Ducati Manchester Situation Part 2

You could have added a link to the other one.
I would have if it'd been me stirring the shit up . . .

 

What’s all this?

 

Are you one of 'the usual suspects' btw?

 

And Not me as i'm the invisible man

 

Who said that?

 

El on his way

 

It's only a matter of principle, fair to express it imo. They trashed most of my buying experience years ago. Resolved via Ducati customer services in part.

I sold both of them not long after and only occasionally miss one of them.

It could be 800 track day miles potentially. People knowing they're existing bike is as good as sold tend to ride them a different way, so 800 miles on one of those is quite a thing. Best resolved buy walking away. The effect on the part exchange value for those that believe that should be taken into account, is what's called loss of bargain imo. That does matter.

I'm curious if they adjusted the last owners part exchange value when the bike came in. They wouldn't have signed any purchase agreement until then so I'd suspect it very likely. The dismissive attitude of dealer sales staff is enough for anybody to just leave the decision to purchase to go elsewhere.

 

How did you collect and collate the statistical information for this statement?

If I had a bike that was 'as good as sold', I'd wrap it in cotton wool until the cash changed hands, lest I bin it (more likely than usual, if 'riding in a different way') and all of a sudden I've got a pile of bike wreck instead of a bike that's 'as good as sold'.

 

Good point.
D'ya think he'll take £79.50 for it ?
After snett of course

 

It wasn’t so long ago there was a thread about a Ducati dealer selling a streetfighter with a swollen tank. The buyer lived a distance away and had it delivered. He’d specifically asked about any tank issues before buying. Your paying top money for ‘the Ducati experience’, so you expect them to get key points correct.
No witch hunt, just expect better. We’re not all loaded and can be one of the biggest purchases you make.

 

now thats a great film!

 

nah, too busy pushing his 899 ont front page ........ooops, is that me gone?

 

ET, I appreciate you have strong alliances with this particular dealer, and my overall experiences have been good/excellent, but this is ducatiforum.co.uk, not ducatimanchesterforum.co.uk.

In a previous thread, there was criticism about a particular midlands based dealer & your post was words to the effect ‘ I’ve not heard a good thing about them’.
There was definitely more of a ‘witch hunt’ there & and less than favourable feedback about other dealers nationwide.

Forgive me if I’m wrong, but I don’t remember you closing those threads.

Perhaps remain slightly more impartial & allow members to express their views.