greenfreak
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...I want to give my car salesman a present.
I'm signing papers on my new car tomorrow night and wanted to give this guy a present because he's been so good to us for the past few weeks. He never bullshitted us, gave me prices for every car that were less than $100 over invoice, never balked every time I called him and asked him to search for a new car in a new color with a new package, always made himself available for the many test drives I took, called me on his days off. Rusty's Grandmother died on Saturday and we were supposed to go down there to look at yet another car. The last green car they had with the options I wanted. When I told him what happened, he reserved the car for me, on the off-chance that I might want it and told me to take my time, don't worry, the car will be there whenever we feel well enough to come down and look.
When I went in today, I saw that they had "driver gear" in the dealership. I mentioned that I saw some of the stuff online and was thinking of getting a hat or shirt or something. So he went over, found a green shirt, and included it with the car. And then threw in a hat for Rusty too.
Anyway, he made my first new-car buying experience a joy and we want to get him something. There's a mall closeby and I'm going tomorrow afternoon to get him a gift certificate (for any store in the mall). I'll probably get one for $50.00
I want to know; do you think I'm crazy for paying that much for a new car and then spending money on the salesman who gets a commission anyway? You just don't find people like this out there anymore, especially in a car dealership. I believe in giving back to people like this, there really aren't many of them left. The other dealers I went to were total assholes, gave me such a load of crap. I find myself so dissapointed with anyone in customer service and I don't think it's any coincidence that my salesman is an older man who's been around the block.
What do you think, crazy? Have you ever written a letter to a manager commending someone on something they did for you, or give someone in the service industry a gift?
I'm signing papers on my new car tomorrow night and wanted to give this guy a present because he's been so good to us for the past few weeks. He never bullshitted us, gave me prices for every car that were less than $100 over invoice, never balked every time I called him and asked him to search for a new car in a new color with a new package, always made himself available for the many test drives I took, called me on his days off. Rusty's Grandmother died on Saturday and we were supposed to go down there to look at yet another car. The last green car they had with the options I wanted. When I told him what happened, he reserved the car for me, on the off-chance that I might want it and told me to take my time, don't worry, the car will be there whenever we feel well enough to come down and look.
When I went in today, I saw that they had "driver gear" in the dealership. I mentioned that I saw some of the stuff online and was thinking of getting a hat or shirt or something. So he went over, found a green shirt, and included it with the car. And then threw in a hat for Rusty too.
Anyway, he made my first new-car buying experience a joy and we want to get him something. There's a mall closeby and I'm going tomorrow afternoon to get him a gift certificate (for any store in the mall). I'll probably get one for $50.00
I want to know; do you think I'm crazy for paying that much for a new car and then spending money on the salesman who gets a commission anyway? You just don't find people like this out there anymore, especially in a car dealership. I believe in giving back to people like this, there really aren't many of them left. The other dealers I went to were total assholes, gave me such a load of crap. I find myself so dissapointed with anyone in customer service and I don't think it's any coincidence that my salesman is an older man who's been around the block.
What do you think, crazy? Have you ever written a letter to a manager commending someone on something they did for you, or give someone in the service industry a gift?