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What's made you grumpy today?

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Dicky123 said:
If you haven't brought a new car lately you'd maybe be ignorant on how hard the salesman try to sell you at least another 5/6 items you really don't need. When the salesman gave me the bill yesterday all the below had been added to the new price of my Fiat 500. I nearly had a stoke.

First finance. It's a huge seller and something every dealership tries to sell you even if your a cash buyer. I tell them countless time I don't want credit, but it's always pushed.


Diamond-bright.. A polish for around £400+ that adds a shine they say it means you will never have to polish your car again.


Upholstery Stain-guard. Sprayed so you never have to clean it again another £400 or so.


Price drop depression insurance £480. This gives you the difference back in case of an accident when your insurance company tells you it will not give you the price you think it's worth?


Service guarantee plan. A fixed monthly payment added to the cost of you car.


Tyre and car insurance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!From Fiat, yes sure how much extra is it over my own company.


I declined all the above because I'm a low mileage user and retired. But the hard sell spoilt my day and it's not only Fiat do this. My Daughter had the same hard sell at Audi, and my son at Honda.


It made me grumpy all day and today too? I love the car but not the hard sell, sorry.
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I've just ordered a brand new car from VW

They had 4 things to sell me

1. gap insurance

2. Autoglym life shine (body and interior protection)

3. Smart repair insurance (any little dings or scrapes repaired up to the value of £3000)

4. Service plan.

Fortunately I live between to main dealers and both run buy different companies. I didn't want smart repair insurance or autoglym life shine I can get both far cheaper than they wanted to charge anyway.

However in playing the two dealerships off against one another I got gap and the service plan thrown in for free. Which equates to about £700, so all in all it pays to shop around.


I should also add there was no hard sell.
 
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My asus laptop has died :( it needs a new motherboard and those are rarer than hen's teeth, apparrantly. I'm going to sell it as spares and save up for newer one :(
 
Dicky123 said:
If you haven't brought a new car lately you'd maybe be ignorant on how hard the salesman try to sell you at least another 5/6 items you really don't need. When the salesman gave me the bill yesterday all the below had been added to the new price of my Fiat 500. I nearly had a stoke.

First finance. It's a huge seller and something every dealership tries to sell you even if your a cash buyer. I tell them countless time I don't want credit, but it's always pushed.


Diamond-bright.. A polish for around £400+ that adds a shine they say it means you will never have to polish your car again.


Upholstery Stain-guard. Sprayed so you never have to clean it again another £400 or so.


Price drop depression insurance £480. This gives you the difference back in case of an accident when your insurance company tells you it will not give you the price you think it's worth?


Service guarantee plan. A fixed monthly payment added to the cost of you car.


Tyre and car insurance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!From Fiat, yes sure how much extra is it over my own company.


I declined all the above because I'm a low mileage user and retired. But the hard sell spoilt my day and it's not only Fiat do this. My Daughter had the same hard sell at Audi, and my son at Honda.


It made me grumpy all day and today too? I love the car but not the hard sell, sorry.
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Its something all dealers do, as to how hard the sell will be will depend upon dealer, but my Prius I bought last year had none of this offered (probably because I was a cash buyer buying over the phone and was traveling from one side of the country to the other and collected from the dealership before it opened on a Sunday morning). Mums Yaris in Jan this year, different dealer, and could see it coming - I listed all the above to him as not being required except the GAP insurance if they could provide over 5 years for less than £x, which they couldn't, so that put all that to bed.

A friend briefly worked for Honda a few months back, she said for the sale of each of the above you've mentioned the sales person gets about £50-£60.
 
Killed yet another car. My Mazda 6 died in a spectacular blue cloud, with a noise like a Transformer scratching its nuts, and then it haemorrhaged oil from numerous seals.

Strange how the most reliable car I've ever had is an Alfa. I miss my Alfa :(
 
Scumbags.

1/ Scumbags who throw cigarettes out of cars.

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The filter end set fire to the dry grass and when I drove past the gate was on it's way. Lifted it off the hinges and put it out before the Fire Service rolled up to finish the job. :)

2/ Scumbags who leave fishing tackle laying around.

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This gull was tangled up in tackle and caught on a bolt on top of this building. I climbed up, cut her loose and she flew away as if nothing had happened.

I know Seagulls have had a bad press lately but no animal should die like that.
 
More of a 'what's going to make me grumpy tomorrow' advanced notice really.

My youngest lad has to have an operation tomorrow. No big deal I suppose, but I hate the thought of it. He's my baby after all.
 
Dominion said:
More of a 'what's going to make me grumpy tomorrow' advanced notice really.

My youngest lad has to have an operation tomorrow. No big deal I suppose, but I hate the thought of it. He's my baby after all.
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Hope it all goes well it probably will, kids usually recover the best

if he is school age its him who should be posting in here, hospital in school holidays sucks.
 
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dave said:
Hope it all goes well it probably will, kids usually recover the best

if he is school age its him who should be posting in here, hospital in school holidays sucks.
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Cheers Dave. All did indeed go well. He's sore and feels a bit crap but he's fine. He's tough for a five year old, bless him.
 
Dominion said:
Cheers Dave. All did indeed go well. He's sore and feels a bit crap but he's fine. He's tough for a five year old, bless him.
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Good to hear :)

Kids are surprisingly tough little buggers!! I wish the wee man a speedy recovery!! :)
 
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