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<blockquote data-quote="pierceography" data-source="post: 1322872" data-attributes="member: 26311"><p>Not sure I agree. At a basic level, both examples are very similar. I'm seeking to purchase goods or services, and require assistance from staff to do so.</p><p></p><p>Staff is there to sell but also to ensure goods/services aren't wasted. If I'm just bothering the carpenters and taking them away from building furniture, I'm effectively doing the same as test driving a Raptor for the fun of it. There is no binary mechanism to determine my intent, so making an educated guess is, in my opinion, acceptable. I may fall into the false positive category, but I understand the math. Just allow me the ability to correct that perception and we're good.</p><p></p><p>Now, getting down to Ford dealerships overall, I can't disagree there. My current dealership has been good, not great. But I've had awful experiences with others in the past. We recently stopped using a dealership my wife's family had used for 30 years because of a poor experience. I emailed back and forth with a sales guy, told him explicitly what vehicle/color/options we wanted, said we would be there on Saturday at 11am to test drive and sign documents. My wife and I arrive, three year old and one year old in tow, sales guy acts surprised that we're there and says, "Oh, what car were you thinking about again?"</p><p></p><p>The worst story I've heard was of a friend's wife who visited a dealership in an upscale NYC suburb to look at an Expedition. When price came up, the sales guy simply told her, "Let your husband know he can come speak with me when he's ready, sweetheart". I'd have blown a gasket if my wife was treated like that. Needless to say, the dealership did not get the sale and that in your face type of profiling is BS.</p><p></p><p>But when you think about it, there are plenty of anecdotes about car salesmen for a reason.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pierceography, post: 1322872, member: 26311"] Not sure I agree. At a basic level, both examples are very similar. I'm seeking to purchase goods or services, and require assistance from staff to do so. Staff is there to sell but also to ensure goods/services aren't wasted. If I'm just bothering the carpenters and taking them away from building furniture, I'm effectively doing the same as test driving a Raptor for the fun of it. There is no binary mechanism to determine my intent, so making an educated guess is, in my opinion, acceptable. I may fall into the false positive category, but I understand the math. Just allow me the ability to correct that perception and we're good. Now, getting down to Ford dealerships overall, I can't disagree there. My current dealership has been good, not great. But I've had awful experiences with others in the past. We recently stopped using a dealership my wife's family had used for 30 years because of a poor experience. I emailed back and forth with a sales guy, told him explicitly what vehicle/color/options we wanted, said we would be there on Saturday at 11am to test drive and sign documents. My wife and I arrive, three year old and one year old in tow, sales guy acts surprised that we're there and says, "Oh, what car were you thinking about again?" The worst story I've heard was of a friend's wife who visited a dealership in an upscale NYC suburb to look at an Expedition. When price came up, the sales guy simply told her, "Let your husband know he can come speak with me when he's ready, sweetheart". I'd have blown a gasket if my wife was treated like that. Needless to say, the dealership did not get the sale and that in your face type of profiling is BS. But when you think about it, there are plenty of anecdotes about car salesmen for a reason. [/QUOTE]
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