[b]I Got Bitched At By A TOYOTA Salesman...!!![/b]
#61
04-27-2006 | 01:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Karyn
What an interesting conversation. If a car salesman ever tried to come between me and the guiding hand of Jesus, I would be the one terminating his position as my salesman. Two people can talk about what ever they want to talk about especially at a car dealership. It's none of the salesman's concern what my relationship is with Jesus.
Thank you for being the voice of reason.
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04-27-2006 | 01:41 AM
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thank you for being the voiceS of reason.
karyn
thank you for the comic relief.
artyin
ngoldberg
azanon
techmonkey
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crimsona
thank you for being the voiceS of reason.
karyn
thank you for the comic relief.
#63
04-27-2006 | 04:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Jesus
I was at the Toyota dealership checking out the Yaris for fun and at the same exact time, a girl was being congratulated on purchasing the xA. Granted, she was cute, but I would have said what I said anyway... When the salesman she was with ran off to get a final signature or whatever, I walked up to her and this is how the conversation went...
"Hey. Did you just buy the xA?"
"Yes, I love it."
"I would strongly urge you to check out the Honda Fit. It's similar in size and price to the xA, but it's twice the car, has twice the space, better handling, better interior---"
"Honda Fit? What's that?"
"Well, I just told you... you NEED to check it out. You haven't left with the car yet, so you can still get out of it."
(note: there's a Honda dealership literally, one block away)
At this point, the salesman has returned... but the girl is still confused...
"What's the Honda Fit look like? I've never heard of it. How much is it again?"
At this point, the salesperson puts his hand on her shoulder and motions her to the desk, away from me. Then he steps back up to me and says:
"What the hell are you doing? Do you know her? Get the f_ck out of here." Those were his exact words...
I was gonna make a scene and go ripshit, but I literally had to go right there and then.
Anyways, poor girl. She could have had a FIT.
"Hey. Did you just buy the xA?"
"Yes, I love it."
"I would strongly urge you to check out the Honda Fit. It's similar in size and price to the xA, but it's twice the car, has twice the space, better handling, better interior---"
"Honda Fit? What's that?"
"Well, I just told you... you NEED to check it out. You haven't left with the car yet, so you can still get out of it."
(note: there's a Honda dealership literally, one block away)
At this point, the salesman has returned... but the girl is still confused...
"What's the Honda Fit look like? I've never heard of it. How much is it again?"
At this point, the salesperson puts his hand on her shoulder and motions her to the desk, away from me. Then he steps back up to me and says:
"What the hell are you doing? Do you know her? Get the f_ck out of here." Those were his exact words...
I was gonna make a scene and go ripshit, but I literally had to go right there and then.
Anyways, poor girl. She could have had a FIT.
http://automobiles.honda.com/tools/c...&Photo=&Change=
this is a link to the honda site where you can compare hondas to other cars i compared the XA.......
now you said..."twice the car", "twice the space"
twice the car in my opinion is double the HP....
WRONG!!: lets try 6HP and 4lbs of torque more not twice.....
twice the space in my opinion means the amount of interior room in the XA X at least 2.......
WRONG!!!:
the last time i checked the FIT is not the size of a mini van
as for "better handling" and "better interior" that sounds like an your opinion not facts.....
now for if you were wrong in your actions or not..everyone has thier opinions and you sound like a person who refuses to be wrong so yes the sky is purple.....but i must agree with the majority here your an ass for doing that.
oh by the way i highly doubt that a sales manager apologizes for his salesman in that instance.....i mean honestly "oh im sorry for my salesman telling you to stop fu**ing with our customers" doesnt sound like something they would say...yes you have freedom of speech but in the end SO DOES THE SALESMAN...GET THE FACTS RIGHT BEFORE OPENING YOUR MOUTH.... your not comparing a SL65 to an Elantra its not that easy of a comparison if that was that easy Scion would be out of business
#64
04-27-2006 | 04:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Jesus
The fact that you sell cars for a living prevents you from looking at this objectively. All you see is the big picture, which is commission.
Last edited by Gordio; 04-27-2006 at 04:14 AM.
