07-25-2017, 06:28 PM | #1 |
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Southern California rep referral?
Can anyone recommend me a good sales rep in Southern California area for an M2 discussion/purchase. if there's a thread on this i didnt see it. Thanks in advance brothas!
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07-25-2017, 06:42 PM | #2 |
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I had good luck with Ramin at Santa Monica BMW. He sold me a car at MSRP with the USAA discount.
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07-26-2017, 08:49 AM | #4 |
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I can tell you who to stay away from. There's an entire thread on dealers who have ADM. In San Diego that would be Vista (the worst) and Escondido. Escondido wasn't as bad as Vista in terms of CA's professionalism but they both had $5k ADM's. The Vista CA I spoke to had the attitude that I should be lucky it's only a $5k markup. Needless to say I walked out laughing. Vista is also probably one of the dumpiest dealerships (all brands) I have ever set foot in also. Not sure what type of clientele they cater to there...
It's MSRP all day at other dealers and some are already discounting just do your due diligence. |
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07-26-2017, 09:41 AM | #5 |
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A bit far from you, but David Aviles at Steve Thomas BMW in Camarillo. He's the number 1 M car salesman/dealership in the country.
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07-26-2017, 10:01 AM | #6 |
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Provided his dealer doesn't screw up a batch of their 4th quarter M2 allocations and end up losing them, like they did in the 3rd quarter, and then he disappears with no explanation.
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I spoke to him recently in person and he was willing to put me first up for his 2018 4th quarter allocations, which I turned down b/c I got a better deal with a local dealer (I grew up not far from his dealership-- Thousand Oaks-- so I was home visiting family in June when we spoke What the hell happened to his allocations? |
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07-26-2017, 12:27 PM | #8 | |
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07-26-2017, 12:35 PM | #9 |
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Thanks for the responses guys (and the person who pm'd me). Camarillo isn't too far and i can always use a good outlet run.
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Got a production number with my name on it (build sheet with production emailed to me) and confirmation ED dates. Bought plane tickets for wife and I to Germany. Then shorty got the devastating call that STBMW wanted $5k more than what David and I agreed on. Canceled my trip shortly after. This is how they treated a previous customer who purchased a 2011 M3 from them, but I purchased from Ryan Amico that time. Being number 1 does not mean anything sometimes its a negative thing.
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07-26-2017, 01:07 PM | #11 |
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ok i'll put camarillo on the back burner lol
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Wow, that's no bueno. Was it at ED MSRP? What was David's own explanation other than the dealership wants the money? |
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07-26-2017, 02:20 PM | #13 | |
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He told me he would call me back next day after he talked with upper management. Next day he called and said sorry nothing he can do. Story gets better after this but I don't want to get into it. I feel he could of truly done something. I was given production number, confirmed ED dates emailed to me and in writing. Plane tickets bought, everything was set... Horrible experience that I wish no one has to experience when buying a BMW. How can a dealer ask for $5k more after you already bought tickets and production numbers and ED date set? Very very astonishing and greedy to ruin a previous customers vacation over this.
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07-27-2017, 06:43 AM | #18 |
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Yea, I had a great deal/experience five years ago but the way he's treating ppl these days is incredibly poor.
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07-27-2017, 09:36 AM | #19 | |
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I just want people to realize that STBMW is not the perfect dealership that bimmerpost portrays them to be. My 2011 M3 purchase through STBMW was excellent naturally you would go back to them so I went back to them for my M2 purchase. Turned out they ruined my wife and I's vacation, I am still shocked about it.
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07-27-2017, 09:46 AM | #20 | |
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David dropped the ball when he told me his pricing and he did not realize upper management had different pricing in mind. If that was the case he should of never let me pick ED dates and confirmed those dates with ED department, production number given to me. Then all of a sudden did a bait and switch on me with pricing. David is a nice guy and very communicative and responsive and knows his stuff but I should not be the one who had a vacation/ED ruined by his mistake. If he was truly a number 1 M salesman you would think he would of gone to upper management at STBMW and told them 'hey I told xxxx MSRP pricing already' lets stick with it since he purchased plane tickets already, production number given to him, and ED date selected/confirmed'... But no he did not make that happen. Extremely not fair for my wife and I.
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I will say I'd have been pissed if David HAD gotten me the expected allocation and then tried to screw me out of the ED discount - I guess you didn't have a signed contract w/the price yet when ST BMW pulled this stunt on you?
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07-27-2017, 10:45 AM | #22 | |
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Since this was an ED and my wife and I already requested days off work, finalized care for my two young kids (our first trip without the kids), purchased plane tickets, makes it much much worse when we were told the news from David.
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