nytelfer Posted 14February, 2021 Report Share Posted 14February, 2021 Interesting call from a specialist dealer who I had emailed to advise the Carsales ad they were running on a particular car was incorrect - it doesn’t have PASM (as highlighted in the write up) but rather the X73 option and you might like to correct that. The sales guy who made contact clearly had not read my email so advised him upfront I was not a potential purchaser but simply suggesting the ad required correction. A rather ungracious response from this guy - “that has just cost us $60 - email us directly next time and not via Carsales”. Ok, sorry, I thought I was doing you a favour - if the ad was correct, I would not have felt motivated to make contact but won’t bother to do so again. To which he replied “ how we advertise our cars is our business”. Go figure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 14February, 2021 Report Share Posted 14February, 2021 Send him another email just to annoy him 😅 Peter M, GC9911, Sorude and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregDash Posted 14February, 2021 Report Share Posted 14February, 2021 Yeah, do it again and ask if that makes it $120 or if the $60 covers both emails. 😂 I've seen super dumb stuff like PDK equipped cars listed as manuals plenty of times by "high end" dealers, I don't think many of them have much care factor in regards to getting the smaller details correct in the listing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costas Posted 14February, 2021 Report Share Posted 14February, 2021 4 hours ago, LeeM said: Send him another email just to annoy him 😅 Maybe all the members on here can pitch in and help with even more emails... 😀 DJM and LeeM 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nytelfer Posted 14February, 2021 Author Report Share Posted 14February, 2021 Yes, tempting to bombard them with “sales” enquiries - incredibly, the ad asks not to ring them but send a message - some other errors & omissions I didn’t bother with but you reasonably expect a bit more accuracy/care from a Porsche specialist selling to an enthusiast market. LeeM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakroo Posted 14February, 2021 Report Share Posted 14February, 2021 Or, you could leave it be. They have been given the heads up on an error so the job is done. Wasting peoples money cos they didn't react the way you wanted them to.....good grief. Turn your attention to fire and drought relief. sjm, Mike D'Silva, rego and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike D'Silva Posted 14February, 2021 Report Share Posted 14February, 2021 25 minutes ago, jakroo said: Or, you could leave it be. They have been given the heads up on an error so the job is done. Wasting peoples money cos they didn't react the way you wanted them to.....good grief. Turn your attention to fire and drought relief. well said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 14February, 2021 Report Share Posted 14February, 2021 36 minutes ago, jakroo said: Or, you could leave it be. They have been given the heads up on an error so the job is done. Wasting peoples money cos they didn't react the way you wanted them to.....good grief. Turn your attention to fire and drought relief. Just a joke mate 👍 3legs and Costas 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafikdous Posted 14February, 2021 Report Share Posted 14February, 2021 Common guys, everyone is doing it tough. No need to make it every more difficult for a guy who's trying to make a living I am referring to flooding him with emails. Of course false advertising is not on Dalai and OBRUT 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st Posted 14February, 2021 Report Share Posted 14February, 2021 ... bit like the dealers falsely asserting a 968CS is “one of 19 delivered” when it’s actually one of 60 sold here ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalai Posted 14February, 2021 Report Share Posted 14February, 2021 Can someone please edit the title of this topic? "Accuracy" typo is doing my head in... TwoHeadsTas, Rob, JonoF and 2 others 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 14February, 2021 Report Share Posted 14February, 2021 I don’t think anyone was really going to flood the guy with emails. I do feel for the car dealers. Carsales is a dumpster fire of a website and business model. It will implode the minute a half decent alternative appears. $60 per lead is ridiculous, especially given it doesn’t filter for location. A few are putting it in the ads to not email unless serious but that is a terrible sales strategy. micknine01 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamr Posted 15February, 2021 Report Share Posted 15February, 2021 Not a very well known fact ... but if you scroll down to the bottom of a dealers ad, it actually lists the dealer name. If the name is not there, then their D/L number is .. and it's not hard to Google that ... 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 15February, 2021 Report Share Posted 15February, 2021 2 hours ago, rafikdous said: Common guys, everyone is doing it tough. No need to make it every more difficult for a guy who's trying to make a living I am referring to flooding him with emails. Of course false advertising is not on Again as above your post, its a joke mate. Was the laughing emoji not enough? If you don't know me by now, maybe I should put a disclaimer at the bottom of all of my sarcastic posts to ensure noone gets offended HWY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLD Posted 15February, 2021 Report Share Posted 15February, 2021 18 minutes ago, LeeM said: Again as above your post, its a joke mate. Was the laughing emoji not enough? If you don't know me by now, maybe I should put a disclaimer at the bottom of all of my sarcastic posts to ensure noone gets offended How dare you make a joke LeeM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafikdous Posted 15February, 2021 Report Share Posted 15February, 2021 All good Lee LeeM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 15February, 2021 Report Share Posted 15February, 2021 1 hour ago, JLD said: How dare you make a joke I'm far from 'pc' mate 2 minutes ago, rafikdous said: All good Lee 👍 HWY 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWY Posted 15February, 2021 Report Share Posted 15February, 2021 99.9percent of comments on this forum are great, and importantly, useful or entertaining. A little bit of latitude towards others goes a long way. Great that everyone made up. Would hate to see some very experienced campaigners not post their thoughts and share their knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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