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Marty wrote: I walked in to the showroom on Sunday and put a deposit on the boat I looked at in the lot. I told them my wife would be in on Monday to arrange the financing. They called on Tuesday and said it's a go. We came back as a family to see if we could do our on the water delivery aearlier than planned and they told us it would have to wait until they got our boat delivered from somewhere else. What happened to the boat I put my deposit on, I asked? Oh, we sold it. Not happy at this point, but we'll do our on the water delivery on Sunday when you get our boat. A couple of days later and Oh, we can't do it on Sunday (because they sent the boat to a boat show). What the hell was the deposit for anyway? So, I'm a little ****ed off and I told them I wasn't interested anymore, but it was my wife's decision (it's her graduation present) whether to continue with the deal or not. They called back and said they would have the boat ready for our Sunday on the water delivery. Still, this leaves me with an uncomfortable feeling in my stomach which I should probably listen to and meanwhile I've looked at the four winns, and the crownline 192. Just thought I'd share. I don't blame you. You put money down on a particular boat, and you aren't getting that particular boat. There's a chance fit and finish won't be the same, etc. I'd look the other boat over just as carefully as you looked over the one you *thought* you were putting money on. Also, if this is the way the dealer runs his business, it would make me wonder about how service will be down the road. |
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Marty wrote: I walked in to the showroom on Sunday and put a deposit on the boat I looked at in the lot. I told them my wife would be in on Monday to arrange the financing. They called on Tuesday and said it's a go. We came back as a family to see if we could do our on the water delivery aearlier than planned and they told us it would have to wait until they got our boat delivered from somewhere else. What happened to the boat I put my deposit on, I asked? Oh, we sold it. Not happy at this point, but we'll do our on the water delivery on Sunday when you get our boat. A couple of days later and Oh, we can't do it on Sunday (because they sent the boat to a boat show). What the hell was the deposit for anyway? So, I'm a little ****ed off and I told them I wasn't interested anymore, but it was my wife's decision (it's her graduation present) whether to continue with the deal or not. They called back and said they would have the boat ready for our Sunday on the water delivery. Still, this leaves me with an uncomfortable feeling in my stomach which I should probably listen to and meanwhile I've looked at the four winns, and the crownline 192. Just thought I'd share. I don't blame you. You put money down on a particular boat, and you aren't getting that particular boat. There's a chance fit and finish won't be the same, etc. I'd look the other boat over just as carefully as you looked over the one you *thought* you were putting money on. Also, if this is the way the dealer runs his business, it would make me wonder about how service will be down the road. If this is any indication of how they are going to treat you I would move on to another dealer if you can.But if theyn pinged your credit to see what you qualify for financing it might be worth sticking with the same dealer.Too many pings on your credit report hurt it for a bit.I had a similar experience here over the last 2 months.The sales people never returned calls on status of financing,boat readiness,verbal agreement repairs status or when my boat was finished being painted.We went through 4 sales people and finally realized the Company VP was a friend of mine from where I used to live.It was a nightmare experience from day one.I would call and ask for status of things and was told they would call me back ASAP.A day or two would pass,I ended up driving to the dealership and sitting right in thier sales persons breakroom,where they gathered even when customers were on the showroom floor.The Company VP came in,recognized me and ended up firing the Accounts girl,Finance person and 2 sales people.He asked the salesmen if they called me back yet.They said yes.I was there sitting behind them and told the VP " no Bill,they did not".He fired them on the spot.I know boaters are laid back but this was ridiculous.Boat N RV Warehouse in upstate will not get ANY accessory business from me.I will mailorder or go elsewheres for the ton of stuff I now need. Got my boat,2000 23ft Rinker 232 Cuddy.Enjoying it and I wonder how those fire people are doing now.Oh wait,no I am not. Wayne Waterford,NY |
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wrote in message oups.com... I don't blame you. You put money down on a particular boat, and you aren't getting that particular boat. There's a chance fit and finish won't be the same, etc. I'd look the other boat over just as carefully as you looked over the one you *thought* you were putting money on. Also, if this is the way the dealer runs his business, it would make me wonder about how service will be down the road. Well, there's the catch. This dealer has been recommended by several local Sea Ray owner's! They action's caught me completely off guard. |
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Marty wrote: wrote in message oups.com... I don't blame you. You put money down on a particular boat, and you aren't getting that particular boat. There's a chance fit and finish won't be the same, etc. I'd look the other boat over just as carefully as you looked over the one you *thought* you were putting money on. Also, if this is the way the dealer runs his business, it would make me wonder about how service will be down the road. Well, there's the catch. This dealer has been recommended by several local Sea Ray owner's! They action's caught me completely off guard. I would voice just that message to the dealer. I'd demand getting to the bottom of it. Who was responsible for selling the boat that I put a down payment on? Why did that person do that? I put money down on THAT particular boat, and you sold it to someone else. No two are exactly alike. |
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Dan,
Kevin is an idiot, no one listens to any of his recommendations. "Dan Krueger" wrote in message ink.net... What would the name of the salesperson who sold the boat do to rectify the problem? "Getting to the bottom of it"? The dealer is shaky, at best. The reasons for what they did are a non-issue. wrote: Marty wrote: wrote in message egroups.com... I don't blame you. You put money down on a particular boat, and you aren't getting that particular boat. There's a chance fit and finish won't be the same, etc. I'd look the other boat over just as carefully as you looked over the one you *thought* you were putting money on. Also, if this is the way the dealer runs his business, it would make me wonder about how service will be down the road. Well, there's the catch. This dealer has been recommended by several local Sea Ray owner's! They action's caught me completely off guard. I would voice just that message to the dealer. I'd demand getting to the bottom of it. Who was responsible for selling the boat that I put a down payment on? Why did that person do that? I put money down on THAT particular boat, and you sold it to someone else. No two are exactly alike. |
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Newsgroup Reader wrote: Dan, Kevin is an idiot, no one listens to any of his recommendations. "Dan Krueger" wrote in message ink.net... What would the name of the salesperson who sold the boat do to rectify the problem? "Getting to the bottom of it"? The dealer is shaky, at best. The reasons for what they did are a non-issue. wrote: Marty wrote: wrote in message legroups.com... I don't blame you. You put money down on a particular boat, and you aren't getting that particular boat. There's a chance fit and finish won't be the same, etc. I'd look the other boat over just as carefully as you looked over the one you *thought* you were putting money on. Also, if this is the way the dealer runs his business, it would make me wonder about how service will be down the road. Well, there's the catch. This dealer has been recommended by several local Sea Ray owner's! They action's caught me completely off guard. I would voice just that message to the dealer. I'd demand getting to the bottom of it. Who was responsible for selling the boat that I put a down payment on? Why did that person do that? I put money down on THAT particular boat, and you sold it to someone else. No two are exactly alike. |
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