Went to the local Vauxhall dealer with a view to buy 20 cars, as we had just taken on a bunch of new sales staff and the message hadn’t been sent to the fleet manager.
The cars were To be mostly diesel Astras, an SRI, and a couple of Cavaliers as we managed our own fleet. We weren’t actually too worried about price as we needed the cars within two weeks.
Director and I were unexpectedly in tatty jeans and t-shirts after an incident at work that got us messy. We did wash and shower before going.
The dealer principal refused to see us despite having an appointment and being a wholly owned subsidiary of one of the UK’s big 4 banks, with almost the same name and being one of the biggest private employers in the town.
We popped in to the Ford garage without appointment and they could supply us with half the cars quickly (Escorts and Sierras) and then to Peugeot for the rest (305s, 405, and a 205gti).
This was before mobiles were common and the Ford dealer called up the Peugeot dealer to make sure someone was there as it was early closing Wednesday.
We got good prices and agreed service costs. Neither cared for how we looked and the Ford dealer sent Mrs Z and the director’s Mrs a bouquet of flowers as a thank you.
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