When I was a kid in Topeka ,KS, circa 1950's & lived on a bicycle every day we would invade the local Harley dealer on West 6th & after an hour or so of what had to be tolerance, he'd come & run us off for the day. Many was the hour that I dreamed of riding a MC in that shop! It later turned into a beer joint & I think is now a small animal vet. Now, they are a really big show in the huge old limestone county road garage on Topeka Ave., with a restaurant & the whole show!I've never been in there because the "Harley Pill" didn't become an addiction, like the "Brit Bike Pill"! Have we come full circle from the dark, greasy dealer's of my youth with their chrome laden treasures that went zoom/zoom?
Yep, it's about people for sure, unless you want to talk which place has the most stuff/inventory or the fanciest bldg.. For starters, I'm not in that hate on stores,stop shopping at whichever one because I get one nasty or inept clerk.It's amazing how many people I've met that do that, like it's a personal payback when it's usually that one person that caused the issue-now if it was the owner of that business or that one inescapable employee that expressed poor choices or bad decisions or service , I'd bolt for another dealer/store too. This includes wally world for me as those folks need the job too & which mom & pop store throws lots of $$$ at their employees anyway? Been there, done that, having worked several years for a despicable super market owner, where "mom & pop" owned and hung around the store.
I've told this a few times but as I live near no BMW dealers,pull my own wrenches & having only been in one,Mexico City, they were as uppity & unfriendly as you can get. I was wearing my standard jeans/T-shirt attire, so not as scruffy as I sometimes appear and they watched me like I was a known felon/shop-lifter/bad dude as I cruised the goodies for a few minutes, then "escaped to the parts department where my friend was busy being overcharged for a few brake parts. Maybe they could "smell my lack of pesos"? Now BMW car dealers-I don't see them acting any diff than the rest which can be a humorous affair, when you love lot lizards like me.
But, as they say-different strokes for different folks- & obviously what works for you may not be my happy spot...
P.S., I ought to be in the shop but it's too damned cold here to warm it up today!!!
Yep, it's about people for sure, unless you want to talk which place has the most stuff/inventory or the fanciest bldg.. For starters, I'm not in that hate on stores,stop shopping at whichever one because I get one nasty or inept clerk.It's amazing how many people I've met that do that, like it's a personal payback when it's usually that one person that caused the issue-now if it was the owner of that business or that one inescapable employee that expressed poor choices or bad decisions or service , I'd bolt for another dealer/store too. This includes wally world for me as those folks need the job too & which mom & pop store throws lots of $$$ at their employees anyway? Been there, done that, having worked several years for a despicable super market owner, where "mom & pop" owned and hung around the store.
I've told this a few times but as I live near no BMW dealers,pull my own wrenches & having only been in one,Mexico City, they were as uppity & unfriendly as you can get. I was wearing my standard jeans/T-shirt attire, so not as scruffy as I sometimes appear and they watched me like I was a known felon/shop-lifter/bad dude as I cruised the goodies for a few minutes, then "escaped to the parts department where my friend was busy being overcharged for a few brake parts. Maybe they could "smell my lack of pesos"? Now BMW car dealers-I don't see them acting any diff than the rest which can be a humorous affair, when you love lot lizards like me.
But, as they say-different strokes for different folks- & obviously what works for you may not be my happy spot...
P.S., I ought to be in the shop but it's too damned cold here to warm it up today!!!