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Thread: Cyclespot Honda, Wairau Rd, you lost a sale

  1. #61
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    Popped in a deposit on a 2012 Suzuki Boulevard M50 at Holeshot Suzuki this morning. I had taken it for a ride up Wairau Rd, Glenfield Rd, Nth Harbour motorway and back to Takapuna. They threw in a pair of saddlebags and a GIVI screen, so not only did I get friendly service but I feel they gave me a good deal too. The previous owner had drilled four 12 mm holes in each exhaust baffle so that's something I won't have to do.

    Will pick it up when my super clears AMP Australia. 3 and a half months so far to close my superannuation account in Aussie, FFS! I got my Kiwisaver out of AMP NZ in only 4 days and that included getting a clearance from IRD. Bloody Aussies, not happy Jan!

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    Cool I like the M50, a good all round cruiser.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Old Steve View Post
    Will pick it up when my super clears AMP Australia. 3 and a half months so far to close my superannuation account in Aussie, FFS! I got my Kiwisaver out of AMP NZ in only 4 days and that included getting a clearance from IRD. Bloody Aussies, not happy Jan!
    I hope you don't fall foul of IRD with your Aussie super. When our son came back to live in NZ, IRD made all sorts of financial demands on him which no-one could make head nor tail of and they were both unhelpful and aggressive. In the end, I put our son in touch with our accountant in Hamilton who not only sorted it out pronto, but got $5000 back for him!

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    Gee Blackbird, I'd just like my super to get here, after waiting 3 1/2 months so far to close the account I'd welcome the opportunity to discuss something with the IRD. AMP Australia have finally advised they will forward it to AMP NZ, saying they were sorry but they had thought that I had not supplied all the information they needed. But I suspect that after a blistering phone call from AMP NZ they discovered that they had all the info they needed but had just misfiled it. Based on their performance so far, I have a feeling that they will be sending the money by strapping it on the back of a turtle, pointing it east and releasing it. Even AMP NZ said they despaired about the performance of AMP Australia.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Old Steve View Post

    On the way out I passed the guy on the forecourt polishing bikes.
    Was he tall/mid twenty's with glasses?

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    I recall one Saturday arvo once in Chch, my brother and i went for a look at some cars to fill some time in.
    I said to him when he parked directly outside the car sales that he should move forward in front of next door shop so we don't get tackled by the car sales guys. Too late, they literally jumped over the fence to catch us.
    I bloody hate pushy sales guys. Give me a bike shop i can walk into without being absconded any day. I just like to be left alone and if i need something all i look for is someone with the right knowledge to answer my questions.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grubber View Post
    I recall one Saturday arvo once in Chch, my brother and i went for a look at some cars to fill some time in.
    I said to him when he parked directly outside the car sales that he should move forward in front of next door shop so we don't get tackled by the car sales guys. Too late, they literally jumped over the fence to catch us.
    I bloody hate pushy sales guys. Give me a bike shop i can walk into without being absconded any day. I just like to be left alone and if i need something all i look for is someone with the right knowledge to answer my questions.
    +1. I know how to ask for help - it's easy to do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Old Steve View Post
    I have a feeling that they will be sending the money by strapping it on the back of a turtle, pointing it east and releasing it.
    You know if I got to keep the turtle, I think I'd be ok with that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike.Gayner View Post
    It is astonishingly rare that a salesperson will just say hi then bugger off. They almost always want to quiz and harass you. I'd really just rather be left alone. Why some people have trouble asking for help, and instead insist on being spoon-fed it, is beyond me.
    Ive been in this vehicle sales bizzo a really long time. For every person like you there is the opposite extreme. People who want to be fawned over. There is no one size fits all answer when it comes to potential buyers.
    trouble is as a salesperson you are EXPECTED to be able to immediately identify the type of person you are dealing with.
    I can tell you its pretty darn difficult.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maha View Post
    And these are the sort of ''mechanics'' that they employ at any VTNZ outlet.
    Fijian-Indians?


    As for Cyclespot. I gave them the opportunity once. Their parts-fucktard took care of the rest.
    Haven't been back since.

    Walked around the bikes-for-sale area a few times. Never even approached. Perhaps I should just ride out the door on one and see what happens?
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    Well, Old Steve - you were lucky the Cyclespot retards ignored you. I bought my VFR from them in 2004, after years of frequenting them for parts and whatnot, and haven't been back since, as they treated me so badly. In the last 11 years I've spent thousands elsewhere on tyres, accessories, batteries, oil, servicing, bike gear for my wife and I, parts, etc etc etc and haven't missed them one bit.
    It's not so much them ripping me off, it was them being blatant about it, bleating about their margins and caring more about their profit and trade-in margins than having a happy and loyal customer.
    They could at least have pretended that they gave a shit. Their loss (literally).
    ... and that's what I think.

    Or summat.


    Or maybe not...

    Dunno really....


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    Trade me is so much more easy to deal with
    Built for speed, not for comfort

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kornholio View Post
    Trade me is so much more easy to deal with
    Tardme

    The only thing worse is the facebook buy/sell pages, a whole new level of retarded.
    Riding cheap crappy old bikes badly since 1987

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    Sometimes I just want to look and browse, and some times I want a salesperson.
    How the hell does a salesman suppose to know what I want.

    Must admit that a good salesman will just be able chat and be nice and helpful without being pushy.
    Most motorcyclists quite like just to talk bikes, and where better to go than a bike shop.

    Some salemen must be on a salary, or wages, because they are plainly not interested in making sales.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rocketman1 View Post
    Some salemen must be on a salary, or wages, because they are plainly not interested in making sales.
    Its to trap customers into buying something just to annoy them.
    I have evolved as a KB member.Now nothing I say should be taken seriously.

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