Question about a Dealership

Steve Dallas · 01-12-2016, 03:24 PM

So, I kind of feel bad for the sales manager of a Chevy dealership I previously bought my 2010 Camaro through.

The Finance/Sales Manager there helped me locate what will be my replacement Corvette. He did a search on the Chevy system giving me 4 choices across the country to find a specific combination of color and features that were important to me. As he said, he could have told me to pound sand...yet was cool enough to do that for me.

Besides buying another car there, what can (or should) I do for him for his help?

sherob · 01-12-2016, 03:31 PM

Send him business if you can... other than buying from him, sending him business... posting positive reviews for his work, not much else I would do.

JLSuperfly · 01-12-2016, 07:14 PM

Write a yelp review on the dealership and mention his name.

trodecke · 01-12-2016, 08:04 PM

I must be missing something here. If you found a car you liked at a different dealership and you like working with that dealer, why can't they work a deal to bring that car to their dealership? That's what I did when I got my Camaro. The one I liked was actually at a dealership in Texas. My dealer worked a swap with them and brought the car up from Texas. I had to sign a sales contract before they'd make the deal but I had one last opportunity to say no when they actually took delivery of the car. If it wasn't what I wanted, for any reason at all, I could back out and not be out anything other than the good will of the dealership.

Steve Dallas · 01-12-2016, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by trodecke

I must be missing something here. If you found a car you liked at a different dealership and you like working with that dealer, why can't they work a deal to bring that car to their dealership? That's what I did when I got my Camaro. The one I liked was actually at a dealership in Texas. My dealer worked a swap with them and brought the car up from Texas. I had to sign a sales contract before they'd make the deal but I had one last opportunity to say no when they actually took delivery of the car. If it wasn't what I wanted, for any reason at all, I could back out and not be out anything other than the good will of the dealership.

Actually, they tried to get a car from Oregon, which is close...it had sold. Anything from across the country isn't really worth them doing any shipping, and so I had to deal with those dealerships directly.

My dealer her in Seattle basically just pointed me in the right direction.

oreduks · 01-12-2016, 11:41 PM

Im in Eugene, Ore and the BEST buy I found in the Northwest was at Gilchrist Chevrolet in Tacoma, Wash. Awesome ppl to work with.

01-12-2016, 03:24 PM	#1
Steve Dallas Commits weekly crime Drives: 2017 Camaro 1LT Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Camano Island, WA Posts: 9,513 View My Garage	Question about a Dealership So, I kind of feel bad for the sales manager of a Chevy dealership I previously bought my 2010 Camaro through. The Finance/Sales Manager there helped me locate what will be my replacement Corvette. He did a search on the Chevy system giving me 4 choices across the country to find a specific combination of color and features that were important to me. As he said, he could have told me to pound sand...yet was cool enough to do that for me. Besides buying another car there, what can (or should) I do for him for his help? __________________ 2017 Camaro 1LT - Blue Barchetta IV I fire up the willing engine, responding with a roar. Tires spitting gravel I commit my weekly crime.

01-12-2016, 03:31 PM	#2
sherob Drives: 2015 SW 1SS/RS 1LE Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Brighton, CO Posts: 2,736	Send him business if you can... other than buying from him, sending him business... posting positive reviews for his work, not much else I would do. __________________ “The Eagles and the Captain and Tennille ruled the airwaves, and we were the answer to it.” - Joey Ramone

01-12-2016, 08:04 PM	#4
trodecke Drives: 2014 2SS/RS CRT Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 365	I must be missing something here. If you found a car you liked at a different dealership and you like working with that dealer, why can't they work a deal to bring that car to their dealership? That's what I did when I got my Camaro. The one I liked was actually at a dealership in Texas. My dealer worked a swap with them and brought the car up from Texas. I had to sign a sales contract before they'd make the deal but I had one last opportunity to say no when they actually took delivery of the car. If it wasn't what I wanted, for any reason at all, I could back out and not be out anything other than the good will of the dealership. __________________ Lifetime Camaro guy. 1979 Z28, 1987 LT, 2012 2LS, 2014 2SS/RS --CAI Cold Air Intake --Solo HFC

01-12-2016, 07:14 PM	#3
JLSuperfly Drives: 2014 Red Hot LS3 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Posts: 4,266	Write a yelp review on the dealership and mention his name.

01-12-2016, 11:41 PM	#6
oreduks Drives: 2014 Camaro 2LT/RS Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Eugene, Oregon Posts: 100 View My Garage	Im in Eugene, Ore and the BEST buy I found in the Northwest was at Gilchrist Chevrolet in Tacoma, Wash. Awesome ppl to work with.