The Coleman's praise and/or bitch thread.

[The Pastor]

im looking at buying a bike from Coleman's,


Would you give them money? Would they shaft you up the A hole like red barron?

My current understanding is that all the good people (i.e., sarge and the guy who dose suspension) have left.

[Grahameeboy]

They are good folk...............better than Dick Dasterdly...I mean Red Baron

[Karma]

You'll not get a valid opinion on KB mate, figured you'd know that by now.

I don't rate Colemans personally, but I actually get great service from Red Baron, so go figure...

[Leong]

They treat me real good.... sales guys (Allan), Parts guys (Dan), and the workshop ( Sue and Mike), even though I bought my GSXR at Haldanes. Absolutely no problem spending my money there....

[FROSTY]

Ive had pretty good service from Colemans over the years.
BUT I Personally prefer Haldanes --The service I get from them with suzuki's is fantastic

[McJim]

Can't read the first post RM is on my ignore list. :rofl:

I'm guessing from the poll and the comments that he's had a bad experience there.

I went in with my wife and littlies to look for her next bike - guy was affable enough and even allowed the missus to take our 3 year old to the loos while I looked at bikes for my wife. Some shops force you to let the poor wee blighter piss his pants :(

Then let Chickadee sit upon a variety of Suzukis until she found one she liked.

[JeremyW]

I went in there as an obvious young fella and told him I was just looking but I was treated really well, talked to me for ages and even offered some test rides which I was really impressed by.

Better than AMPS where all I got was dirty looks... bastards

[Cibby]

Your right. the good guys there, i.e Mark and Sarge have gone, the rest are not so good, but as Karma says, it really depends on who you speak to, I've had good service from Red Baron as well,

good luck

[Kittyhawk]

It depends on what you are looking for as your next bike.

[Boob Johnson]

I recently delt with Alaistar from Colemans (he's the owner), really easy chap to deal with, even sent a car to pick me up from the bus stop (as I had travelled from Taranaki to buy the bike).

Test rode the bike (shat pants), asked for paper work, paid cash & rode away with clean undies (for 5 mins) :laugh:


But hey, were all humans, sometimes we have bad days...............and low n behold sometimes customers are assholes :shutup:


Thumbs up for Colemans in my one off recent experience.



ps: If you see Alaistar tell him ive run out of nappysan :killingme

[westie]

I used to cringe when I bough a suzuki cos I knew I would have to deal with colemans (suzuki distributor). That was only up until the start of this year. The new guy in parts has great customer service. No problems with them now.

[Pumba]

Ive got nothing but good things to say about them, I had my 600 bandit serviced there when I couldnt be arsed doing it myself, brought the SV off them and its had all its services done there. Personally I have found them better than Haladanes (contradiction to what others have said in this thread:shit:) but I guess its who you deal with at the time.

In sales I have delt with Alaister, and one of there new salesman Esley. Dan has been great in parts, really seams to know his stuff, and the lady that runs the workshop (Sue is it?) has always been nice to me, even though I dont think you would want to piss her off to much.

[Coyote]

Go to Haldanes or Colemans just to boycot Red Baron. They'll always seem to be the ones to bump up 250 prices just that little bit more than the other stores. Ideally you'd boycot those other dealers for following the Baron but that doesn't leave you with many options...

[Swoop]

Can't read the first post RM is on my ignore list. :rofl:
Snap.


Their mustard is quite pleasant.

[more_fasterer]

From my experiences both as a customer and as a supplier, there's no reason to not trust them. But I've since found that Carl @ Holeshot is a better salesperson to deal with, and Holeshot's parts staff are likewise better to deal with.

[ManDownUnder]

I have no grounds for complaint with Colemans. I have a friend who got a pretty good deal off them not so long back...

[EJK]

Well to be honest, both Redbaron and Colemans are Dealers :girlfight:. They greet you, they smile at you and they shake hands with you when you are in the building.

In my own experience: When I crashed my old 125cc scooter, I took it to the colemans to see how bad the damage was.

What they said was "Ah it's bad. Side is all scratched, fork bent, brake lever bent, headlight gone etc etc etc..... Its gonna cost fortune to fix... It should be written off... So, are you looking forward to buy a bike or another scooter? :)"
:mad:

IMO, I suggest you Redbaron if you are not buying a used bike. Max (dealer) is a good guy, he made a sweet deal on my bike :) Also he helped me getting accessories + service + repairs etc

He goes extra mile

[YLWDUC]

Mustard = Yes
Motorcycle shop = undecided. Their accessory shop staff were mildly helpful but I didn't really click with sales staff the last few times I've been in there window shopping. I guess I'd consider them if I was buying a Suzuki, but not sure about other makes.

