A Bunch Of Merged "My New Car / Order" Threads

[wdong]

First car? Dude, way to kick it off!

I'm 23 and my first car was one of these, so awful that Ford didn't bother wasting colour film on press photos:


Whatcha going to buy for your second car... GTR? GT3?

Awesome thread by the way.

sry, first new car

[wdong]

Spoken to Alex Lamb, i am not so sure about whether South Yarra will give a good deal, i am currently dealing with Burwin.. we'll see how it goes. looking to put a deposit down in February 2010

i rec go south yarra, as both of us can sticky together for the delivery date, i told his manager about your interest, and he agree do the same deal as me.

[GtiKing]

i rec go south yarra, as both of us can sticky together for the delivery date, i told his manager about your interest, and he agree do the same deal as me.

yeah completely agree south yarra has a lot better customer service and at the end of the day i know Alex gave me a great price and i feel a lot more comfortable knowing that if something goes wrong with my car/order that they will actually care and that's priceless... if only everyone had the benefit of a little foresight

[wdong]

yeah completely agree south yarra has a lot better customer service and at the end of the day i know Alex gave me a great price and i feel a lot more comfortable knowing that if something goes wrong with my car/order that they will actually care and that's priceless... if only everyone had the benefit of a little foresight

only thing i am worrying about is, whether they can keep their promise to delivery my car on time.

[noowve]

i rec go south yarra, as both of us can sticky together for the delivery date, i told his manager about your interest, and he agree do the same deal as me.

The price that you've got Dong is without leather seat, i've actually overlooked your price spec and thought that you have leather trim in your car, when i spoke to Alex, that's what he told me and i was like yeah i did over look it.

So as soon as i told him i needed leather trim and the rest is all the same, the price he has given is the same as burwin. so no difference, i prefer dealing with Burwin.

[wdong]

The price that you've got Dong is without leather seat, i've actually overlooked your price spec and thought that you have leather trim in your car, when i spoke to Alex, that's what he told me and i was like yeah i did over look it.

So as soon as i told him i needed leather trim and the rest is all the same, the price he has given is the same as burwin. so no difference, i prefer dealing with Burwin.

show your burwin price to him

[Corey_R]

show your burwin price to him

Nah you see, those are the bull**** negotiation tactics that people don't like! I mean great, you show Alex your Burwin price and IF he came down even more, what's making you loyal to him? What's stopping you from going back to Burwin and screwing over both Alex AND Burwin by asking them to negotiate further? It's bad negotiation practise imo.

There is nothing wrong with saying 'I've had better elsewhere, can you do any better'. But if they say no, or if you don't really have better elsewhere and they call your bluff, then that's it. There's no need to show other dealers quotes.

[Nath]

I agree and for me I find a dealer I like to deal with do my research and then just deal with them, none of this running around crap.

It's also the reason why dealers are either reluctant or will not put your 'quote' in writing until you are ready to go ahead.

I think its more important to have a good relationship with the dealership than to save an extra few hundred, better for future purchases etc etc.

[wdong]

Nah you see, those are the bull**** negotiation....

There is nothing wrong with saying 'I've had better elsewhere, can you do any better'. But if they say no, or if you don't really have better elsewhere and they call your bluff, then that's it. There's no need to show other dealers quotes.

i will never do that, even south yarra could not beat the price, i will still go with them, watch my price, glen offer me 48500, what did i paid in south yarra, 48750, you have to compare with different dealers, like i had a quote from a dealer in Brisbane, they quote me 57k, and told me hard to get down... i go to south yarra just because glen's manager 'threaten' me with that deal, i have to wait my car until August! that's why i went for another dealer, and get deal done, i did not go back to ask more in glen, that's not the way i am doing business. certainly i like to build up a relationship with dealer. the time i spent on that deal was just 5 hours, i dont want to waste anyone's time but just see who wants to make the deal done most and respected me as a customer. i own my cake/coffee shop, and i told my staff the most important thing is customer service, i show my respect to them and expect others show to me as well, but from the beginning of the neg. in glen, i could not feel any of this from them, they dont mind to lose a sale, ok, fair enough, i go somewhere else!
by the way, as long as you are feeling good about the deal, then deal!
but for me to do everything, my purpose is, finish my task done with the best result and the least time spent, effective and efficient! i dont want to play around, just not in tha mood.

[G-rig]

you have to compare with different dealers, like i had a quote from a dealer in Brisbane, they quote me 57k, and told me hard to get down...

That's quite a difference.. Brisbane deals don't seem very good, but then again they would probably just quote RRP over the phone but still dont think it would be easy to get the same discount as with the MK5's (but got mine in 2008, not when they first came out). There just seems to be a no-discount feeling as there are long waits etc.