Didn't He Do Well

September 26, 2006

Friend of mine decided to part exchange his 6 yr old Avensis estate for a more modern one, so we looked up the Toyota dealers on the internet and found an Avensis estate advertised ex demo for just under £15000.

So we went to lok at it a couple of weeks ago on a Sunday afternoon, and to cut a story short he decided to buy it as it was first reg in May 2006 with 9000 miles on the clock (Diesel). So he put a holding deposit down subject to the garage valueing his car ( he gets his licence back in a couple of months) as we went to view in my car.

Well he went back on Wednesday with his car and the sales rep and slipped up, another sales rep had sold the car to another dealership on the Saturday but not put sold on the car or on their computer.

Yep this left the garage with egg on their face to say the least, As he had put a holding deposit on the car they had entered a contract which they had to uphold, so they were forced to offer him another Avensis estate the same or better.

Well he landed up with a car 2 months newer, the face lifted newest version, against the previous version, with 2000 miles less on the clock, a higher spec than the other, and mud flaps and a nearly full tank of fuel together with car mats. And the car they had to sell at the same price as the one we went to see , not the normal price of around £2000 more.

Wish I had that kind of luck.

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