[terbang]

I've purchased from them, ordered spares from them and had maintenance done by them. They performed well on all. The name Alistair pops up and he is a good keen young man who can be trusted. I have also had similar dealings with Haldanes and they are just fine too. Can't comment on the rest.

[klyong82]

Couple of years ago I was at Colemans for parts. Not a happy experience I think they were rude. But in the last 3 months I have been in there and things have improve. Service and parts were great. Was in there just 3 weeks ago looking at the red CBR 1000 they had for sale. Sale guy I think was Alan was nice and helpful to show me around. All good now...

[The Stranger]

im looking at buying a bike from Coleman's,


Would you give them money? Would they shaft you up the A hole like red barron?

My current understanding is that all the good people (i.e., sarge and the guy who dose suspension) have left.

Only had service and parts from colemans. The parts guys are bloody good and I had no complaints with the service.

Only had service from Barons and again no complaints. The cost in each case was known up front too which I prefer.

However for the best deals and service see my sig - but don't say I sent you.

[PirateJafa]

I've just bought a Bandit 250 from Coleman's, so I certainly hope it is a reputable dealership!

Spoke with Alastair personally - good guy, and was most helpful for a newbie like myself.

[insane1]

alastair has done me some good deals as of late so will wait to see how the next deal goes all good so far.

[tommorth]

ive found both parst and servie departments to be pretty helpful
no idea about sales dep

[pyrocam]

The lady in red was bought there.

pretty good
now that sarge is gone though, I dunno, will be looking to get some good experiences elsewhere. also I'm probably looking for another Honda.

[Maha]

For the love of 'you know who' RM...surley you aren't asking for people to bag/praise are ya?... Holeshot mate....end of story!...:Punk:

[Big Dog]

im looking at buying a bike from Coleman's,


Would you give them money?.

Well I voted to trust them, because I have no reason not to.

A lot of people have had good things to say, on the other hand they are not a preferred dealer for me because they have succeeded in not taking my money on at least two occasions, in spite of having the money for the bike they had.


Would they shaft you up the A hole like red barron?

I do hope that before you posted such a contentious statement on the internet you gave them the opportunity to rectify your perceived slight. If not that makes you the lesser man, not them the lesser shop.

Yes, recently I have had a vested interest in this as I have started working at Red Baron on weekends, however the above comments are motivated by 6 yeas of satisfied custom not company loyalty.

[Korumba]

I have no idea about Colmans .

But dont think you could go to far wrong with Maunders here in Whangarei.

[johnnyflash]

Cant tell you how good they are,(Colemans) only how silly they are, I went in to buy a new bike earlier this year, paid three visits to look around, each time it was a mission to get anyone who wanted to serve me, they were reluctant even to give me a deal/figure..
result.... I took my money, walked out and went over to Holeshot in takapuna, who couldnt be more helpfull. So I spent over $23,000.00 with em, and have since dealt with holeshots spare parts dept also, again brilliant service.. cant recommend em enough..

[Toaster]

The one time I had a service done by Colemans I was extremely impressed with the service. Excellent job of going the extra mile for a very fussy client who expects the highest standards. They are just a bit far away with traffic etc for me to use them 'regularly'.

As far as sales goes, they lost the bid for the M109 deal because they didn't have the stock, but they did follow up to their credit. Overall, I was pleased - but I have never bought a second hand bike.

[90s]

When I got the GSX it has service history papers - from the last several years - from Coleman's, where I suspect it was originally bought from back in '88.
Yet when I asked them to service it, they refused because it was "too old".
Note, I was willing to pay, not asking for a free service.
Haldane's and Wild West Honda have both given fantastic services to my bike without any problems (although being an "older bike" Haldane's have a few specialists for these old crates, ie. Ricky).

Very unimpressed with Coleman's attitude. Refusal delivered in a very dismissive way as well.

[vifferman]

If I was in the market for a Suzuki, I'd go to Holeshot. I've only ever bought a few shekels worth of accessories from them, but they've always been very good to deal with: I've test-ridden loads of bikes from there, and it wasn't there fault I didn't buy what they had.
A guy I used to work with bought an SV650 from Holeshot, and it didn't arrive when expected, so they gave him a variety of very nice near-new bikes to ride while he was waiting. And then every time he took the SV in for a service, he got a loaner bike from them. That's a very rare thing these days; the only times I've had that was when I paid for one from Continental Cars, when I bought the VFR and Cyclespot gave me a real shitter to ride while they did remedial work on the VFR, and when Brent at Spectrum lent me a hilariously bad Lead 125 scooter (all that was available).