My brother in law and I went shopping for his new family station wagon some 11 years ago. He really wanted a BMW 5series. First we looked at a number of competitors, but dressed down (T-shirt Shorts etc). Almost no dealers took us seriously, ready to spend $105k. Interestingly the BMW dealer was different, and ready to talk turkey. He got the $5k deposit there and then. Lots of delays and excuses with vehicle delivery spoilt the relationship, and when they contacted him that his vehicle was ready he arranged to pick it up at 5pm on the Friday. Went to the bank and withdrew the $100k. You should have seen the salesman, the sales manager and the dealer principal all counting out the money. I think we left at 6pm! Apart from the first bundled services the dealership never saw the BMW 528i touring again. It is now in my possession, and still going ...
Michael T
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