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Charlie wrote:
Except that we were discussing the machine before he told me what the price was and before I found the deal on the net. Well, if you were planning on buying it and then found out the price and croaked, that's a little bit different story. But if you knew you weren't going to buy it and went in and took up his time anyway knowing he wouldn't make a sale but not letting him know, that is not terribly considerate in my book. -- I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. - Mother Teresa |
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Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply wrote:
Charlie wrote: Except that we were discussing the machine before he told me what the price was and before I found the deal on the net. Well, if you were planning on buying it and then found out the price and croaked, that's a little bit different story. But if you knew you weren't going to buy it and went in and took up his time anyway knowing he wouldn't make a sale but not letting him know, that is not terribly considerate in my book. -- I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. - Mother Teresa My dealer looks at it a different way: He will spend as much time as the potential customer needs to be sure they get the machine they want. If, in the end, he loses the sale to another dealer, well, that's tough, but that's the way it goes. He's given it his best shot. He will also be perfectly happy to sell you a cheap and cheerful machine rather than an all singing all dancing computerized wizzy thing if that is what you want. He will be as happy to sell you a 50 YO hand crank Singer as a Husqvarna Designer I, if that's what you are in the market for. A happy customer is repeat business. When they upgrade, they will come to him first! I could NOT have bought my two machines at a better price anywhere else at the time I was looking, and while I didn't get all those freebees our USA cousins seem to have fall into their laps, I DID get free finance, which made the difference between dream machine purchase and dream on! If I was in the market for a new machine now, he knows that he'd be the first place I'd look, and that if his price was close to the pile it high warehouse price, I'd buy from him for peace of mind. For a £200 difference, he'd expect to lose the initial sale, but would pick up for the add-ons later, and the servicing, and probably any warranty work. Swings and roundabouts... -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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My dealer looks at it a different way: He will spend as much time as the potential customer needs to be sure they get the machine they want. If, in the end, he loses the sale to another dealer, well, that's tough, but that's the way it goes. He's given it his best shot. He will also be perfectly happy to sell yoX-Mozilla-Status: 0009l machine rather than an all singing all dancing computerized wizzy thing if that is what you want. He will be as happy to sell you a 50 YO hand crank Singer as a Husqvarna Designer I, if that's what you are in the market for. A happy customer is repeat business. When they upgrade, they will come to him first! I could NOT have bought my two machines at a better price anywhere else at the time I was looking, and while I didn't get all those freebees our USA cousins seem to have fall into their laps, I DID get free finance, which made the difference between dream machine purchase and dream on! If I was in the market for a new machine now, he knows that he'd be the first place I'd look, and that if his price was close to the pile it high warehouse price, I'd buy from him for peace of mind. For a £200 difference, he'd expect to lose the initial sale, but would pick up for the add-ons later, and the servicing, and probably any warranty work. Swings and roundabouts... -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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If you think I should, then frankly I
think you're an idiot, but that's just my opinion. No, I think you were an idi*t. Okay, this isn't productive, and is offensive. Sounds like two little kids, calling each other names! Karen Maslowski in Cincinnati |
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"SewStorm" wrote in message ... If you think I should, then frankly I think you're an idiot, but that's just my opinion. No, I think you were an idi*t. Okay, this isn't productive, and is offensive. Sounds like two little kids, calling each other names! I was about to post that I think this discussion had long since run its productive course, and that was before this came up. |
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duh who wrote:
I was about to post that I think this discussion had long since run its productive course, and that was before this came up. I have ADD and get perseverative on occasion, but I never call people bad names like that. -- I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much. - Mother Teresa |
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