spyder3
New member
Well, as i continue my quest to spend 25k, I am amazed at the lack of response or caring of the people i have run into so far dealership wise.
I'm in NJ and have tried contacting the closet dealer to me who is across the bridge in PA. One call & 3 emails have gone unanswered. Not only that, I received an email from BRP asking me if this dealer has responded and called me as of yet. Of course i answered no, that was 2 days ago and haven't heard anything. They are off the list.
Today, i was driving home from North jersey and called a second dealer. We did have some correspondence but they "lost" my email with a list of questions i had for them 2 days ago. It turned out I was right at the exit(no jersey jokes, lol) where they are located so i got off while talking to him and went to see the spyder in person for the first time. Impressive showroom with about 12 spyders of diferent flavors there. I was impressed by the size of the spyder, its no little toy....it's a BIG toy-)
Anyway, the Red rt-s really caught my eye, sweet looking in person. Salesperson didn't know squat nor was he offering any information. So i threw a few softball questions at him...How do you open the side bag luggage compartments...he didnt know....what do the buttons on the dash do or mean...we studdered through that together...I mean holy crap, I don't like it when i know more than the guy selling me the equipment just because i have been on this forum.....thanks to you guys at least i am prepared.
The real kicker: I asked him if we could go for a test ride. Nope, becuase i don;t have a MC license/permit, they can't do it. I said ok, fair enough, i'd like to sit on the back and you drive so i could at least get a feel for being on the bike. Nope, couldn't do that either. I asked him if the place was open for business.....FINALLY he said YES!!! I can be a sarcastic SOB, but by now i was past frustrated. I asked if it was ok if i sat on the bike with no license, permit and once again a big YES!
A few more questions about the spyder techs etc..."All of our guys work on them"... Well, i don't know, maybe thats true.
So the dealer 15 minutes from me doesn't respond to SELL one, the place 40 minutes from me doesn't seem to excited to do it either..lol
Sat, I travel 2hr & 15 minutes to test drive and hear someone tell me about the bike who at least on the phone seemed to know everything about it.
The bike itself was impressive, nicer than i thought actually...so.maybe saturday....I know one thing, BRP should stay on top of these places because in the end, they will be the big losers.
john
To amend this slightly, I did talk to dealership in California, guy could not have been nicer, gave me a verbal price and a good one and checks back every once in a while. Go figure
I'm in NJ and have tried contacting the closet dealer to me who is across the bridge in PA. One call & 3 emails have gone unanswered. Not only that, I received an email from BRP asking me if this dealer has responded and called me as of yet. Of course i answered no, that was 2 days ago and haven't heard anything. They are off the list.
Today, i was driving home from North jersey and called a second dealer. We did have some correspondence but they "lost" my email with a list of questions i had for them 2 days ago. It turned out I was right at the exit(no jersey jokes, lol) where they are located so i got off while talking to him and went to see the spyder in person for the first time. Impressive showroom with about 12 spyders of diferent flavors there. I was impressed by the size of the spyder, its no little toy....it's a BIG toy-)
Anyway, the Red rt-s really caught my eye, sweet looking in person. Salesperson didn't know squat nor was he offering any information. So i threw a few softball questions at him...How do you open the side bag luggage compartments...he didnt know....what do the buttons on the dash do or mean...we studdered through that together...I mean holy crap, I don't like it when i know more than the guy selling me the equipment just because i have been on this forum.....thanks to you guys at least i am prepared.
The real kicker: I asked him if we could go for a test ride. Nope, becuase i don;t have a MC license/permit, they can't do it. I said ok, fair enough, i'd like to sit on the back and you drive so i could at least get a feel for being on the bike. Nope, couldn't do that either. I asked him if the place was open for business.....FINALLY he said YES!!! I can be a sarcastic SOB, but by now i was past frustrated. I asked if it was ok if i sat on the bike with no license, permit and once again a big YES!
A few more questions about the spyder techs etc..."All of our guys work on them"... Well, i don't know, maybe thats true.
So the dealer 15 minutes from me doesn't respond to SELL one, the place 40 minutes from me doesn't seem to excited to do it either..lol
Sat, I travel 2hr & 15 minutes to test drive and hear someone tell me about the bike who at least on the phone seemed to know everything about it.
The bike itself was impressive, nicer than i thought actually...so.maybe saturday....I know one thing, BRP should stay on top of these places because in the end, they will be the big losers.
john
To amend this slightly, I did talk to dealership in California, guy could not have been nicer, gave me a verbal price and a good one and checks back every once in a while. Go figure
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