Habberstad BMW in Long Island....horrible dealership

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11-25-2008, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by C's Bimmer' post='731504' date='Nov 25 2008, 10:26 PM

Really? That seems a bit weird to me.

What's that? The concept of tipping in general (

), or tipping the SA?

EDIT: Keep in mind that I lack in the personality department, so use $$$ to win people over...

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11-25-2008, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by moschse' post='731510' date='Nov 25 2008, 10:32 PM

What's that? The concept of tipping in general (

), or tipping the SA?

EDIT: Keep in mind that I lack in the personality department, so use $$$ to win people over...

I'm a great tipper, as I normally give 25%, but I just think it's odd to tip your SA. In the grand scheme of things, what's $20 to these guys, as they make fairly decent money (at least at Rallye they do)? At Rallye, I actually wanted to tip the "Loaner Car" guys, who don't make much money. In fact, I think they're probably hourly paid employees with no benefits. I will say this though... When I had my E39 and brought it to Habberstad years ago, they did a great job and I brought my SA a really nice bottle of wine that you can't get in any stores (I collect wine).

I'll keep this in mind though. Maybe I'll do that the next time around. If I get a weird look Sergio, I'm blaming it on you. LOL!

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11-26-2008, 05:32 AM

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HAHA - full disclosure...I haven't tipped my SA at Habberstad (Joe - nice guy)...I tipped the SA at Mercedes in Huntington because we didn't buy the car there, and the SA did a lot when the warranty was coming to the end. Always gave me a loaner, etc. He just seemed to go out of his way to make sure I was satisfied (follow up phone calls up the wazzoo when the car was getting serviced).

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11-26-2008, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by C's Bimmer' post='731523' date='Nov 25 2008, 10:46 PM

WHATS UP GUYS... as far as coming from working in the autoindustry... SA make shit money... NOT WHAT EVERYONE THINKS... as far as the car jokeys all of them are union as well as th SA.. you guys have to understand the SA deal with so much shit complaning quota`s dead lines.. customers that just go nutz... but on the other end of it they should be more prof people.. espicilly working at bmw... but i feel your pain guys.. iv had issues with service as well.. i almost guy in to a big brawl with bmw of manhattan.. lol.. long story... but there no excuse for not calling and letting him know till the end of the day.. on the other hand she was trying to make money on you.. some p[eople fall for it some dont...