Do you trust bike dealers?

[johnnyboxer]

To do you a good deal on a new/used bike or do what they promise and not over charge for repairs ??

[RandG]

Their in the business to make money, not friends. :whistle:

[ollydog]

friends will often bring repeat business, one of the fundamentals of business or sales people easier to sale to someone if they like you

steve

[Dark Knight]

I think that we all get to know who are good dealers and hence they get our business, the bad ones should go out of business by default.
There are very few dealers who I would trust to work on the bike, most seem to employ young lads who seem to be very rough on the bike with no mechanical background.

[TomBoyNI]

Generally no, I have only met one good dealer (car) who I'd have no issues buying a motor off, if only he sold bikes too :blink:

[herman]

Nope

[Nigel]

With the exception of Alf England NO!

[minkyhead]

the thing about dealers ive found is that the majority of the staff are employed as salespeople ..and generally have a woeful knowlage of the bikes they sell

i recently rang up a honda main dealer ..

conversation went

hello sales balah blah speaking

hi im ringing up to see if you have a crf250rally in stock ??

a what sorry

a crf250rally ?

phone goes on hold ....and then ..is it on our website ??

no .. i was just wondering wondering if you had one to look at ?

phone goes on hold ...we do a 250 ..but we dont do a rally bike are you sure its a honda ?

pretty sure its been at all the major motorcycle shows for the last six months and its got honda written on the tank its like the crf 250l except bigger

like a what sorry ?

a crf 250 the little red dirtbike ?

oh yes now i know what you mean we have go some of them B)

is it the one with the new engine in it ? ...

they all have new engines in them ..they are sold as new we dont do 2nd hand stuff ... we sell them on :side:

do you have the internet ?

yes

type in crf 250 rally

ok

got it ?

yes ..

are you getting any in ?

it says here its a prototype and wont be out until 2017 ..

err it is 2017 ..theres quite a few on ebay already ??

ill have to speak to somone and give you a ring back but im not aware of any rally bikes

its ok thanks ill figure it out myself thanks for you time

is there anything else i can help you with ?

no thanks youve been most helful


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[redbikejohn]

Nope. Most seem to want to rip you off or treat you like an idiot. There are exceptions though.

[Zookman]

No i dont.....
Dealers are like any other sales people, they are there to make money. First and foremost its my cash they want to relieve me of.
At best they are economical with the truth, at worst they will lie through their arse.