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Offline 2007GTI

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Re: anyone used drivethedeal.com ???
« Reply #10 on: 07 November 2009, 13:38 »
i would of checked
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Re: anyone used drivethedeal.com ???
« Reply #11 on: 07 November 2009, 13:44 »
well he should of noticed when he picked it up!

Didn't pick it up 2007gti, got delivered actually.Did you inspect your car with a sunlamp when you collected it!   Dic@! :angry:

You said you you are not that fussy to check and then you say you would have checked :shocked:

What's it gonna be then!




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Re: anyone used drivethedeal.com ???
« Reply #12 on: 07 November 2009, 13:57 »
how about you take your gripes onto private messages

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Re: anyone used drivethedeal.com ???
« Reply #13 on: 07 November 2009, 14:25 »
how about you take your gripes onto private messages

Ok sorry mate, he's still a dic@ though :grin:




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Re: anyone used drivethedeal.com ???
« Reply #14 on: 07 November 2009, 15:21 »
some people are so easy to wind up, chill out man, im only winding you up.
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Re: anyone used drivethedeal.com ???
« Reply #15 on: 07 November 2009, 15:35 »
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Re: anyone used drivethedeal.com ???
« Reply #16 on: 10 November 2009, 09:51 »
Hmm, if you'd asked a few yrs back when I bought a mk4 gti via them, I'd have praised them to the hilt, I got lucky as they found exactly the car I wanted already available at a dealer & I had the car within days, at a nice discount. So I ordered a mk6 thru them & its been farcical (ordered 12th aug & after a load of c&b from the dealer about plenty allocation, nov delivery, now I'm build week 1 ffs). How much of the delay is down to vw is a moot point, but essentially there were other brokers offering much larger discounts, but they were honest & admitted no free slots til dec..........so basically I could have been a lot better off & got the car about the same time. In this I feel the dealer is more at fault than the broker, but they put you in touch, so ultimately it dooes came back to them. I'm very near cancelling & joining the mk5 mob instead :evil:
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Re: anyone used drivethedeal.com ???
« Reply #17 on: 10 November 2009, 10:09 »
that does sound like dealer, as Mk6's are oversubscribed from what I hear.  thanks for feedback.
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Re: anyone used drivethedeal.com ???
« Reply #18 on: 11 November 2009, 20:06 »
Hmm, if you'd asked a few yrs back when I bought a mk4 gti via them, I'd have praised them to the hilt, I got lucky as they found exactly the car I wanted already available at a dealer & I had the car within days, at a nice discount. So I ordered a mk6 thru them & its been farcical (ordered 12th aug & after a load of c&b from the dealer about plenty allocation, nov delivery, now I'm build week 1 ffs). How much of the delay is down to vw is a moot point, but essentially there were other brokers offering much larger discounts, but they were honest & admitted no free slots til dec..........so basically I could have been a lot better off & got the car about the same time. In this I feel the dealer is more at fault than the broker, but they put you in touch, so ultimately it dooes came back to them. I'm very near cancelling & joining the mk5 mob instead :evil:
I did the same and have the same problem as you. I went with another broker (not broadspeed) rather than one i had delt with before (that quoted march delivery and 3% extra discount!) because of allocation now its been put back and back.
After talking to someone i know at a different dealership this is down to VW not the dealers though.
It does seem you either hit luckie at the start of August, or you hit mid to late August were you hit the point VW started dicking about with build slots.
I did have the build slot the dealer said i would have had when i first phoned customer service, 
BUT due to VW playing silly buggers with the build weeks this keeps moving to 48 then now 50 and it would not suprise me if it moves again to next year.  :angry:
I don't blaim the dealer or broker they thought they had the allocation/time scale as VW told them they did! and Customer service said it to me too! Its VW that moved everything about.
« Last Edit: 11 November 2009, 20:22 by Snoopy »
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Re: anyone used drivethedeal.com ???
« Reply #19 on: 12 November 2009, 13:21 »
Agreed Snoopy, and in the spirit of fairness, DTD handled my cancellation impecably, understood my position & organised a refund of my deposit without a quibble of any kind. I'll be writing something to VW customer service asap, and blame them entirely. I'd say they should look round this forum a while, then they might realise the UK GTi squad are amongst the most dedicated anywhere, and right now they ain't doing themselves any favours!

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