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- From: puttk@b11.b11.ingr.com (Ken Putt)
- Subject: Car Shoppers Beware!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.052240.20776@b11.b11.ingr.com>
- Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 05:22:40 GMT
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- My wife and I had an interesting day of car shopping today,
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- Think twice before "You come and see us!" If you are looking for a
- salesman who can honestly work with you, this is not the place to go.The
- salesman we spoke to at Performance Toyota wasn't "allowed" to "quote"
- any prices on anything. He said he didn't know and couldn't quote the
- pricing on any option's, said that he could find out for us only after
- we told him that we would require that information but then made no
- effort to follow through. It seems that the salesman there are not
- allowed to negotiate terms of pricing.The managers even took calculators
- away from salesmen to aid in that effort. When asked to see the invoice
- on the car we chose the salesman actually laughed at us and said that
- his boss would not allow it and that we were the first to ever ask for
- it.Finaly the manager came down to speak to us and said that he didn't
- think 800.00 over the invoice was unfair to either himself or to us and
- quoted a figure to us but still the invoice was never presented.
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- A note for the ladies: During the several hours that we were there the
- salesman never acknowledged my wifes presence or significance in the
- negotiations. During all the "Let me check with my manager" phone calls
- the salesman only mentioned he had Mr. Putt in front of him looking at
- buying a car and in fact never asked my wifes name. Over the several
- hours that we were there my wife asked numerous questions that the
- salesman would only reply to when re-asked by myself.
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- Needless to say we tired of the whole routine they have and decided to
- seek a car elsewhere. I would appreciate any reccomdation of good
- service from other surronding Toyota dealerships in my quest for truth
- and justice for all.
-
- Ken
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- Ken
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