Dealer Telling Porkies

halpos4 · 01-03-2009, 09:00 PM

On Friday evening i had an Australian couple in my Taxi,as soon as i stepped out to load the luggage they said "a Prius",anyway during the journey they told me they were at one point going to buy one but were put off by the salesman who told them that the HV Battery would need to be replaced every 3yrs and that would cost them $5000 [Australian].I told them that was complete rubbish and that mine had 200,800klm [which i showed them]and if that were the case then Toyota would be replacing 2 HV Batteries under warranty[based on the mileage they covered per year]They ended up buying a Corolla that the salesman seemed keen on selling them.....I wonder why!!

**efusco** · 01-03-2009, 09:03 PM

Geez, it never ends does it. It seems like every word a dealer says is just a lie or wrong.

Shawn Clark · 01-03-2009, 10:56 PM

Chalk this one up to the salesman. If they want to sell you a given car, they will make up whatever they need to about the car you actually want to scare you away...and into the vehicle they want you to buy.

dogfriend · 01-03-2009, 11:23 PM

The dealer probably had a lot of Corollas on the lot and not many (or any) Prius. The dealer may have been giving a bonus to the salesguy for selling a Corolla.

A few years ago, my GF was shopping for a used Avalon. She told the salesguy what she was looking for and the approx price she was willing to pay. He said "I think we have one like that over here...." then spent the rest of the time we were there trying to sell her a new Camry. They had a lot of Camry(s) on the lot, but no used Avalons. She ended up buying from another dealer.

patsparks · 01-04-2009, 07:34 AM

Do they ever tell the truth?
He had a Corolla on the lot to sell today, it was late in the month and he didn't have a Prius he could put them in today.
Fool surely would have got a bigger commission on the Prius, wouldn't he?

Aussies are all liars. Am I telling the truth?

jayman · 01-04-2009, 01:26 PM

A sales jerk would tell a *lie* ???

I'm shocked

sdtundra · 01-04-2009, 01:47 PM

When I was shopping for a car, I saw an ad for 2 Prius Package 2's at $19,947. I went in at 9:30 and waited for them to open at 10 so I would be sure to get one.

The salesman said that the ad had been running since Thursday and they sold them that day, (it was Friday March 14) and that he had a Scion tC that he could get me in for that same price. First of all, tC is nice but $19,947 before TTL for a tC that stickers at $17k is just insane unless it has leather and nav.

Ended up grabbing the paper from my car which I'm lucky I had, walking by every single Prius on the lot matching Stock #'s. The white one was $19,947, the red one was $20,400 because of a "COLOR PREMIUM"

.

So yes, salesmen will try to get you into what they have available or what they can make the most on...Scion for $19,947 vs Prius for under invoice.

Best part of the story is, when I was doing the paperwork, a couple walked in and wanted the same car I was doing the paperwork for and 2 others were in there for the red one. Took until noon to have everything sorted out, I bought the car contingent upon bringing them the Pink Slip for my truck within the hour for the trade to go through.

KK6PD · 01-04-2009, 02:53 PM

Scene 5

'Burn the Toyota Salesman!'

CARBUYERS: [chanting] Prius Iesu domine, dona eis Prius requiem. [bonk] Prius Iesu domine,... [bonk] ...dona eis Prius requiem. [bonk] Prius Iesu domine,... [bonk] ...dona eis Prius requiem.
PRIUSCHATTERS: A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! [bonk] A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman!
CARBUYERS: [chanting] Prius Iesu domine...
PRIUSCHATTERS: A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! We've found a Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! We've got a Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! We've found a Toyota Salesman! We've found a Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman!
JAYMAN: We have found a Toyota Salesman. May we burn her?

PRIUSCHATTERS: Burn her! Burn! Burn her! Burn her!
KK6PD: How do you know she is a Toyota Salesman?
DOC WILLIE: She looks like one.
PRIUSCHATTERS: Right! Yeah! Yeah!
KK6PD: Bring her forward.
TOYOTA SALESMAN:I'm not a Toyota Salesman. I'm not a Toyota Salesman.
KK6PD: Uh, but you are dressed as one.

