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03-26-2008, 02:27 PM | #1189 |
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They've disconnected the extension for the new car sales department. LMAO.
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03-26-2008, 02:34 PM | #1190 |
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Edit: To the dude who keeps claiming I didnt win the auction, I won, look at the page. So please, no more posts on what you feel is a BIN/reserve.[/QUOTE]
Maybe he works for Husker BMW.so S###W him.Good luck with the whole thing and tell you what - that IS a butiful car !!! |
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03-26-2008, 02:39 PM | #1191 | |
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But then, who knows with these guys...they're obviously not the brightest! |
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03-26-2008, 02:47 PM | #1192 |
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That does worry. Someone should probably go check it out just in case, although as a potential M3 buyer and not "spy".
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03-26-2008, 02:53 PM | #1193 |
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They must have fired him already.
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03-26-2008, 02:57 PM | #1194 | |
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03-26-2008, 03:07 PM | #1195 | |
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BMWNA shuold really call up the shmuchks running BMW of LInconln and tell them to SORT THIS OUT TODAY. Rediculous! It's into one week now. Guy buys the car, but told he cant have it. WTF is this shit. IM getting fed up with this, I can only imagine how Ken feels.
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03-26-2008, 03:09 PM | #1196 | |
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We should not do anything that Domma has told us not to, he said not to make calls. Because it could possible do damage to him as well. So be patient and wait for the update. |
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The jewelry comparison is moot though. Not everyone NEEDS jewelry, but pretty much anyone and their dogs need a job. If you have someone that has bought, say 5 cars already in his lifetime, you statistically have some that has been bullshitted or worse burned and frauded by a car dealer. Do you really blame him for extending his distrust you, the car dealer he has to deal with now? A jeweller that pulls stunts like these, because in such an exclusive business trust is everything. Quote:
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I'll have an update soon guys.
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- changes important and agreed upon contract details on the way from the counter to the register - soups up 2nd grade goods and presents them as the cream of the crop - denies you sale of that watch on display, because, well it has been sitiing there for a few days with a wrong price apparently, and don't you dare to complain about it, you are allowed to cough up some extra dollars and buy it anyway or get lost. |
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03-26-2008, 03:37 PM | #1204 |
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I've been a memeber on M3 Forum and e46f for a while...also been following this thread from the very beginning - on my screen all day! Just registered here to show my support!
No way. Too many people know about this thread (links) and everything should be updated here. Besides, when this is all told and done we might have a record in the amount of views a thread got on any forum! |
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I'm new and landed in this epic thread by way of a completely unrelated forum (Ken's plight has spread far indeed), but this has to be the most idiotic post I've read so far. I realize I'm only on page 6, and after the argumentative BIN vs reserve guy, I'm a little concerned. :P The situations you describe would have been stealing, and one case would have been stealing from a financial institution and therefore punishable by law. Stealing from an already underpaid waiter or waitress is most definitely morally repugnant. Perhaps you would like a cookie for doing what is right? ^^ This situation is completely separate from moral concerns. This is a commercial auction, with the price set by the dealer and posted with full awareness of contractual obligations. In some situations, dealerships will sell vehicles at prices under invoice to meet certain sales goals or what have you, and there was really no reason for Ken to call up the dealership and offer to pay upwards of $5k more than the dealer set the starting bid at. If you would be willing to give more to an industry that already makes quite a bit of profit off every buyer each year... well, I'm glad you seem to be financially settled. In other words, you're full of horse manure. Anyway, I am rather late to the game here, but I just wanted to give the OP my support. I am from Nebraska, though the military has led us far from home, and I'm simply appalled at this. I hope the dealership is forced to bend to their original asking price and that their General Manager is ousted somehow. It's just one of those completely avoidable fiascoes that is probably somehow related to karma. :P Also, this might be a tad blasphemous... but who the hell would pay more than $62k or so for that car? I am a Husker and I wouldn't be caught in a coal-colored car with "fox red" interior for any reason. That's just taking football pride one step too far. My suggestion? Use your savings off the Invoice to reupholster that thing. |
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If they were really bent on taking their "brand" and "corporate" protection to such levels, they also would have to require every BMW purchaser to sign an agreement to never go over the posted speed limit, park illegally, drive recklessly. They require you to keep any aftermarket parts off the car to not ruin their careful design, check the tire pressure every 4 weeks so you don't burn more fuel than it is necessary, etc. etc. pp. But they can't. I see it like this - once I pick up the car it is mine, and the manufacturer or the dealer has nothing to tell me about how I use it. And I think once BMW-NA deliveer to the Hustler of Lincoln they have no more control about that car themselves. And I don't know about the culture/jobs position filling in BMWNA, but I might there are a few germans in important position. Car coporations, especially here in Germany have a mantra when the shit hits the fan. "This too shall pass." Customer has been a word that was unheard in these places until recently. Maybe a german department manager in BMW-NA has infused the same attitude in his employees. I don't know if you have noticed the desaster BMW had a while ago with theiranti lock braking system on their bikes or if that was a thing local to Germany, BUT they handled the situation and the complaints and even the article in a magazine of the ADAC (AAA like organization, publication has like 4 million circulation) with dead silence at first and then by ridiculing the complaining person ("Maybe the gentleman should learn tu use the brakes properly on his bike" to a seasoned motorcycle rider) and only after authorities became aware that there is indeed a problem that is not an isolated case and started to look into it, BMW became active and issued a recall. And we are talking about a freaking brake system that was bound to fail here, not just some customer who was mistreated by his dealership. So, yeah. Don't hold your breath for corporate invention. They might contact the people involved direclty at most, that would be Husker, Ken, the lawyers and Van Tuy or whathisname. But the BMW CEO is not going to take and the wife out for dinner in Munich with the corporate jet. It is not common german practice to go out of your way to rectify a problem like that, sad as it sounds. Don't buy german cars if you live in Germany. |
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no it might not be helpful kthx...
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03-26-2008, 03:53 PM | #1210 |
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another one in suspense here! If he is getting the deal, he has to be feeling pretty terrible in the dealership right now. Only because you know they are not going to be very hospitable, etc. No friendly.."coffee is over here...This is Manuel, Tom, Dick, or Harry from the service department.. Get yourself some coffee and relax while enjoying some television..I am sure this is not the best experience to have at the dealership...
However, He is going to feel pretty damn good when he drives off of that lot!!! Another thing, I hope that there are other places that he can have decent service done around there. Good luck Ken! |
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