#65
04-27-2006 | 04:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Gordio
I agree with everyone bashing you. This isn't about toyota or rivalry. It could be across two honda dealers ("hey my friend at this place can sell this to you for less") or even within dealers. What if someone wanted the civic hybrid, and you intervened and said the mileage of that thing isn't going to save money to make up for the premium, and that bull? Fact of the matter is, you got into someone's business and you had no right to.
#66
04-27-2006 | 04:21 AM
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Coming into any place of business and soliciting for another brand is never right. Sabotaging a sale, and yes you are sabotaging it makes it doubly worse.
It's incredible how you feel you have the right to do that yet don't see the implications of your actions. Sure, having an oppinion is great, but sometimes forcing that oppinion on someone is just inapropriate.
If she had told the salesman that perhaps she was going to see other cars perhaps your recomendation of the fit would have been appropriate outside of the dealership.
If everyone else is telling you you're wrong perhaps it may be wise just to listen and figure out why that is.
It's incredible how you feel you have the right to do that yet don't see the implications of your actions. Sure, having an oppinion is great, but sometimes forcing that oppinion on someone is just inapropriate.
If she had told the salesman that perhaps she was going to see other cars perhaps your recomendation of the fit would have been appropriate outside of the dealership.
If everyone else is telling you you're wrong perhaps it may be wise just to listen and figure out why that is.
#67
04-27-2006 | 06:56 AM
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The biggest idiot in this entire story is the girl buying the Xa for listening to a stranger doubt her decision on how she was spending $15k of her money.
If I'm at a car dealership finalizing a car purchase and someone came up to me implying I was an idiot for making the purchase, the salesperson would be the least of the problem.
If I'm at a car dealership finalizing a car purchase and someone came up to me implying I was an idiot for making the purchase, the salesperson would be the least of the problem.
#68
04-27-2006 | 07:55 AM
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Maybe Honda should do a better job of advertising the car,that way the lady would have been a better informed consumer. IMHO 
#69
04-27-2006 | 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Popeye
Maybe Honda should do a better job of advertising the car,that way the lady would have been a better informed consumer. IMHO
#70
04-27-2006 | 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by ex_MGB
True, and if frogs had wings they wouldn't bump their a$$es.
#71
04-27-2006 | 08:22 AM
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I was always partial to, "if pigs had wings, they could be eagles."
#72
04-27-2006 | 09:37 AM
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I searched for "Burlingame" on the Honda website and found nothing.
Is that the name of the dealership? You said it was in CA, but I can't seem to get the website to spit out a list of every Honda dealer in CA.
We don't appear to own a ton of Honda stores in Cali, only like 2 or 3.
Is that the name of the dealership? You said it was in CA, but I can't seem to get the website to spit out a list of every Honda dealer in CA.
We don't appear to own a ton of Honda stores in Cali, only like 2 or 3.
#73
04-27-2006 | 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Jesus
You're an idiot. As many "Salesmen are scum" comments there are, there is an equal number of "my salesman was the best... knowledgeable, knew everything up front, no hidden fees..." In fact, there are several on this thread.
I said GOOD DAY!
Neal
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04-27-2006 | 10:43 AM
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One last time...
- It was a PRIVATE CONVERSATION between two people.
- The salesperson was clearly unhappy with his job and his life and he clearly had mental issues.
- The girl was NOT offended. In fact, she seemed rather enthusiastic. I can only hope that she got out of the xA deal and went over and checked out the FIT. So, if the girl wasn't offended, why are you all you dorks pissing and moaning? Idiots.
- To the IMBECILES who have applied a literal meaning to my description of the FIT being "twice the car" of the xA... of course the FIT doesn't have twice the power/options/size/space... but it is a heck of a lot more car for the money. Please take THIS literally: You need to STOP EXISTNG (i.e. DIE) for being so stupid.
Hahahaha. I'm sorry that evolution passed you monkeys by and you're unable to see the FACT that I did nothing wrong. You might say it was in poor taste, but that would be an opinion. The FACT is that I did nothing wrong by informing someone else about a different.
Live by the code you preach, losers:
NEVER again initiate a conversation with a stranger!
NEVER again offer an unsolicited opinion!
NEVER again mention a competitor's product!