TOYOTASALESMAN: They dressed me up like this.
PRIUSCHATTERS: Augh, we didn't! We didn't...
Toyotasalesman: And this isn't my Prius ad. It's a false one.
KK6PD: Well?
JAYMAN: Well, we do like the car.
KK6PD: The car?
JAYMAN: And the SYNERGY DRIVE, but she is a Toyota Salesman!
DOC WILLIE: Yeah!
PRIUSCHATTERS: We burn her! Right! Yeaaah! Yeaah!
KK6PD: Did you dress up the advert like this?
JAYMAN: No!
DOC WILLIE and ICARUS: No. No.
DOC WILLIE: No.
JAYMAN: No.
DOC WILLIE and ICARUS: No.
JAYMAN: Yes.
DOC WILLIE: Yes.
JAYMAN: Yes. Yeah, a bit.
ICARUS: A bit.
JAYMAN and DOC WILLIE: A bit.
ICARUS: A bit.
JAYMAN: She has got a Touring Edition.
RANDOM: [cough]
KK6PD: What makes you think she is a Toyota Salesman?
ICARUS: Well, she turned me into a Volt.
KK6PD: A VOLT?
ICARUS: You know that Bailout nightmare GM Thinggie ..,but, I got better.
DOC WILLIE: Burn her anyway!
JAYMAN: Burn!
PRIUSCHATTERS: Burn her! Burn! Burn her!...
KK6PD: Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether she is a Toyota Salesman.
JAYMAN: Are there?
DOC WILLIE: Ah?
JAYMAN: What are they?
PRIUSHATTERS: Tell us! Tell us!...
KK6PD: Tell me. What do you do with Toyota Salesman?
DOC WILLIE: Burn!
JAYMAN: Burn!
PRIUSCHATTERS: Burn! Burn them up! Burn!...
KK6PD: And what do you burn apart from Toyota Salesman? J
JAYMAN: More Toyota Salesman!
ICARUS: Shh!
DOC WILLIE: Wood!
KK6PD: So, why do Toyota Salesman burn? [pause]
ICARUS: B--... 'cause they're made of... wood?
KK6PD: Good! Heh heh.
PRUSCHATTERS: Oh, yeah. Oh.
KK6PD: So, how do we tell whether she is made of wood?
JAYMAN: Build a bridge out of her, and drive a SUV across her!
KK6PD: Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone?
JAYMAN: Oh, yeah.
RANDOM: Oh, yeah. True. Uhh...
KK6PD: Does wood sink in water?
JAYMAN: No. No.
DOC WILLIE: No, it floats! It floats!
JAYMAN: Throw her into the pond!
PRIUSCHATTERS: The pond! Throw her into the pond!
KK6PD: What also floats in water?
JAYMAN: Bread!
DOC WILLIE: Apples!
ICARUS: Uh, very small rocks!
JAYMAN: Cider!
DOC WILLIE: Uh, gra-- gravy!
JAYMAN: Cherries!
DOC WILLIE: Mud!
ICARUS Uh, churches! Churches!
DOC WILLIE: Lead! Lead!
DANNY: A Duck
PRIUSCHATTERS: ooohhh!!!
KK6PD: Exactly. So, logically...
JAYMAN: If... she... weighs... the same as a duck,... she's made of wood.
KK6PD: And therefore?
DOC WILLIE: A Toyota Salesman!
PRIUSCHATTERS: A Toyota Salesman!
JAYMAN: Toyota Salesman:
PRUSCHATTERS: A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman!...
PATSPARKS: Here is a duck. Use this duck. [quack quack quack]
KK6PD: Very good. We shall use my largest scales.
PRIUSCHATTERS: Ohh! Ohh! Burn the Toyota Salesman! Burn the Toyota Salesman! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Ahh! Ahh...
KK6PD: Right. Remove the supports! [whop] [clunk] [creak]

PRIUSCHATTERS: A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman!
TOYOTASALESMAN: It's a fair cop.
ICARUS: Burn her!
PRIUSCHATTERS: Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn! Burn!...
KK6PD: Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?
DANNY: I am DANNY, King of the PRUSCHATTERS.
KK6PD: My liege!
DANNY: Good Sir Knight, will you come with me to Toyotalot and join us at the Prius Round Table?
KK6PD: My liege! I would be honored.
DANNY: What is your name?
KK6PD: 'KK6PD', my liege.
DANNY: Then I dub you 'Sir KK6PD, Knight of the Prius Round Table'.

With apologies to Monty Pythons Flying Circus.

It seemed to fit the bait and switch salesman scheme!!

73 de Pat KK6PD

dogfriend · 01-04-2009, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by patsparks

Aussies are all liars. Am I telling the truth?

Yes, I think you are.

jayman · 01-04-2009, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KK6PD

Scene 5

'Burn the Toyota Salesman!'

I laughed so hard, I just about peed myself

01-03-2009, 09:00 PM	#1
halpos4 "Taxi"! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 214 My Car: 2006 Prius Model: Package: Base Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts Friends: 0	Dealer Telling Porkies On Friday evening i had an Australian couple in my Taxi,as soon as i stepped out to load the luggage they said "a Prius",anyway during the journey they told me they were at one point going to buy one but were put off by the salesman who told them that the HV Battery would need to be replaced every 3yrs and that would cost them $5000 [Australian].I told them that was complete rubbish and that mine had 200,800klm [which i showed them]and if that were the case then Toyota would be replacing 2 HV Batteries under warranty[based on the mileage they covered per year]They ended up buying a Corolla that the salesman seemed keen on selling them.....I wonder why!!

