Buying a New Car?
My experience here in Hervey Bay
One of our daughters rang last night and announced that she wanted to buy a new car but where she works it’s a bit hard to get to a dealer. So she wondered if I would do the rounds and pick up some brochures for her.
Well what father could turn down a request like that so off I toddled early this morning to make enquries.
I told every sales person I spoke to that I was doing making enquiries on behalf of my daughter who had $18,000 to spend on a new car and she would be buying it around Christmas time because that would be when she would be here in Hervey Bay.
I also told them that she was a tall girl - about as tall as I was - so ease of access and comfort for a tall person was important.
The most helpful sales person I spoke to was at Jack Casey Motors - he showed me three different models and encouraged me to sit in all three just to check to see if they really were comfortable for a tall person.
He then gave me prices and brochures on all three and pointed out that one of the base prices was a little above the limit my daughter wanted to spend.
The least helpful sales person … well no names no pack drill but suffice to say that he wasn’t really interested in letting me sit in any of the cars - he rubbished the opposition and gave me a sucker price if I wanted to buy before the end of the week.
It was an interesting experience and comparing sales techniques was a bit of an eye-opener.
Jack Casey - you’ve got a gem there in your trainee. Sales people like him make the buying experience a pleasant one.
