passion.....the Germans do pragmatism. :y
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« Reply #22 on: 09 January 2018, 12:21:46 »

I would, but then I don't claim to be in my right mind.  :)

As would I......although like Mr Bitz I'm not of sound mind. :) :)

The Italian do passion.....the Germans do pragmatism. :y

Me too,in a heartbeat if I had the funds :y
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« Reply #23 on: 09 January 2018, 12:24:03 »

I would, but then I don't claim to be in my right mind.  :)

As would I......although like Mr Bitz I'm not of sound mind. :) :)

The Italian do passion.....the Germans do pragmatism. :y

Me too,in a heartbeat if I had the funds :y

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« Reply #24 on: 09 January 2018, 12:28:06 »

Some years ago we had a very modest house. but no mortgage. A good business deal meant we were in a position to move quite a bit upmarket. We spotted a couple of properties in an area we liked both with the same estate agent. He wouldn't let me view them. Discouraged me on every house I asked about. Didn't want my contact details. He couldn't take on board the price range jump.

I bought the house I wanted via a different agent, and 18 years later refused to consider using the same agent when I sold. Never pre-judge people. I now have a small business, and I'm always surprised at who spends the most.

 
There’s nothing I like better than putting on my thickest Scouse accent when ringing anyone in authority, they can’t wait to put the phone down, I can tell. But I won’t let them.  :)


Oh . . . . is there such a thing as a "thin" Scouse accent then ?    ;D

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« Reply #25 on: 09 January 2018, 12:46:05 »

Some years ago we had a very modest house. but no mortgage. A good business deal meant we were in a position to move quite a bit upmarket. We spotted a couple of properties in an area we liked both with the same estate agent. He wouldn't let me view them. Discouraged me on every house I asked about. Didn't want my contact details. He couldn't take on board the price range jump.

I bought the house I wanted via a different agent, and 18 years later refused to consider using the same agent when I sold. Never pre-judge people. I now have a small business, and I'm always surprised at who spends the most.

 
There’s nothing I like better than putting on my thickest Scouse accent when ringing anyone in authority, they can’t wait to put the phone down, I can tell. But I won’t let them.  :)


Oh . . . . is there such a thing as a "thin" Scouse accent then ?    ;D
There certainly is...Scouse lite, where the recipient doesn’t get soaked with spit.  ;D
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« Reply #26 on: 09 January 2018, 13:38:08 »

One of the wealthiest men I've ever known used to always dress like he'd just been digging the garden. He ran his own successful business & drove a Rolls Royce.

I know a fella who is in his late 50's, about 20 stone, looks as though he buys his clothes from charity shops, could do with a good scrub etc, and goes round in a rusty Citreon Berlingo van.  ::)

I know that he owns and rents out about 50 odd houses!  :y
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« Reply #27 on: 09 January 2018, 14:14:43 »

One of the wealthiest men I've ever known used to always dress like he'd just been digging the garden. He ran his own successful business & drove a Rolls Royce.

I know a fella who is in his late 50's, about 20 stone, looks as though he buys his clothes from charity shops, could do with a good scrub etc, and goes round in a rusty Citreon Berlingo van.  ::)

I know that he owns and rents out about 50 odd houses!  :y

There's a saying, something along the lines of  . . . .

"Rich people stay rich by spending like they're poor

Poor people stay poor by spending like they're rich"



I can personally think of two people in the past, flash cars, big houses, bimbo wives (also with flash cars) etc. Both went bust, one actually did a runner owing lots of cash.

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« Reply #28 on: 09 January 2018, 15:08:55 »

One of the wealthiest men I've ever known used to always dress like he'd just been digging the garden. He ran his own successful business & drove a Rolls Royce.

I know a fella who is in his late 50's, about 20 stone, looks as though he buys his clothes from charity shops, could do with a good scrub etc, and goes round in a rusty Citreon Berlingo van.  ::)

I know that he owns and rents out about 50 odd houses!  :y

There's a saying, something along the lines of  . . . .

"Rich people stay rich by spending like they're poor

Poor people stay poor by spending like they're rich"



I can personally think of two people in the past, flash cars, big houses, bimbo wives (also with flash cars) etc. Both went bust, one actually did a runner owing lots of cash.
Alot to be said for paying upfront... ;)
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« Reply #29 on: 09 January 2018, 16:18:18 »

I used to have a mate who was in the scrap metal business who loved people judging him by his scruffy appearance, always paid for everything in cash , was with him in 1975 when he bought a new XJ6 for himself and a Rover 2200 for his missus , the salesman's face was a picture!
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« Reply #30 on: 09 January 2018, 16:26:52 »

Some years ago we had a very modest house. but no mortgage. A good business deal meant we were in a position to move quite a bit upmarket. We spotted a couple of properties in an area we liked both with the same estate agent. He wouldn't let me view them. Discouraged me on every house I asked about. Didn't want my contact details. He couldn't take on board the price range jump.