01-03-2009, 09:03 PM	#2
efusco Troll Slayer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 17,229 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #9 Thanks: 49 Thanked 249 Times in 148 Posts Friends: 37	Re: Dealer Telling Porkies Geez, it never ends does it. It seems like every word a dealer says is just a lie or wrong.

01-03-2009, 10:56 PM	#3
Shawn Clark Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Midwest Posts: 2,069 My Car: 2008 Prius Model: Package: #2 Thanks: 112 Thanked 103 Times in 85 Posts Friends: 0	Re: Dealer Telling Porkies Chalk this one up to the salesman. If they want to sell you a given car, they will make up whatever they need to about the car you actually want to scare you away...and into the vehicle they want you to buy.

01-03-2009, 11:23 PM	#4
dogfriend Human - Animal Hybrid Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Carmichael, CA Posts: 4,957 My Car: 2007 Prius Model: Package: #6 Thanks: 280 Thanked 175 Times in 147 Posts Friends: 11	Re: Dealer Telling Porkies The dealer probably had a lot of Corollas on the lot and not many (or any) Prius. The dealer may have been giving a bonus to the salesguy for selling a Corolla. A few years ago, my GF was shopping for a used Avalon. She told the salesguy what she was looking for and the approx price she was willing to pay. He said "I think we have one like that over here...." then spent the rest of the time we were there trying to sell her a new Camry. They had a lot of Camry(s) on the lot, but no used Avalons. She ended up buying from another dealer. __________________ My friends Dingo and Digby

01-04-2009, 07:34 AM	#5
patsparks An Aussie perspective Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Adelaide South Australia Posts: 9,189 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: N/A Package: Base Thanks: 120 Thanked 179 Times in 137 Posts Friends: 33	Re: Dealer Telling Porkies Do they ever tell the truth? He had a Corolla on the lot to sell today, it was late in the month and he didn't have a Prius he could put them in today. Fool surely would have got a bigger commission on the Prius, wouldn't he? Aussies are all liars. Am I telling the truth?

01-04-2009, 01:26 PM	#6
jayman Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Winnipeg Manitoba Posts: 11,560 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: B Thanks: 35 Thanked 185 Times in 168 Posts Friends: 12	Re: Dealer Telling Porkies A sales jerk would tell a lie ??? I'm shocked

01-04-2009, 01:47 PM	#7
sdtundra Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 799 My Car: 2008 Prius Model: Package: #2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts Friends: 10	Re: Dealer Telling Porkies When I was shopping for a car, I saw an ad for 2 Prius Package 2's at $19,947. I went in at 9:30 and waited for them to open at 10 so I would be sure to get one. The salesman said that the ad had been running since Thursday and they sold them that day, (it was Friday March 14) and that he had a Scion tC that he could get me in for that same price. First of all, tC is nice but $19,947 before TTL for a tC that stickers at $17k is just insane unless it has leather and nav. Ended up grabbing the paper from my car which I'm lucky I had, walking by every single Prius on the lot matching Stock #'s. The white one was $19,947, the red one was $20,400 because of a "COLOR PREMIUM". So yes, salesmen will try to get you into what they have available or what they can make the most on...Scion for $19,947 vs Prius for under invoice. Best part of the story is, when I was doing the paperwork, a couple walked in and wanted the same car I was doing the paperwork for and 2 others were in there for the red one. Took until noon to have everything sorted out, I bought the car contingent upon bringing them the Pink Slip for my truck within the hour for the trade to go through. __________________ National Registry EMT San Diego County EMT

