Lars997:
You are right Christian - I never would have begged either, especially since you have all the nice cars at home.
But as you say - the owner of the dealership should have let you know to compensate your pain in any way. If this would happen to my client I would think about something nice not to loose him. But thats the arrogance and 'narrowmindedness' I meant before. Those guys are selling Porsche and still are jealous on their clients. Thats why they are not sad at all not to make you happy. You might even want to think they like it a bit not to make you to happy. Ever and ever again this happened to my friends, my family and myself.
Good luck buddy!
Thanks Lars, I'm afraid I have to agree with you on this one. The owner of the dealership actually drives a BMW 7 series, his son drives a Jeep Grand Cherokee. No kidding. They sold BMW before and the son has a large collection of US cars. They don't seem to be too attached to Porsche, actually there were rumors that Penske would buy the dealership, he was even here(personally) but he refused according to rumors(apparently he didn't like the numbers).
Oh boy, I would love to own a Porsche dealership, this was always my dream, I would treat customers with the respect and courtesy they deserve, no matter if Boxster or 918 customers but apparently they look at the numbers only. With a different attitude, they would attract much more customers, thus the numbers would improve. Look at my neighbor...instead of a GT3, he bought a C63 AMG Black Series. He already owns a 911 and he isn't happy about this dealership either. Is there actually a dealership who cares about the passion involved with Porsche or is each and every dealership just caring about the numbers?
When Porsche Germany decided that dealerships over here should be Porsche exclusive only, they aren't permitted by contract to sell other brands in the same dealership with Porsche cars together, I think they had a different kind of customer treatment in mind. Does Porsche actually check out dealerships? Do they care?
Sad story contuinuing: Today I didn't have to work, so I slept longer. I woke up, my wife and my son weren't at home and I thought they went buying groceries together. At around 10 am they came back and my son was crying again. I asked what happened and guess where they have been: They went to the Porsche dealership to check if my car arrived (which was impossible since there are no Saturday deliveries) because my son urged my wife this morning at 7 am(!) to do so. My wife was so angry at my dealer, you just can't imagine. He is a 8 year old kid, what does he know about deliveries or whatever, he just knows that I promised him. This almost broke my heart today.
This whole weekend is kind of ruined, my wife is in a bad mood, my kids are in a bad mood and I am in a bad mood too. Not that anybody should really care about this but it could have been the perfect holiday weekend. Could have.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche Panamera Turbo S, BMW X5M, Mercedes C63 AMG Coupe PP/DP, Mini Cooper S Countryman All4