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[QUOTE=bahula03,Jan 6 2008, 11:15 PM] I went to look at (mostly gather info on) the 350z, very clearly stated i wasn't interested in buying until probably March, got handed off from a new sales guy to someone that supposedly could talk with in detail about the different trim levels offered and the changes made since the last time I looked a 350 (probably 2004).
So I start talking to this new guy and asking questions...and he starts reading features off of the ****ing window sticker.
So I start talking to this new guy and asking questions...and he starts reading features off of the ****ing window sticker.
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Originally Posted by bahula03,Jan 6 2008, 11:15 PM
I went to look at (mostly gather info on) the 350z, very clearly stated i wasn't interested in buying until probably March, got handed off from a new sales guy to someone that supposedly could talk with in detail about the different trim levels offered and the changes made since the last time I looked a 350 (probably 2004).
So I start talking to this new guy and asking questions...and he starts reading features off of the ****ing window sticker. So he offers a test drive of an enthusiast model (bottom of the line), and I say sure, why not. So we have to get gas, and while we're there he gets coffee and starts selling me on all the cubbies. So we do the test drive (boring, tell nothing about the car kind of drive), get back and he says he'll figure out how much payments etc. are, I say fine- but you know I'm not buying tonight, right? and he says sure.
Where things went from bad to worse- he came back after taking down basic contact info and asks for the keys to my civic...I ask why. He says, "So I can get the VIN and mileage to figure out trade in value." to which say ummm...NO, you can't have my keys. So he says he'll brb and is going to talk to his boss. Comes back and says something along the lines of, "we are prepared to sell you that car for literally a stupid amount of money off." I say sorry, no thanks. Then he got mad at ME, went off on this rant about how none of the incentives would be around in a couple months, why am I waiting to spend more of my money, they probably won't even have a car to sell me, etc.
I say no thanks again, he says fine, scribbles his name on a folded business card and says have a good evening/happy new year, and then I left...without ANY of the information I had come in to get in the first place.
Performance Nissan in Everett, btw.
So I start talking to this new guy and asking questions...and he starts reading features off of the ****ing window sticker. So he offers a test drive of an enthusiast model (bottom of the line), and I say sure, why not. So we have to get gas, and while we're there he gets coffee and starts selling me on all the cubbies. So we do the test drive (boring, tell nothing about the car kind of drive), get back and he says he'll figure out how much payments etc. are, I say fine- but you know I'm not buying tonight, right? and he says sure.
Where things went from bad to worse- he came back after taking down basic contact info and asks for the keys to my civic...I ask why. He says, "So I can get the VIN and mileage to figure out trade in value." to which say ummm...NO, you can't have my keys. So he says he'll brb and is going to talk to his boss. Comes back and says something along the lines of, "we are prepared to sell you that car for literally a stupid amount of money off." I say sorry, no thanks. Then he got mad at ME, went off on this rant about how none of the incentives would be around in a couple months, why am I waiting to spend more of my money, they probably won't even have a car to sell me, etc.
I say no thanks again, he says fine, scribbles his name on a folded business card and says have a good evening/happy new year, and then I left...without ANY of the information I had come in to get in the first place.
Performance Nissan in Everett, btw.
Honestly, that doesn't surprise me. Salesmen as a group, sadly, are some of the least informed people about cars I've ever met. Most of the ones I've dealt with knew little more than what was in the brochure, and some didn't even know that. My mom worked at a Chrysler/Plymouth/Mercury/Lincoln dealer when I was growing up, and I'd hang around the lot some days (the bus wouldn't take me home, but would take me there)... the salesmen would misquote things so often it was comical. Wrong HP numbers, wrong package contents, etc. And almost none of them knew the competitors - "how does this compare to a Honda Accord?" would freeze them up like a deer in the headlights.
Talk to Mitch some time... he's got some great salesmen stories.
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I'm telling Collin you should have given him a fake name and contact information. I tried that at the Nissan dealer here and they've caught on. Now they make a photocopy of your drivers license before they let you test drive anything. 
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I'm thinking you are right. The BMW dealer by my house has a receptionist and you can't even get in the showroom without giving your name and she expects ID verification as well. Guess I won't be buying anything from them.