I bought the house I wanted via a different agent, and 18 years later refused to consider using the same agent when I sold. Never pre-judge people. I now have a small business, and I'm always surprised at who spends the most.

 

I had a similar experience in the mid 1980's where my business paid me a good dividend so I had a 30% deposit on a decent detached house as a first time buyer. Of the estate agents that I contacted only two bothered sending me any details and only one really tried to sell me a house which they did in short order and I still happily live here. :y :y :y
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« Reply #31 on: 09 January 2018, 16:38:22 »

Our house is on the market at the moment as we are downsizing , we have been mortgage free for several years so in effect we will be cash buyers estate agents are still trying to tempt us with low cost mortgages, they can't seem to grasp the fact we don't need one, so no commission on selling us one.
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« Reply #32 on: 09 January 2018, 17:20:30 »

Some years ago we had a very modest house. but no mortgage. A good business deal meant we were in a position to move quite a bit upmarket. We spotted a couple of properties in an area we liked both with the same estate agent. He wouldn't let me view them. Discouraged me on every house I asked about. Didn't want my contact details. He couldn't take on board the price range jump.

I bought the house I wanted via a different agent, and 18 years later refused to consider using the same agent when I sold. Never pre-judge people. I now have a small business, and I'm always surprised at who spends the most.

 

I had a similar experience in the mid 1980's where my business paid me a good dividend so I had a 30% deposit on a decent detached house as a first time buyer. Of the estate agents that I contacted only two bothered sending me any details and only one really tried to sell me a house which they did in short order and I still happily live here. :y :y :y

As a first time buyer, around 1988, there was a housing boom which encouraged the average estate agent to employ a 'f*ck you' attitude. They could sell every house they had, often at more than asking price. Nasty little turds the lot of them.

By 1990 the bubble had burst and they were constantly calling me to see if they 'could be of assistance'.

TB will need to add estate agents to his cull list. The world won't miss them.

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« Reply #33 on: 10 January 2018, 17:08:46 »

As I was passing I popped into the local Land Rover dealership to have a quick looky see at the new Discovery 5.  8)  It's a beast and I was surprised to find that it's bigger than a full fat Rangie!  :o  The 4 pot 2 litre dumper truck engine produces a similar power to the D4's 3 litre TDV6, but most importantly these days with lower emissions!  :y  It makes my D3 look very old fashioned, but I wouldn't want to park it in my local Tescos, so I'd have to pop into the Mini dealership for a Tesco's car with the change from the D5 on the way home!  :)

The salesmen and receptionists were all very friendly, answered my questions and let me wander around and get in and poke around all the models in the showroom.  When I explained that I was just browsing they took me at my word that I didn't have £70,000 burning a hole in my pocket and pretty much left me alone, especially when I told one guy that I have a D3!  ;D 

Compare that to a Chevy dealership I visited in Houston a few years ago, hoping to blag a test drive in a Chevy Silverado.  :)  Despite me explaining that I was on holiday and just having a look, the sales guy wouldn't let me go and clearly didn't believe me!  All buyers are liars as the old saying goes!  ;)  Didn't get my test drive though...  :(
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« Reply #34 on: 10 January 2018, 17:12:42 »

As I was passing I popped into the local Land Rover dealership to have a quick looky see at the new Discovery 5.  8)  It's a beast and I was surprised to find that it's bigger than a full fat Rangie!  :o  The 4 pot 2 litre dumper truck engine produces a similar power to the D4's 3 litre TDV6, but most importantly these days with lower emissions!  :y  It makes my D3 look very old fashioned, but I wouldn't want to park it in my local Tescos, so I'd have to pop into the Mini dealership for a Tesco's car with the change from the D5 on the way home!  :)

The salesmen and receptionists were all very friendly, answered my questions and let me wander around and get in and poke  all the models in the showroom.  When I explained that I was just browsing they took me at my word that I didn't have £70,000 burning a hole in my pocket and pretty much left me alone, especially when I told one guy that I have a D3!  ;D 

