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Michael Fennell (Mfennell70)
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 19, 2001 - 12:30 pm: | |
FWIW, Joan at Wide World was very cordial to myself and a friend and spent better than an hour with us. We called ahead and she was expecting us. If I had to guess, they expect serious buyers to call ahead.
The "city money" certainly drives their prices though. |
Martin (Miami348ts)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 - 5:24 am: | |
I started all my businesses with the philosophy of gettting a good customer service reputation. That does not make you rich immediately but richer that screwing people in the first few years of your business and getting a bad reputation.
Once you are established as a good business man your customers will recommend you to friends and family and BANG!
Stop going there and tell everybody else to stop going there.
I can only recommend that nobody buys cars from PRESTIGE IMPORTS im Miami. |
Martin (Miami348ts)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 - 5:20 am: | |
Bret;
there is no excuse for being snooty to anybody. As Magoo said, you never know. I have been to dealerships where salesman did not see me pulling into the lot and giving me the nose. Weekends I like to wear comfy cloths. I guess walking into a high price car dealership requires suit and tie (something I never wear)in order to be taken serious.
At the end of the day these guys live off commissions and when they see you driving away in a nice car they think about their own Toyota Camry and go "dang, another sale lost!"
Just never pick these sales guys. They are not worth your business. I would make the point of even asking for another salesperson if I am comng in to buy a certain car, if the guy gives me an attitude.
There is not a whole lotta cars that one dealer has and another can not get.
As you can see from some of the other guys, there is good people out there. |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 - 3:41 am: | |
Yes Mitchel, I visited FAF back in 1991. It was the first time I had seen the then-new 348. I also saw a Koenig Twin-Turbo TR there too. Neat place. |
magoo (Magoo)
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 - 12:53 am: | |
Talking about these salesman. They can be pretty stupid at times. As my Dad always said, "You never know how much money a guy has in his pocket." |
BretM (Bretm)
| | Posted on Monday, September 17, 2001 - 12:40 pm: | |
The dealership near me is a little different (Wide World of Cars). The salesman seem somewhat snooty most of the time despite the fact that I come in the 308qv (which I know isn't a house on wheels Ferrari, but still it's a Ferrari through and through, and besides which what do they expect from a young guy). The parts people are great, probably the best parts people in any dealership (from Chevy to Mercedes) that I've come across yet. But I don't get why the sales people are weird, to me somewhat, but mostly when I see them talking to other people that don't have a Ferrari and they seem not interested at all in giving these people their time which is a little disappointing that this is who represents Ferrari not only to prospective customers, but also to the dreamers like Peter and Mitchel (and me, I guess pretty much all of us) used to be. My dad just says that's how they are because they're selling quarter million dollar cars to people coming out of the city and in our area, still though, inconsiderate in my opinion. |
Mitchel DeFrancis (4re308)
| | Posted on Monday, September 17, 2001 - 8:15 am: | |
Hey Peter, I have a similar story of a super cool salesman. 2 of them actually. I moved to Atlanta in 1982, and found that there was a Ferrari dealer in town and immediately started going to FAF Motorcars to drool. I dragged my parents to FAF so many times, they became friendly with them. I was graciously accepted by Ric Schumann and Steve Ahlgrim. They always let me sit in the cars, take pictures, gave me brochures, they even took me for countless rides and they helped confirm my suspicions that I was indeed Ferraristi. I am still friends with them both. I owe part of my love for these cars, to them. |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
| | Posted on Friday, September 14, 2001 - 11:33 pm: | |
When I was a kid and would go to exotic car dealerships and garages (like Luigi's Sports Cars in Montreal, Hollywood Sports Cars and Michael Sheehan's European Auto Sales/Restoration as examples), They would let me take photos, gave me brochures and yes, let me sit in the cars, this inspired me and was thrilled by the experiences. Even when I was 14 and visited Classic Ferrari (now F of Dallas), the salesman (I think his name was Tony Zarconi [sp?]) let me start one up... on the showroom floor! I will NEVER forget that moment.
...And today, I own a Ferrari and do follow that list. Maybe some kid out there will make their dreams come true, just like I did. |
BretM (Bretm)
| | Posted on Friday, September 14, 2001 - 2:12 pm: | |
That northwest region has got a lot of good stuff on it. I've been checking it out sporadically for about a year now. They have really funny things on it too like stories and acronyms, etc. Definitely worth looking at if you haven't already. |
William H (Countachxx)
| | Posted on Friday, September 14, 2001 - 7:28 am: | |
Good to see, I cant stand snobs & I hate to see when people with Brand A treat people with Brand B poorly. Foremost we r all humans, so we should try to treat every1 else with respect. This can only help our image |
Martin (Miami348ts)
| | Posted on Friday, September 14, 2001 - 4:35 am: | |
Stu,
there was no line where I could sign this declaration of ownership....
Great piece! |
stu cordova (Balataboy)
| | Posted on Thursday, September 13, 2001 - 11:05 pm: | |
This comes from the Northwest Ferrari club web site. I know that most of us already feel compelled to "share" our cars with others, but I thought if you've never read this, you might enjoy it! Cheers!
http://www.ferrariclub.com/faq/etiquette.html |
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