Bike Shop Experience

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kosmic klown · Mon May 14, 2007 5:42 pm

I just had a weird experience, though rather surprisingly pleasant. The short version is as follows: I go on cycle trader, find a gs500e for a good price, and decided to go to the shop to take a look. The shop happens to be on the way down to my friends place about an hour away so I decided to make a trip with one of my friends. We decided to visit my friends, hit up the shore and stop at the shop along the way. When I get there I go in and the sales people are all talking to other customers so me and my friend that I drove down with started looking at some of the other bikes, about two minutes later a sales rep came over and asked how he could help, I asked about the bike I saw on cycle trader, the gs500 and the guy tells me he sold it yesterday. I was bummed, but this is the third time I went to a shop only to miss my opportunity by a day or so. However at the other shops they tried pushing me to get a new bike (I had posted this before) and moreover a much bigger bike. This shop simply said we sold it, sorry

. Then he told me the only other gs500s he had were the Fs, and walked away, no pressure, when I said I did not want a new or full fairing bike. I just wanted to share since I had some bad experiences in the other shops and this one was rather painless, although again I am disappointed. Thus my search continues for a gs500e Ex250 or EX500 in good shape for reasonable price!

IcyHound · #2 Unread post by **IcyHound** » Mon May 14, 2007 8:07 pm

Its good that you found a sane shop. A bike will appear. Its just a fast market with it bring spring. Summer will bring more bikes on the market and less people buying.

FlyinRegie · Mon May 14, 2007 8:50 pm

Don't worry, search and you will find..

My case was a little bit different. I came to the shop looking for my first bike.
Saw a suzuki 650s and wanted to buy it. A guy came (shop owner) and started to talk me to buy bandit 1200 as my first bike. Because suzuki sv650s would be too weak for me.

I bought sv650 in the other place (cheeper, better condition), still riding it, plenty of power...

never came to that shop again.

Bubba · #4 Unread post by **Bubba** » Tue May 15, 2007 3:55 am

And this post is about ...................................what?
You didn't mention the bathroom stop you made or which way the doors to the place opened.

Nibblet99 · #5 Unread post by **Nibblet99** » Tue May 15, 2007 4:06 am

Bubba wrote:And this post is about ...................................what?
You didn't mention the bathroom stop you made or which way the doors to the place opened.

Now be fair, its rare to find a Moral Salesman

Bubba · #6 Unread post by **Bubba** » Tue May 15, 2007 4:25 am

Nibblet99 wrote:
Bubba wrote:And this post is about ...................................what?
You didn't mention the bathroom stop you made or which way the doors to the place opened.

Now be fair, its rare to find a Moral Salesman

A bit long winded just to say the guy didn't hassle him. Must be an "advertising major", going to law school or into politics.

KingRobb · #7 Unread post by **KingRobb** » Tue May 15, 2007 4:50 am

I am not even thinking the salesman was moral...

prolly either had made his sales for the month or prefers a soft approach...

kosmic klown · Tue May 15, 2007 6:47 am

Bubba wrote: A bit long winded just to say the guy didn't hassle him. Must be an "advertising major", going to law school or into politics.

Actually, I am [in law school], so what of it

and I posted because I was frustrated, the "long winded" approach is because the post was not only about not being hassled, but about having a hard time finding or just missing my chance to snag beginner bikes!

edit: Ok it might have been long-winded, i just wanted to make the post more narrative so it was easier to read

Nalian · #9 Unread post by **Nalian** » Tue May 15, 2007 7:28 am

kosmic klown wrote:
Bubba wrote: A bit long winded just to say the guy didn't hassle him. Must be an "advertising major", going to law school or into politics.

Actually, I am [in law school], so what of it

and I posted because I was frustrated, the "long winded" approach is because the post was not only about not being hassled, but about having a hard time finding or just missing my chance to snag beginner bikes!

edit: Ok it might have been long-winded, i just wanted to make the post more narrative so it was easier to read

Don't let him rile you up - your post was fine.

Damian · #10 Unread post by **Damian** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:21 am

I guess putting GS500e's on CycleTrader is a dealer stunt. When I was looking for a bike I found an awesome GS500e on CycleTrader for a decent price. I called the dealership and the salesman told me he had sold it the day before. Then about a week later, I saw that they had relisted the bike. Knobs.