Compare that to a Chevy dealership I visited in Houston a few years ago, hoping to blag a test drive in a Chevy Silverado.  :)  Despite me explaining that I was on holiday and just having a look, the sales guy wouldn't let me go and clearly didn't believe me!  All buyers are liars as the old saying goes!  ;)  Didn't get my test drive though...  :(

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That is jolly decent of both the dealership and the girls. :)
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« Reply #35 on: 10 January 2018, 17:16:55 »

As I was passing I popped into the local Land Rover dealership to have a quick looky see at the new Discovery 5.  8)  It's a beast and I was surprised to find that it's bigger than a full fat Rangie!  :o  The 4 pot 2 litre dumper truck engine produces a similar power to the D4's 3 litre TDV6, but most importantly these days with lower emissions!  :y  It makes my D3 look very old fashioned, but I wouldn't want to park it in my local Tescos, so I'd have to pop into the Mini dealership for a Tesco's car with the change from the D5 on the way home!  :)

The salesmen and receptionists were all very friendly, answered my questions and let me wander around and get in and poke  all the models in the showroom.  When I explained that I was just browsing they took me at my word that I didn't have £70,000 burning a hole in my pocket and pretty much left me alone, especially when I told one guy that I have a D3!  ;D 

Compare that to a Chevy dealership I visited in Houston a few years ago, hoping to blag a test drive in a Chevy Silverado.  :)  Despite me explaining that I was on holiday and just having a look, the sales guy wouldn't let me go and clearly didn't believe me!  All buyers are liars as the old saying goes!  ;)  Didn't get my test drive though...  :(

Full sex?

That is jolly decent of both the dealership and the girls. :)

There may have been a couple in there that were employed for their appearance rather than anything else....  ;)

I doubt they's want to mess up the Alpaca leather upholstery though.  :D
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« Reply #36 on: 10 January 2018, 17:55:26 »

As I was passing I popped into the local Land Rover dealership to have a quick looky see at the new Discovery 5.  8)  It's a beast and I was surprised to find that it's bigger than a full fat Rangie!  :o  The 4 pot 2 litre dumper truck engine produces a similar power to the D4's 3 litre TDV6, but most importantly these days with lower emissions!  :y  It makes my D3 look very old fashioned, but I wouldn't want to park it in my local Tescos, so I'd have to pop into the Mini dealership for a Tesco's car with the change from the D5 on the way home!  :)

The salesmen and receptionists were all very friendly, answered my questions and let me wander around and get in and poke  all the models in the showroom.  When I explained that I was just browsing they took me at my word that I didn't have £70,000 burning a hole in my pocket and pretty much left me alone, especially when I told one guy that I have a D3!  ;D 

Compare that to a Chevy dealership I visited in Houston a few years ago, hoping to blag a test drive in a Chevy Silverado.  :)  Despite me explaining that I was on holiday and just having a look, the sales guy wouldn't let me go and clearly didn't believe me!  All buyers are liars as the old saying goes!  ;)  Didn't get my test drive though...  :(

Full sex?

That is jolly decent of both the dealership and the girls. :)

This is the sort of thing you have to cope with when you pull up in a Marina TCoupe, clearly. ;D
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Re: Car sales.... Not
« Reply #37 on: 10 January 2018, 18:49:59 »

As I was passing I popped into the local Land Rover dealership to have a quick looky see at the new Discovery 5.  8)  It's a beast and I was surprised to find that it's bigger than a full fat Rangie!  :o  The 4 pot 2 litre dumper truck engine produces a similar power to the D4's 3 litre TDV6, but most importantly these days with lower emissions!  :y  It makes my D3 look very old fashioned, but I wouldn't want to park it in my local Tescos, so I'd have to pop into the Mini dealership for a Tesco's car with the change from the D5 on the way home!  :)

The salesmen and receptionists were all very friendly, answered my questions and let me wander around and get in and poke  all the models in the showroom.  When I explained that I was just browsing they took me at my word that I didn't have £70,000 burning a hole in my pocket and pretty much left me alone, especially when I told one guy that I have a D3!  ;D 

Compare that to a Chevy dealership I visited in Houston a few years ago, hoping to blag a test drive in a Chevy Silverado.  :)  Despite me explaining that I was on holiday and just having a look, the sales guy wouldn't let me go and clearly didn't believe me!  All buyers are liars as the old saying goes!  ;)  Didn't get my test drive though...  :(

Full sex?

That is jolly decent of both the dealership and the girls. :)

This is the sort of thing you have to cope with when you pull up in a Marina TCoupe, clearly. ;D

Yes it's tough, but a cross I have to bear!  :y  ;D
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