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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 01:10 AM
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I just went to my local dealership where they had a pretty good crew. Except for being overpriced they were always helpful and attentive, I walk in and didn't recognize one face. Sales Manager gone, finance guy gone, general manager gone, service counter guys gone, parts guys gone......I'm like wtf....time to find a new dealer, any dealer that would do that to it's employees...
 
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 02:40 AM
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Probably new owner?
 
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 04:23 AM
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Probably something fishy going on internally.
 
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 04:59 AM
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Concur, some thing weird is going on.
 
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 05:10 AM
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Something happened that the customer can't see. while dealers don't have the reputation for taking care of the customer, they do take care of themselves, greedy greedy. That kind of turn over is a costly proposition.
 
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 05:21 AM
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Where you there maybe after hours?.....Might of been the cleaning crew??..... :-)
 
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 05:44 AM
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Why not just go to parts to inquire about something and then nonchalantly ask. Might be a legitimate reason.
 
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 05:57 AM
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was it yankee harley, they were bought out.
 
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Sometimes it has to be done...
 
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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 07:13 AM
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I think I would ask. Seems like an obivous question to me. Never know what you might find out
 
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