Dealer demo ride protocols....
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Just wondering if my experience yesterday is the norm???...
Rode my 2010 Goldwing to a MN (MPLS) dealer yesterday to throw a leg over a 2017 Ultra Limited Low---the sole purpose was a showroom fit test after hearing rave reviews about the new M8 and suspension updates. After some general chat with the salesman, he asked if I was ready to "write something up." I was a bit taken by the aggressiveness and replied: "Perhaps after a test/demo ride." His response: "Well, we work to agreeable numbers first, take a deposit, then allow test/demo rides"
WTF?....Really?
Is this standard dealer protocol for demo rides?... Or, just yet another example of high pressure douche'barrel salesman behavior isolated to this specific dealer?
Ride safe and thanks for listening----and the feedback...
Rode my 2010 Goldwing to a MN (MPLS) dealer yesterday to throw a leg over a 2017 Ultra Limited Low---the sole purpose was a showroom fit test after hearing rave reviews about the new M8 and suspension updates. After some general chat with the salesman, he asked if I was ready to "write something up." I was a bit taken by the aggressiveness and replied: "Perhaps after a test/demo ride." His response: "Well, we work to agreeable numbers first, take a deposit, then allow test/demo rides"
WTF?....Really?
Is this standard dealer protocol for demo rides?... Or, just yet another example of high pressure douche'barrel salesman behavior isolated to this specific dealer?
Ride safe and thanks for listening----and the feedback...
Nope, drivers license and insurance is all that is required and my dealer was totally cool.
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You should come to my dealership. The wife and I stopped in to look at the new bikes to kill time with no intention of buying last summer. Got to talking to the sales manager about the new M8's. He pointed at a SG and said have at it. Took it out for a bit and came back. He had a Limited CVO sitting there waiting outside when we returned and said take that out one now.
He knew we weren't buying, and just had us wear helmets and needed my DL for proof of MC endorsement.
He knew we weren't buying, and just had us wear helmets and needed my DL for proof of MC endorsement.
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Desperation/pressure to make a quick sale is drippingly palpable and a huge b*ner-killer........not to mention veeerrry short-sighted. Just MHO. End of rant.
Last edited by 4.2Crew; 03-27-2017 at 06:35 AM.
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My dealer said "Man you have to ride a new M8" I said maybe when I'm in the market to buy. He said "Ride one anyway". He then told one of the guys to grab me a helmet, rolled a new Limited outside and said "Have fun". No DL check, no insurance check. A few months later I bought a new Limited....2016, lol.
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Just wondering if my experience yesterday is the norm???...
Rode my 2010 Goldwing to a MN (MPLS) dealer yesterday to throw a leg over a 2017 Ultra Limited Low---the sole purpose was a showroom fit test after hearing rave reviews about the new M8 and suspension updates. After some general chat with the salesman, he asked if I was ready to "write something up." I was a bit taken by the aggressiveness and replied: "Perhaps after a test/demo ride." His response: "Well, we work to agreeable numbers first, take a deposit, then allow test/demo rides"
WTF?....Really?
Is this standard dealer protocol for demo rides?... Or, just yet another example of high pressure douche'barrel salesman behavior isolated to this specific dealer?
Ride safe and thanks for listening----and the feedback...
Rode my 2010 Goldwing to a MN (MPLS) dealer yesterday to throw a leg over a 2017 Ultra Limited Low---the sole purpose was a showroom fit test after hearing rave reviews about the new M8 and suspension updates. After some general chat with the salesman, he asked if I was ready to "write something up." I was a bit taken by the aggressiveness and replied: "Perhaps after a test/demo ride." His response: "Well, we work to agreeable numbers first, take a deposit, then allow test/demo rides"
WTF?....Really?
Is this standard dealer protocol for demo rides?... Or, just yet another example of high pressure douche'barrel salesman behavior isolated to this specific dealer?
Ride safe and thanks for listening----and the feedback...