Junction 17 cars!!
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Good persistence and result mate 
A result for you Brian, there must be dozens out there who haven't been as persistent as you have been and have lost their money.
A royal pain in the posterior rectumus but a result in the end
Great news Brian, well done mate.
Thanks for the update Brian. Pleased it's pulled off for you, but knowing these guys it'll be some other poor sod next week.
Hopefully trading standards will be watching over them now.
It's not likely to stop it, I'm afraid to say the motor trade is not very well Policed/looked over.
But if people keep complaining about a company they will eventually start to do inspections.
I once worked for a company that had previously been prosecuted by trading standards, they had six monthly inspections. That was good for me personally because I quizzed them about rules and regulations and learnt an awful lot from them.
But I'm sorry to say, all the other dealers I've worked for, or been involved with, have NEVER had an inspection by trading standards. This is why I say the trade is not policed very much. I had my own forecourt for 4 years, I never got visited, I wouldn't have minded, but just shows how so many dealers get away with doing what the hell they like.
I'm like grumps, I hate the trade, but I don't know any different, and I'm now too old to learn anything else.
Yep it's an awful industry to be in and I would never look back. I came out and dropped back into my old trade of lorry driving. I took a huge pay drop but I have morals and couldn't stand watching people and staff in a lot of cases being robbed and lied to just to please a companies figures.
It may well have helped that when I emailed them I told them that I was a BMW forum member and that unless I had a result from them I would spread their "good" name all over the internet. (Don't tell them that I had already done that will you) seriously though, I think that when something like this happens when a large group of potential car purchasers get together we have a very strong hand!
When I was talking to the T.S. office about this they had already been on their website because one tip she gave me for future reference if I go car shopping again is, make sure the cars on display on their web show the registration plate numbers! Junction 17 didn't show any apparently, and she said this to them was an indicator that they were hiding from prospective buyers the opportunity to do a search on the history of the vehicle before visiting!! I never gave that a thought before.
Anyway cheers to all for support, one for all and all for one yeh.
When I was talking to the T.S. office about this they had already been on their website because one tip she gave me for future reference if I go car shopping again is, make sure the cars on display on their web show the registration plate numbers! Junction 17 didn't show any apparently, and she said this to them was an indicator that they were hiding from prospective buyers the opportunity to do a search on the history of the vehicle before visiting!! I never gave that a thought before.
Anyway cheers to all for support, one for all and all for one yeh.
Another reason they do it.
People, mainly in London, see the reg numbers on a car forecourt, copy that number putting it on their own car.
Then for the next few weeks they drive around, not paying congestion charges, getting parking tickets etc..
Many dealers I know have got tickets through the post for cars that have been sat on their forecourt.
So the practice of hiding reg numbers is not always dodgy.
I've also seen one instance of another dealer using a vehicle details to raise a finance agreement that's sitting on someone else's forecourt. By the time the new owner discovers the finance agreement the criminal is long gone. This is not uncommon, I'm told, with certain dealers who know they'll be winding up the business in the weeks to come.
The motor industry really is full of bad people. luckily I've found some good ones along the way that have been "proper"
They're not all bad.
Quite right, I know a small used dealer locally very well. He's been there over 20 years and has a superb reputation because he chose to do it right. He's a smashing bloke and I have a lot of time for him when I see him. If they were all like him it would be a good industry.
I worked for Mercedes for a while and it was a shockingly bad site. They had zero respect for their customers and constantly lied to them to gain sales and extras. I was so chuffed when I was offered the position, I hated it and couldn't wait to get out, so disappointed. I'm pretty sure if it was a nice place to be i'd still be in the industry. Money was excellent and super company car etc. If Mercedes knew how they we're operating they may well have stripped them of their franchise.
I worked for Mercedes for a while and it was a shockingly bad site. They had zero respect for their customers and constantly lied to them to gain sales and extras. I was so chuffed when I was offered the position, I hated it and couldn't wait to get out, so disappointed. I'm pretty sure if it was a nice place to be i'd still be in the industry. Money was excellent and super company car etc. If Mercedes knew how they we're operating they may well have stripped them of their franchise.
Once went to look at a Merc dealer. Arrived in an Audi. Nobody could even be bothered to talk to me. Never been back. Not likely to do so.
Am sure most dealers are the same especially with anyone who doesn't know exactly what they want.
When my mates old Merc van has leaked out all its auto box oil, that it does quit often, he goes to the stealer to get it refilled at the cost of 150 a time.
I don't mind, as I sit in the the showroom and look at all the shiny stuff and drink all their coffee and eat all their biscuits....
I'm sorry to say that this fits the description of so many main dealerships.