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Re: bad sales experience (Barrier Saab)
Posted by Glenn Wallace (more from Glenn Wallace) on Thu, 18 Nov 1999 13:15:21
In Reply to: bad sales experience (Barrier Saab), Glenn Wallace, Thu, 18 Nov 1999 08:55:24
> Then I said 'but if I buy the car from you, then what about the person in
Spokane?' - he said 'oh we can break the order from them if we are selling
the car to you here, but not if Carter wants it. Would you like to come down
and buy it?'.
Update: I'm now willing to treat this as a 'misunderstanding' assuming they
can release the car. Turns out Barrier have a 2nd white one that just
arrived
there yesterday and the Spokane dealer took their hold off the 1st one -
I had called them about a trade-in price on my car and they put a
pre-emptive hold on it (weird because I hadn't discussed color even....)
which of course is now released. Barrier also knew that I was the
prospective customer in Spokane....
The bad taste in my mouth from dealing with Barrier remains though,
because I gave them ample opportunity to do a fair deal. When they
figured out I _would_ actually go somewhere else, rather than stepping
back, they tried to make it difficult.
Maybe other people are used to dealing with car dealers like this,
but I expected more professionalism and integrity.
As the guy at the Spokane dealer said 'I hope you can get your car soon
because this should all be about enjoying your new 9-5'.
~~~~
Now some actual Saab content: the charcoal interior of the 2000 9-5 is
'interesting'. There are at least three shades of gray in there!!
As well as the autodimming mirror, the trim is a little better,
with leather on the door inserts of the SE.
Saab purists will be annoyed that the 9-5 SE is only available
with the V6t engine, but there is a 'premium package' available
for the base 2.3l although I believe it still misses
out on some knick knacks.
The $1k owner loyalty rebate ended in September. There is
still a $3500 rebate on 99 model 9-5 wagons though.
Saab is also offering $400 towards vehicle tabs (about 45%)
in Washington until Jan 1 when the new '$30' tabs go into
effect.
Glenn
Posts in this Thread:
- bad sales experience (Barrier Saab), Glenn Wallace, Thu, 18 Nov 1999 08:55:24
- Re: bad sales experience (Barrier Saab), c.k.christacopoulos, Fri, 19 Nov 1999 08:45:40
- Re: bad sales experience (Barrier Saab), Glenn Wallace, Thu, 18 Nov 1999 13:15:21
- Re: bad sales experience (Barrier Saab), CelticWolf, Thu, 18 Nov 1999 13:15:23
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