BAHAHAHAHA!!!
- It was a PRIVATE CONVERSATION between two people.
- The salesperson was clearly unhappy with his job and his life and he clearly had mental issues.
- The girl was NOT offended. In fact, she seemed rather enthusiastic. I can only hope that she got out of the xA deal and went over and checked out the FIT. So, if the girl wasn't offended, why are you all you dorks pissing and moaning? Idiots.
- To the IMBECILES who have applied a literal meaning to my description of the FIT being "twice the car" of the xA... of course the FIT doesn't have twice the power/options/size/space... but it is a heck of a lot more car for the money. Please take THIS literally: You need to STOP EXISTNG (i.e. DIE) for being so stupid.
Hahahaha. I'm sorry that evolution passed you monkeys by and you're unable to see the FACT that I did nothing wrong. You might say it was in poor taste, but that would be an opinion. The FACT is that I did nothing wrong by informing someone else about a different.
Live by the code you preach, losers:
NEVER again initiate a conversation with a stranger!
NEVER again offer an unsolicited opinion!
NEVER again mention a competitor's product!
BAHAHAHAHA!!!
#75
04-27-2006 | 10:56 AM
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One question Jesus, if you are so enthusiatic about the Fit why dont you own one?
Oh yeah because you dont like the bumpers
Poor baby, Opions are like A$$holes, everybodys got one. It just happens that most people disagree with yours. You are defending yourself very desperatly though. It is ashame that everyone on this post has been very level headed and polite except for you, resorting to name calling, putting down the salesperson, etc... No-one ever said not to talk to strangers. We said basically that there is a time and a place for everything and this instance was neither the time nor the place for that conversation.
Now if you said in the begining of this post, there was this hot girl at a Scion dealership that I followed there to get her number. (since you never explained why you were there in the first place this is all we can assume) And since I(Jesus) am miserable and couldnt get her number I wanted to ruin someone elses day. Car salespeople are scum so I will tell her to by a car that I wont even buy myself. That should fix him. Damn I hate girls, why wouldnt she just give me her number.
Does that sound about right Jesus?
Oh yeah because you dont like the bumpers
Poor baby, Opions are like A$$holes, everybodys got one. It just happens that most people disagree with yours. You are defending yourself very desperatly though. It is ashame that everyone on this post has been very level headed and polite except for you, resorting to name calling, putting down the salesperson, etc... No-one ever said not to talk to strangers. We said basically that there is a time and a place for everything and this instance was neither the time nor the place for that conversation. Now if you said in the begining of this post, there was this hot girl at a Scion dealership that I followed there to get her number. (since you never explained why you were there in the first place this is all we can assume) And since I(Jesus) am miserable and couldnt get her number I wanted to ruin someone elses day. Car salespeople are scum so I will tell her to by a car that I wont even buy myself. That should fix him. Damn I hate girls, why wouldnt she just give me her number.
Does that sound about right Jesus?
#76
04-27-2006 | 11:03 AM
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Yeah. You just proved my point, joker. Everyone feels for the poor salesman who has a family to feed. Like I said, you might THINK it was bad timing for me to say what I said, and that is fine... but I wasn't wrong in doing so.
ONE MORE TIME......... the girl appreciated my input, so why are you geeks mad again? Oh, that's right! You're sympathizing with the poor salesman on commission!
P.S. NOTE that the original salesman on this thread gave a FAKE dealership. LMAO!!!!!!!!
ONE MORE TIME......... the girl appreciated my input, so why are you geeks mad again? Oh, that's right! You're sympathizing with the poor salesman on commission!
P.S. NOTE that the original salesman on this thread gave a FAKE dealership. LMAO!!!!!!!!
#77
04-27-2006 | 11:03 AM
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04-27-2006 | 11:04 AM
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Hmm... I gotta go to class. Gotta get that degree so I don't end up selling cars, listening in on other people's conversation and then flipping out. 
#79
04-27-2006 | 11:18 AM
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Hmmm, I have a degree, I do sell cars and if you didnt want people to comment you should have never posted. Hopefully you will take an ethics class
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04-27-2006 | 01:03 PM
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That girl must be dumber than a run over dog.