Caution: Boyd Honda lie

[firefighter]

Dude Don't know who you are and kinda don't care but Boyds has been my local all my life nealy 30 years along with my Fathers local used to

Up until this errant pile of dribble post, obviously belonging to someone from Boyds I was thinking it's a one off. This poster is obviously someone from Boyds, looking at the fact this is their only post, and to be honest it's extremely unproffessional, and a further embarrassment to your company.

You would have been better off leaving everyone else to defend your store, as they were doing a stellar job of it . This post reads like a 6 year old wrote it, and makes me see how this mistake could happen at your store.

Personally, only ever heard good things about Boyds, i'd go there myself.

A real shame this happened, i'd be equally pissed off. Just because it's a good deal, does'nt mean it is'nt real, and there's no excuse for it for those of you saying how silly he is for believing it, your basically saying he should'nt have trusted Boyds when he purchased it at this price........

[firefighter]

but did you really expect to get summat at 1/3 of retail price?

It was from a dealer.

Taking what your saying literally, I should'nt trust any sales that Boyds put up on trademe?

Remember he bought from a dealer, not your average joe. I would have thought it reasonable to be able to trust a dealer to be true to their word, and if they advertise something at that price, I can buy it at that price...... Or is this normal for NZ and I should buy this stuff for the real listed price overseas?....

To be very clear, I have no issue with Boyds at all, just voicing my thoughts. I do find it pretty embarrassing they made up that profile Kazza271 and made a right mockery of themselves. I'll believe nothing else there.

[Blackflagged]

would just like to point out the feedback on their trademe profile, over 2000 & only 1 is negative, pretty damn good if you ask me

If thats true (Seem to Good) That`s F@rk!^g Good. Most run into ,about 1 psycho per 100 trades. Had a fight with there girlfriend , or never going past 5 trades (All Negitive as there a Dickhead).

Someone sold it, and didn`t tell the person doing trademe ads - be my Guess.

2 in 2000 - Unlucky

[kazza271]

Hahaha your funny no I do not work at Boyds & have no intention of mixing my pleasure with work yes my spelling & gramer does suck but hey we are not all as good as you 'Fat man on a Hornet'! Oh & i found even funnier the comment about having just made up this profile was made in 2009 but I tend to take things on these fourms with a grain of salt but it is good to log on for a laugh some times but like i said don't tend to comment on things as my opinion is mine & I don't give a f#@k what anyone else thinks!

[Elysium]

Hahaha your funny no I do not work at Boyds & have no intention of mixing my pleasure with work yes my spelling & gramer does suck but hey we are not all as good as you 'Fat man on a Hornet'! Oh & i found even funnier the comment about having just made up this profile was made in 2009 but I tend to take things on these fourms with a grain of salt but it is good to log on for a laugh some times but like i said don't tend to comment on things as my opinion is mine & I don't give a f#@k what anyone else thinks!

Clearly you do care what other people think or why else would you bother to post it here. You seem like an angry little man.

[kazza271]

Hahaha yes I am a short ass about 5ft 7!

[Oscar]

It was from a dealer.

Taking what your saying literally, I should'nt trust any sales that Boyds put up on trademe?

Remember he bought from a dealer, not your average joe. I would have thought it reasonable to be able to trust a dealer to be true to their word, and if they advertise something at that price, I can buy it at that price...... Or is this normal for NZ and I should buy this stuff for the real listed price overseas?....

To be very clear, I have no issue with Boyds at all, just voicing my thoughts. I do find it pretty embarrassing they made up that profile Kazza271 and made a right mockery of themselves. I'll believe nothing else there.

I asked someone at Boyds what the story was.
Apparently it was that price - it was a wholesaler cleaning out old stock.
The problem was that when the auction ended the part could not be found - it had just disappeared from the warehouse. As it is no longer made, there were no others to be had.

[shafty]

I asked someone at Boyds what the story was.
Apparently it was that price - it was a wholesaler cleaning out old stock.
The problem was that when the auction ended the part could not be found - it had just disappeared from the warehouse. As it is no longer made, there were no others to be had.

