went to a dealership today and its amazing comparing new cars section to used cars. in new cars we get treated kindly, given teas, coffees, even soup and cereal!! haha. but when we decided to walk outside to have a think about whether to make the plunge and buy a brand new car (which at the end of the day i did!) we walked through the used cars and saw two that i thought were genuine alternative to the new car we were mulling over.
After standing in the wind and rain trying to get a salesmans attention i eventually marched into the used cars section and asked the guy sitting at his desk if i could try out the 2 cars. i have never been treated so badly by a salesman (and to be fair, i have had nice treatment by used car salesmen too, but this one was very rude). he basically said "well which one are you gonna buy", a bit taken back (all my local salesman are very willing to help you try out cars adn find what suits u best), i told him i was looking at a new car but these were the other 2 that i was considering and wanted to try them out and then make up my mind. he basically said they dont just let people do test drives, and "let me put it this way, if you take out the honda, and it drives well, are you gonna buy it". the whole attitute and tone was very aggressive and i said, trying to hide ho his rudeness actually upset me more than angered me "never mind if its all too hard, dont worry about it" and walked out.
to be fair, about 10 minutes later he must have had a guilt or change of mind and did come outside and find me and ALMOST politely say he could organise a test drive (still pointing out the bother that it is on a saturday). even still, once he bought the keys out we again were kinda given the run around before being able to take teh car out. we didnt actually take out the honda we took out the calais and really liked it...but despite all its great features and relatively low kms, i deicded i wanted a new car. AND also just didnt sit right the idea of buying a car from someone who had obviously decided i either wasnt rich enough, or wasnt worth teh bother! either way, or whatever other reason he may have had, i was really quite upset. lukcily all the other dealers i have dealt with havebeen so lovely because if he was the first one id ever come into contact with, id never buy a car. atleast not from a dealer!
