I've had a passing interest in acquiring a used CLS for the past couple of months and spotted something that ticked most of my boxes at a Mercedes main dealer around 20 miles from home that was very reasonably priced - in fact cheaper than all private sales/small dealers and had a low mileage.
Being crazy busy with work it was 3 days after the ad was placed that I got round to phoning to see if it was still available and I could view the following day- yes was the reply, this was at 4pm on Saturday. I went round when the dealer opened at 10.30am on Sunday morning and was somewhat disheartened as I drove past the car in the parking lot and saw a big sold sign on it. I went in and the salesman said it was sold last thing on Saturday - unlucky I thought but nevermind. I guess they could have called me to let me know as they had my number and knew I was coming but not the end of the world.
Anyway - today I saw the same car advertised again - sale obviously fell through. Phoned them today and they said the cutsomer decided not to buy after learning they couldn't fit a towbar. I said I was still interested and in a position to buy straight away so asked what their best price was and an indicative price for trading in my CLK. The lady said she would check with the sales manager and phone me back straight away. 5pm now and the dealer is closed and no call.
I may receive a call back in the next couple of days but something tells me I probably won't. I wonder if any of the following are reasons they don't seem to want to sell me the car:
1) They asked if I wanted finance and I replied I don't need it , would be a cash purchase. Clearly they would lose out on not selling the finance.
2) Old car as trade in (although would be happy to sell seperately and not trade in).
3) The fact that I wanted to view/buy tomorrow, when the sales lady I spoke to would not be in, as opposed today.
It is a very competitively priced car considering age/mileage/spec and I guess pretty desireable so do you think it's just a case of they know it will be sold pretty quick and they want to maximse revenue?! Or am I reading too much into it.
Being crazy busy with work it was 3 days after the ad was placed that I got round to phoning to see if it was still available and I could view the following day- yes was the reply, this was at 4pm on Saturday. I went round when the dealer opened at 10.30am on Sunday morning and was somewhat disheartened as I drove past the car in the parking lot and saw a big sold sign on it. I went in and the salesman said it was sold last thing on Saturday - unlucky I thought but nevermind. I guess they could have called me to let me know as they had my number and knew I was coming but not the end of the world.
Anyway - today I saw the same car advertised again - sale obviously fell through. Phoned them today and they said the cutsomer decided not to buy after learning they couldn't fit a towbar. I said I was still interested and in a position to buy straight away so asked what their best price was and an indicative price for trading in my CLK. The lady said she would check with the sales manager and phone me back straight away. 5pm now and the dealer is closed and no call.
I may receive a call back in the next couple of days but something tells me I probably won't. I wonder if any of the following are reasons they don't seem to want to sell me the car:
1) They asked if I wanted finance and I replied I don't need it , would be a cash purchase. Clearly they would lose out on not selling the finance.
2) Old car as trade in (although would be happy to sell seperately and not trade in).
3) The fact that I wanted to view/buy tomorrow, when the sales lady I spoke to would not be in, as opposed today.
It is a very competitively priced car considering age/mileage/spec and I guess pretty desireable so do you think it's just a case of they know it will be sold pretty quick and they want to maximse revenue?! Or am I reading too much into it.
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