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TeddyKGB

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Re: useless dealers.
« Reply #10 on: 10 January 2009, 19:21 »
VWUK have not seen a penny of my money as the car was imported from a Dutch dealer and I get all my servicing done at AwesomeGTI in manc (great bunch of guys and service - VW take note). I'm glad mine is out of warranty as it doesn't need to go to VW for anything else to be be broken

I'm suprised more VW dealerships have not closed with their disgraceful service :angry:

I actually went in today to have a look at the Golf and Scirocco - it was the busiest I've ever seen it. If only the punters knew about the shoddy aftersales :rolleyes:
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Re: useless dealers.
« Reply #11 on: 10 January 2009, 21:04 »
To be fair there still are a few good dealers....somewhere..... Only way you get good service is to be mates with the service manager or sales manager. Walking in cold of the street leaves you open to being ripped off....after all they have to pay for all the mates rates they give away somehow  :rolleyes:

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Re: useless dealers.
« Reply #12 on: 10 January 2009, 21:34 »
It sadly seems that the more expensive the item, the poorer the service. Some of the worst service I have come across was when I was buying cars and new homes.

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Re: useless dealers.
« Reply #13 on: 12 January 2009, 15:45 »
To be honest i think all dealers are the same. I left my name and number with 3 ford dealersevery month for about 6 months for a test drive in a focus st and never once got a phone call. I drove past one of the dealerships with a st sitting in the forecourt, callled in asked for a test drive and was told i'd have to wait at least 3 weeks!lol So went next door to the vw garage where my dads friend is a salesman and drove out in 2 day old fully loaded GTI for a 24hr test drive, and that was me hooked. I couldnt afford a new GTI so i was getting calls almost every week about 2nd hands cars they were getting in. I was more than happy to buy a car of them until my dad experienced good old VW after sales service. His brand new passat shreaded a set of front tyres in 3000 miles, they blamed it on driving round to many roundabouts. Theres no roundabout on this commute to work. To investigate the problem they want £185 to check the alignment and even if it was out they only cover the alignment for the first 500miles. The passat went in again for a new door lock, 6 weeks later my parents got the car back!lol The final straw was when i was in looking at a GTI  the salesman told me he had delivered a brand new R32 the previous day, one of the head light bulbs blew on the way home. The owner brought it back the next morning and the service department charged them £48 to fit a new bulb. The next day i bought a import from Motorhouse and it has never been near a offical VW garage and never will.

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Re: useless dealers.
« Reply #14 on: 12 January 2009, 16:02 »
i tried to get some new breather pipes from my local vw parts dept took the guy 20 mins to find them on is computer system then told me they wont fit mine , i even took him outside to get the part number off mine  he said they be with him next day . still not recieved them 3 weeks on even after many phone calls to see if there in . so went volksmine and they sorted me brand new genuine breathers next day . i wont go vw main dealers again.

Offline joesgti

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Re: useless dealers.
« Reply #15 on: 12 January 2009, 16:30 »
i never use them, always use awesome now i have no warrenty. always get top quality care, and just wait and watch them with my car.

had soooooo tooooo many bad experiences with VW and the last straw was when my local dealer wouldnt even give me a trade price against an R32 because im "too young" and couldnt get insured.  :laugh: i just laughed and walked out, cant believe their attitude and it shows with other customers as they havnt sold a new car in 3 months  :rolleyes:


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Offline illyun

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Re: useless dealers.
« Reply #16 on: 12 January 2009, 17:40 »
I've had very good service from my main dealer Wolsey Ipswich.... They don't give the best discounts on new cars because they are small and so can't afford to compete with a larger group like Inchcape say.  Never had a problem with them, but they did get on my t1ts once when I bought a brand new 07 Edition 30 and tried to sell it back 7 weeks later only to be offered £21k.  Another dealer, Solihull VW offered me £23k so they got my business.  Never bought a new car from them after that - and I have bought 2 new cars from other main dealers since.  If they could offer a decent price I would have, but they can't.  Their service department is excellent though and the parts guys are good too.  They are closed on Sundays, but they even opened the showroom for me on a Sunday morning so I could pick up my Mk1 Golf GTI last year.  I do wonder what they treat 'ordinary' customers like though as I'm on very good terms with them.   :rolleyes:
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Re: useless dealers.
« Reply #17 on: 12 January 2009, 21:37 »
Ordered a stereo fascia adapter on Friday at the VW dealership where I bought my car just down the road from my work in Oldham. Paid for it and was told it would be in Saturday morning. I went to pick it up today (Monday) at 12 and they couldn't find it anywhere in the stores or find it on the computer system that was down.

Glad I didn't go out of the way on Saturday then. :huh:

They took my number and said they would call me back. Not heard owt since. What a surprise. :rolleyes:

What really annoys me is that I had to pay for it upfront!  :angry:

Offline AlanD

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Re: useless dealers.
« Reply #18 on: 13 January 2009, 15:14 »
You mentioned VW Maidstone. I bought my MK5 from them and there service as been really good. I had to speak to the guy that sold me i yeterday, Mr.David Catchpole, he was in a meeting, and called me back as soon as he was out. Not had any issues, really nice guy and happy to help :)

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Re: useless dealers.
« Reply #19 on: 13 January 2009, 15:31 »
bought mine from vw maidstone as well. i've found them to be quite good although they know how to charge for a service!