I just don't believe the attitude of dealers up here in the north (Scotland), many are still in denial and are still trying to screw punters left right and centre. For example, I was offerred £9.5k for my car against an 06 R32 dsg with 20000 miles...the stealer insisted his car was correctly priced at £16990 and refused to budge!
I pointed out that MP had 08 models for a tenner dearer, ffs...he has had the car on his lot for about 4 months and it is depreciating by the day!
Now the dealer would take my car, and put it on his lot for £12k...making £3k.
He probably bought the R at auction or as a trade and paid £12-13k, therefore trying in total to make say £8k on the overall deal.
I was willing to pay about £3k and my car.....but this butt hole decides that a potential £6k is not enough profit for him so allows me to walk away and his overpriced R sits on his forecourt unloved and depreciating by the second..
If they all don't wake up and stop trying to use the old model of doing business in this climate then many many more will hit the skids. There is no such thing as a SH1T deal...it is all counted as revenue people, wake up and smell the cheap coffee.
Oh btw, motorpoint (mp) yesterday had about a dozen sales assistants chatting noisily about how slow business was AND despite the fact that there were about 12 punters walking around not ONE of the sales people made an effort to go and discuss the customers requirements.......
I guess the situation will slowly dawn on stealers in the north, wrap up well guys there is a cold wind coming your way.
