Sunday, Sep 14, 2008 at 10:40
Well my experience with salesmen when looking for a van was just that. They were there to sell you something and like a lot of salespersons, anything to get the sale.
I have a daughter who used to work selling computers for one of the largest retailers. She left because they were told what to sell "this week". She was good at her job and won prizes within the industry for it. However her sense of what was right overtook her and she left, feeling the customer didnt actually get what they came to buy.
Similar things happen in all selling industies, I'm sure and this includes Caravans.
I was told more than once when shopping and after stating my vehicle was limited to 2.5 tonne, I was shown vans that exceeded that and told "Just dont fill the tanks mate thats OK".
Well I didnt do my homework enough at the time and bought a
van privately, as stated above, that was too heavy.
On going to a repairer to get some additions done he
remarked. "Are you going to pull it with this ". I said "yes its Ok
with no water" He said "No its not" and proceeded to show me the regs.
Sadly I went
home and raided the bank account and bought a Cruiser.
Only $23,000 to be wrong.
Moral of the story is Find out EVERYTHING you need to know,
Dont believe what you are told by someone selling you anything.
Check it out it will still be there tomorrow.
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