VIP Event - MY ARSE!!!

[rogerxp]

After a lot of deliberation of what to do with my motor, and not really finding anything else that floats my boat like a Zed, thought I'd see how much it's cost to get me into a younger car, so made an enquiry on a car at Westway. Made my enquiry online on Wednesday night, spoke to them yesterday, noticed this morning that they had a VIP Event - result I thought - the deal might be even sweeter. Not quite so it seems. Pretty average trade-in figure, not a penny knocked off the sticker price, and a frankly ridiculous finance figure of 8.4% flat rate. My initial reaction that I said to the salesman (which is fact) was that I could get behind the wheel of an brand new M3 on lease for less. So, VIP MY ARSE. The Zed stays for longer...

[Will370z]

Yeah i know what you mean, if they spent less on all that pointless advertising they could knock some money off their cars

[Ekona]

I still get this pointless crap sent through from Glyn Hopkin on what seems to be a monthly basis. I haven't even owned the car in three years, and I certainly don't want a special offer Micra!

[HaydnH]

After a lot of deliberation of what to do with my motor, and not really finding anything else that floats my boat like a Zed, thought I'd see how much it's cost to get me into a younger car, so made an enquiry on a car at Westway. Made my enquiry online on Wednesday night, spoke to them yesterday, noticed this morning that they had a VIP Event - result I thought - the deal might be even sweeter. Not quite so it seems. Pretty average trade-in figure, not a penny knocked off the sticker price, and a frankly ridiculous finance figure of 8.4% flat rate. My initial reaction that I said to the salesman (which is fact) was that I could get behind the wheel of an brand new M3 on lease for less. So, VIP MY ARSE. The Zed stays for longer...

 

Which WestWay was it?

[rabbitstew]

I think these "special" VIP events are the same regardless of mark. I actually had an invite through for a BMW "event" last week. As an existing BMW customer having forked out a small fortune on a car 18 months ago, they were keen to tell me that if I was to sign up and buy another brand new car, on finance of god knows what % they would give me the amazing sum of £500 cash back in my pocket.

 

I really cant imagine anyone rushing out to buy another £30k car on some ridiculous loan just to get £500 back.

[Wasso]

The VIP advertising has been done for ages by Nissan. It stands for nothing but to make you feel like a VIP.

[rogerxp]

After a lot of deliberation of what to do with my motor, and not really finding anything else that floats my boat like a Zed, thought I'd see how much it's cost to get me into a younger car, so made an enquiry on a car at Westway. Made my enquiry online on Wednesday night, spoke to them yesterday, noticed this morning that they had a VIP Event - result I thought - the deal might be even sweeter. Not quite so it seems. Pretty average trade-in figure, not a penny knocked off the sticker price, and a frankly ridiculous finance figure of 8.4% flat rate. My initial reaction that I said to the salesman (which is fact) was that I could get behind the wheel of an brand new M3 on lease for less. So, VIP MY ARSE. The Zed stays for longer...

 

Which WestWay was it?

Was WestWay in Oldham. They have a nice black GT Edition coupe for £24k which looked good value. Just didn't try at all to put a deal together which is strange given their 'VIP Event'. Like I say, I wasn't drawn in by the 'offer', it just happened to start 2 days after I made an e-mail enquiry. Still, thought they might have tried a bit harder...

[HaydnH]

Was WestWay in Oldham. They have a nice black GT Edition coupe for £24k which looked good value. Just didn't try at all to put a deal together which is strange given their 'VIP Event'. Like I say, I wasn't drawn in by the 'offer', it just happened to start 2 days after I made an e-mail enquiry. Still, thought they might have tried a bit harder...

 

I think the VIP events are often to push a certain car (e.g: juke launch etc) and they're so focused on trying to sell that 1 car they seem to forget they might make money selling other things, especially if it's a second hander rather than a new car.