Landrover Dealership Parts Counter!?!

[dumper]

4 minutes ago, Retired Climber said:

You see my point. Can you honestly imagine someone in a main dealer saying that? 

You obviously don’t frequent landrover dealers had the same experience in Mann Egerton when they were in business.  boss dropped me off to collect Range Rover after first service while he went to dentist for tooth out 

left me in reception for two hours while they tried to contact him to verify I could collect 5his was before mobile phones 

[Mick Dempsey]

My nephew worked for a while as a car salesman selling Hondas in Crawley. 
 

He had to quickly work out if the client was a waste of time or not, his commission depended on him moving units and finance deals, not yakking with dreamers.

 

The worst were South Asians, they’d spend Sundays just making stupid offers on cars, pulling out at the last minute on deals etc.

 

If he saw one strolling into the showroom he’d disappear into the back hoping another salesman would get lumbered.

 

 

[Doug Tait]

My mate sells for Volvo, tends to be in the top 3 UK salesman each year, says much the same as Mick's nephew.

 

His "secret" is recognising the tyre kicker as they come through the door, and getting customers that don't need finance to take it anyway.

 

One of his best stories was one day as a young salesman this guy pulled out the Vet car park opposite onto the forecourt in a wrecked old LR looking like a tramp. The other salesman melted away so he was left to chat. Half hr later the Duke of Roxburgh had his cheque book out to pay. For years after that he'd only deal with my mate, and now his son, the current Duke is the same.

[PeteB]

I used to get my Isuzu serviced at the Subaru dealship. I sat and had laugh with them one day at the folk who wanted to test drive the latest fast car but soonest cold feet when asked to produce their licence and asked how they intended to pay! He would ask if a colleague could do a credit check before they went to the forecourt!  Soon sorted the buyers out!

 

[woody paul]

3 hours ago, Doug Tait said:

My mate sells for Volvo, tends to be in the top 3 UK salesman each year, says much the same as Mick's nephew.

 

His "secret" is recognising the tyre kicker as they come through the door, and getting customers that don't need finance to take it anyway.

 

One of his best stories was one day as a young salesman this guy pulled out the Vet car park opposite onto the forecourt in a wrecked old LR looking like a tramp. The other salesman melted away so he was left to chat. Half hr later the Duke of Roxburgh had his cheque book out to pay. For years after that he'd only deal with my mate, and now his son, the current Duke is the same.

Knew a bricklayer how only ever drove a round in old army Land rover, anyway went into Land rover dealer to buy new landy he got ask how can we help, like that new 110 parked on the front was told they needed to do credit checks and then it would take a couple of days to sort out. 

So he just chuck a bag on the desk and told them to count the cash and he wanted it that afternoon.  He got the landy that afternoon and they delivered it. 

[Mick Dempsey]

16 minutes ago, woody paul said:

Knew a bricklayer how only ever drove a round in old army Land rover, anyway went into Land rover dealer to buy new landy he got ask how can we help, like that new 110 parked on the front was told they needed to do credit checks and then it would take a couple of days to sort out. 

So he just chuck a bag on the desk and told them to count the cash and he wanted it that afternoon.  He got the landy that afternoon and they delivered it. 

They’d have a armed police unit round there in 20 minutes these days.

They’d confiscate the money.

Over here you cannot legally pay more than €1000 in cash for anything.

Anything like that in the UK?

Edited August 14, 2022 by Mick Dempsey

[GarethM]

Well just because your a hairy bum farmer, covered in muck looking like something even a hobo would distance themselves from doesn't mean you don't have a bank account.

 

Think the money laundering limits was at 10k.

[daveatdave]

9 hours ago, woody paul said:

Knew a bricklayer how only ever drove a round in old army Land rover, anyway went into Land rover dealer to buy new landy he got ask how can we help, like that new 110 parked on the front was told they needed to do credit checks and then it would take a couple of days to sort out. 

So he just chuck a bag on the desk and told them to count the cash and he wanted it that afternoon.  He got the landy that afternoon and they delivered it. 

about 40 years ago i new a bloke that bought a big new build house for cash in a carrier bag the boss nearly fell through the floor