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  1. #46
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    HA yeah that can happen, maybe try the parts girl
    Quote Originally Posted by Mully
    The price of biking is eternal vigilance. Switch off for a second and the bastard will bite you.
    You can't save the fallen, direct the lost or motivate the lazy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mister.koz View Post
    HA yeah that can happen, maybe try the parts girl
    What do you mean by "Try the parts girl" - I would have loved to "try" the Accounts girl!!!!!

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    Whats worse is when the person you get to help you doesnt know anything and they have to keep ruuning back to the other sales people to get answers to your questions...
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    my suggestion was completely plain, no extra suggestions hehehe
    Quote Originally Posted by Mully
    The price of biking is eternal vigilance. Switch off for a second and the bastard will bite you.
    You can't save the fallen, direct the lost or motivate the lazy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Griffin View Post
    Whats worse is when the person you get to help you doesnt know anything and they have to keep ruuning back to the other sales people to get answers to your questions...
    yeah, this is a problem....

    I guess i only browse when i don't have money, when i do have money and i am in a shop i am there to buy and i already know what i want.

    Pisses sales people off somewhat but meh.
    Quote Originally Posted by Mully
    The price of biking is eternal vigilance. Switch off for a second and the bastard will bite you.
    You can't save the fallen, direct the lost or motivate the lazy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mister.koz View Post
    my suggestion was completely plain, no extra suggestions hehehe
    A test ride might have been fun!

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    I am so not getting into that :P
    Quote Originally Posted by Mully
    The price of biking is eternal vigilance. Switch off for a second and the bastard will bite you.
    You can't save the fallen, direct the lost or motivate the lazy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mister.koz View Post
    I am so not getting into that :P
    "Into that" you keep leaving yourself wide open!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Meekey_Mouse View Post

    I must say, I'm shocked that you found the help in the Kawasaki store in Hamilton not very good, I've always found them the best out of the 4 bike stores on Te Rapa Rd as far as people coming up and seeing if you need any assistance.
    I know, what is worse is I know the owner from when he was a mechanic in the store and I have bought at least two bikes from the store.
    No more though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DMNTD View Post

    Oh it's better now that I'm working there
    I'll try and pop in next time I am over... will i recognise you by your flaming skull?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Number One View Post
    I don't want them fawning all over me but don't appreciate being flat out ignored!
    Oh you're complex Number One, just sooo COMPLEX!!


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    While on holiday in Oz, I thought I'd check out leather jackets in Nerang, as the street was loaded with bike shops. Triumph dealer was at the end, so seemed like the logical place to start.
    After browsing jackets, I noticed the price of their Speed Triple and asked the salesman sitting at the desk if that was a run out special. As he was about to reply, a voice behind me said "No, that's the normal price" and then started a sales pitch on the Triple. When I was able to get a word in, I said "Yeah yeah, I'm quite familiar with them, I own one, but they're quite a bit cheaper here than at home in NZ". Realization that I had no intention of purchasing a bike must have set in and just as I started to say something else, he turned his back on me and started a conversation with a guy standing behind him. Of course I was and turned to the salesman sitting at the desk. He looked rather embarrassed, got up, walked away and disappeared out the back.
    I left the shop shaking my head, laughing and wondering if I wanted to keep looking for a jacket. Well of course I did and my faith was soon restored down the road with a really helpful friendly parts guy. Turned out he was from New Plymouth!!!

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    Yep those Aussies, if ya not talking about sheep or velcro gloves they are just not interested

    Quote Originally Posted by Ferris View Post
    While on holiday in Oz, I thought I'd check out leather jackets in Nerang, as the street was loaded with bike shops. Triumph dealer was at the end, so seemed like the logical place to start.
    After browsing jackets, I noticed the price of their Speed Triple and asked the salesman sitting at the desk if that was a run out special. As he was about to reply, a voice behind me said "No, that's the normal price" and then started a sales pitch on the Triple. When I was able to get a word in, I said "Yeah yeah, I'm quite familiar with them, I own one, but they're quite a bit cheaper here than at home in NZ". Realization that I had no intention of purchasing a bike must have set in and just as I started to say something else, he turned his back on me and started a conversation with a guy standing behind him. Of course I was and turned to the salesman sitting at the desk. He looked rather embarrassed, got up, walked away and disappeared out the back.
    I left the shop shaking my head, laughing and wondering if I wanted to keep looking for a jacket. Well of course I did and my faith was soon restored down the road with a really helpful friendly parts guy. Turned out he was from New Plymouth!!!

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    it is the same over here. You usually find that the poncey shops ignore you as if that what is expected.

    As much as I am not a fan of Honda I must admit the guts in the local Honda shop were great, no bloody fantastic about helping us with a topbox and intercom system. Although they didn't have the topbox that we wanted they spent ages doing a smart bodge-it job attaching a smaller topbox to our back plate. And to top it off they gave us it all for only $25 which saved us a fortune.

    We got the intercom system cheap as chips too. I will admit that should we need anything else in future those guys will get our business for sure. I have working in customer service roles and appreciate when people go the extra mile. I do not believe they they do it because they have to, I think that some people are just good at thier job abd want to provide excellent service.
    We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
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    Having worked in the retail sector for a long time I generally have found service not to bad but what has really got me checkin prices and quite often now buying parts off the internet(overseas) is pricing , two examples exhaust rings locally $14-00 each , via net set of four landed $16-49, small rubber part quote resonable price but only have stock at other branch (I'll wait) parts arrive, thats $**** a 85% increase on quote !!!! I shop around on internet most of time now!
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