A Dirty Trick

Yesterday I put down a £ 200 refundable " retainer " on a car at my Ford dealer. The sales man said I could redeem it later if I changed my mind. Next day after a 2nd test drive I did change my mind, Suddenly he was calling this fee a " deposit " and not refundable. He then set about on a hard sell and various physcological guilt trips to try and push the sale through. Eventually I lost my cool and started to raise my voice in the reception ( funny how that always gets things moving ) The head manager came out and I got my refund.
   This is just the kind of low trick you would expect from a high pressure sales man.  " Ive done my part, Ive let you drive the car twice, now you need to do your part " What ever happened to test drives and browsing ? Just because you test drive a car more than once does not make you morally obliged to buy it. What a low and sleazy and nasty trick to pull on a potential customer. When I mentioned I would be looking at other cars or makes of cars he said he would " hold on to the £200 for me " I said you must joking In no uncertain terms . What an ass hole.Anyway I got my refund and ive learnt an important lesson - Never ever let anyone take money from you and use this a pressure tactic. Refundable or not ! Lesson learnt.

Have a go ? No, thanks...

Ive never understood the mentality of " have a go hero's " This weeks local paper has a piece written about a woman who " tackled " a man robbing a shop who was armed with an axe. Why would anyone put their own safety at risk to stop a man they don't know stealing a few pounds from a shop they don't have anything to do with ? Who cares if he's robbed the place ? Just let the Police do their job. Why put your life in danger ? Of course its often claimed that the reaction to tackle a threat is a reflex one, and the person doing it doesnt have time to consider the risk involved, and if that isn't an example of recklessness then I don't know what is. Saying that ive yet to hear of anyone getting killed or seriously hurt doing this. Maybe the both the robber and hero are both in a state of automatic reflexes and they cancel each other out in an equilibrium ? Whoops, wrong blog !