01-04-2009, 02:53 PM	#8
KK6PD _ . _ . / _ _ . _ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,156 My Car: 2008 Prius Model: Package: #5 Thanks: 88 Thanked 35 Times in 32 Posts Friends: 11	Re: Dealer Telling Porkies Scene 5 'Burn the Toyota Salesman!' CARBUYERS: [chanting] Prius Iesu domine, dona eis Prius requiem. [bonk] Prius Iesu domine,... [bonk] ...dona eis Prius requiem. [bonk] Prius Iesu domine,... [bonk] ...dona eis Prius requiem. PRIUSCHATTERS: A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! [bonk] A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! CARBUYERS: [chanting] Prius Iesu domine... PRIUSCHATTERS: A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! We've found a Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! We've got a Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! We've found a Toyota Salesman! We've found a Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! JAYMAN: We have found a Toyota Salesman. May we burn her? PRIUSCHATTERS: Burn her! Burn! Burn her! Burn her! KK6PD: How do you know she is a Toyota Salesman? DOC WILLIE: She looks like one. PRIUSCHATTERS: Right! Yeah! Yeah! KK6PD: Bring her forward. TOYOTA SALESMAN:I'm not a Toyota Salesman. I'm not a Toyota Salesman. KK6PD: Uh, but you are dressed as one. TOYOTASALESMAN: They dressed me up like this. PRIUSCHATTERS: Augh, we didn't! We didn't... Toyotasalesman: And this isn't my Prius ad. It's a false one. KK6PD: Well? JAYMAN: Well, we do like the car. KK6PD: The car? JAYMAN: And the SYNERGY DRIVE, but she is a Toyota Salesman! DOC WILLIE: Yeah! PRIUSCHATTERS: We burn her! Right! Yeaaah! Yeaah! KK6PD: Did you dress up the advert like this? JAYMAN: No! DOC WILLIE and ICARUS: No. No. DOC WILLIE: No. JAYMAN: No. DOC WILLIE and ICARUS: No. JAYMAN: Yes. DOC WILLIE: Yes. JAYMAN: Yes. Yeah, a bit. ICARUS: A bit. JAYMAN and DOC WILLIE: A bit. ICARUS: A bit. JAYMAN: She has got a Touring Edition. RANDOM: [cough] KK6PD: What makes you think she is a Toyota Salesman? ICARUS: Well, she turned me into a Volt. KK6PD: A VOLT? ICARUS: You know that Bailout nightmare GM Thinggie ..,but, I got better. DOC WILLIE: Burn her anyway! JAYMAN: Burn! PRIUSCHATTERS: Burn her! Burn! Burn her!... KK6PD: Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether she is a Toyota Salesman. JAYMAN: Are there? DOC WILLIE: Ah? JAYMAN: What are they? PRIUSHATTERS: Tell us! Tell us!... KK6PD: Tell me. What do you do with Toyota Salesman? DOC WILLIE: Burn! JAYMAN: Burn! PRIUSCHATTERS: Burn! Burn them up! Burn!... KK6PD: And what do you burn apart from Toyota Salesman? J JAYMAN: More Toyota Salesman! ICARUS: Shh! DOC WILLIE: Wood! KK6PD: So, why do Toyota Salesman burn? [pause] ICARUS: B--... 'cause they're made of... wood? KK6PD: Good! Heh heh. PRUSCHATTERS: Oh, yeah. Oh. KK6PD: So, how do we tell whether she is made of wood? JAYMAN: Build a bridge out of her, and drive a SUV across her! KK6PD: Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone? JAYMAN: Oh, yeah. RANDOM: Oh, yeah. True. Uhh... KK6PD: Does wood sink in water? JAYMAN: No. No. DOC WILLIE: No, it floats! It floats! JAYMAN: Throw her into the pond! PRIUSCHATTERS: The pond! Throw her into the pond! KK6PD: What also floats in water? JAYMAN: Bread! DOC WILLIE: Apples! ICARUS: Uh, very small rocks! JAYMAN: Cider! DOC WILLIE: Uh, gra-- gravy! JAYMAN: Cherries! DOC WILLIE: Mud! ICARUS Uh, churches! Churches! DOC WILLIE: Lead! Lead! DANNY: A Duck PRIUSCHATTERS: ooohhh!!! KK6PD: Exactly. So, logically... JAYMAN: If... she... weighs... the same as a duck,... she's made of wood. KK6PD: And therefore? DOC WILLIE: A Toyota Salesman! PRIUSCHATTERS: A Toyota Salesman! JAYMAN: Toyota Salesman: PRUSCHATTERS: A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman!... PATSPARKS: Here is a duck. Use this duck. [quack quack quack] KK6PD: Very good. We shall use my largest scales. PRIUSCHATTERS: Ohh! Ohh! Burn the Toyota Salesman! Burn the Toyota Salesman! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Ahh! Ahh... KK6PD: Right. Remove the supports! [whop] [clunk] [creak] PRIUSCHATTERS: A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! A Toyota Salesman! TOYOTASALESMAN: It's a fair cop. ICARUS: Burn her! PRIUSCHATTERS: Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn! Burn!... KK6PD: Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science? DANNY: I am DANNY, King of the PRUSCHATTERS. KK6PD: My liege! DANNY: Good Sir Knight, will you come with me to Toyotalot and join us at the Prius Round Table? KK6PD: My liege! I would be honored. DANNY: What is your name? KK6PD: 'KK6PD', my liege. DANNY: Then I dub you 'Sir KK6PD, Knight of the Prius Round Table'. With apologies to Monty Pythons Flying Circus. It seemed to fit the bait and switch salesman scheme!! 73 de Pat KK6PD Last edited by KK6PD; 01-04-2009 at 07:57 PM.

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