That's understandable, but ................." it's the putting right that counts"

[thealmightytaco]

Yeah, regardless of why it went wrong they shouldn't have charged the credit card if they couldn't find the part, that seems to be the problem here that no one seems to have said anything about yet. $1 TradeMe auctions on expensive things happen all the time, sellers risk, if they're not up for it then they shouldn't be doing it. But a dealer especially should have itself sorted, unless they want to sour their name, especially in taking peoples money without having anything to give them.

Running an auction on something they think they have and then can't find is fine, but before doing any credit card charge they should've got the part in their hands, or found out they didn't have it and then just let the man know. Then all would be understanding and relatively happy, and then notifying TradeMe that auction wasn't completed for some reason is merely a formality. But as it stands, Boyds have taken this man's money (havent read that they actually have reversed charges yet) and given him nothing. He's got every right to rant, can't quite understand those who think he should get over it, if a dealer took my money and told me they didn't actually have the thing I wanted and that I should just go home and let them keep my money, man, I'd be systematically throwin' the helmet display through the windows.


P.S. Bought my old FXR off Holeshot, worst vehicle buying experience ever. Promised new tyres (were near bald in middle and sidewalls were cracking) and tank protector (can't remember if that's it's actual name, thing that stops your jacket zipper scuffing tank paint up, because existing one was falling off), but when I turned up to pick it up the same guy I'd talked to 2 days before, bluntly told me I was dreaming, everything legal, why would it get changed. Eventually caved and gave me the tank protector, and then found out the wof hadn't even been done, so I had to stand around in the store for an hour till they sorted themselves out. That's where I learnt to get any added perks written on the sale agreement before doing your deposit. And that Holeshot wasn't for me.

[thealmightytaco]

Why the hell did that show up twice? Feel free to delete one of them admin folk.

[BoristheBiter]

I think the funnest thing about this whole thread is how someone can get the best service in the world from a place and somone gets shit.( i myself have had nothing but good service from holeshot)
It seams that the service can change from day to day and that shows how much crap we will put up with or forget about if we think we are getting a cheap deal.
I work in the service industry and i put the service I give above everything else but have seen that this really means nothing at all as some of my competion have the worst service in auckland but because they are the cheapest people still use them.

I always put the service i receive above price but have found that most places you go couln't give a shit as the salesperson still gets paid if you buy somthing or not so now i just look for a good deal.

I have seen this all happen before in the UK, cheaps places start importing cheap stuff, locals can't make it cheaper and go bust. we stop making things and the ecconamy takes longer to come out of a recesion.
Its time we demaded better service and goods but again all will fall on deaf ears when you can buy cheap.

If you get crap service don't go back, tell everone and things might change, untill then we will just put up with the same old shit.

[ckai]

I think the funnest thing about this whole thread is how someone can get the best service in the world from a place and somone gets shit.

Maybe it could come down to the attitude of the customer? Customer goes into a shop expecting x amount off bike and the shop won't have a bar of it, the customer is gonna feel shafted. Especially if another shop will play ball. Doesn't mean the original shop is an asshole to deal with. It just means the customer and the shop have tried dating and someone screwed up the good night kiss

[BoristheBiter]

Maybe it could come down to the attitude of the customer? Customer goes into a shop expecting x amount off bike and the shop won't have a bar of it, the customer is gonna feel shafted. Especially if another shop will play ball. Doesn't mean the original shop is an asshole to deal with. It just means the customer and the shop have tried dating and someone screwed up the good night kiss

Not the point i was trying to get across but i will agree with that, allways will you get the person you wants you to jump higher for nothing and complains when you don't.

[Grumpy]

Yeah mistakes happen, that's a given. We all make them. How those mistakes are handled would be the lasting memory that sticks in peoples mind. To try to cover up the mistake with untruths is probably the biggest error in this case.

I've never dealt with the shop in question but have heard only good things about them but would probably have come away with the same bitter taste in my mouth it had happened to me.

[Quasievil]

Boyds is the best Bike shop in NZ as far as Im concerned, but like ANY business shit happens, posting it as a general "BOYDS LIE" is B.S
says more about the poster than it does the business itself