Darn BMW Dealership...

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yellowfinch11
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Darn BMW Dealership...

Post by yellowfinch11 »

:twisted:

All I needed was basically the throttle body's synched and the valves adjusted and this is what ended up happening.

This is a a letter I sent to them today... How much you want to bet, nothing will come of it. No phone call, no e-mail response. Nothing!

I am not sure this will get to the store manager, but as a business owner myself, one would hope this gets passed along to the appropriate person.

’ve recently purchased a used BMW (private party) and was in search for a dealership who could perform a level two service on my bike. I’ve purchased a few small items from the your store and had knowledgeable staff assist me. So, without hesitation, I called your service department.

Upon calling for an appointment, I was booked out one month. I certainly understood being we are in prime riding season, so we proceeded and a date was set. The service department then asked that I have the bike at the shop by 8:00 a.m Thursday, July 12. As to not interrupt my work schedule, I chose to deliver the bike Wednesday, July 11. Being I made an appointment, I thought the bike would get serviced on that day or soon thereafter.

I called for a status update on Thursday, July 12 at approximately 4:00 p.m. We scheduled a ride for the weekend and surely did not want to miss it. During the conversation, I was told they wanted the bike for Thursday, but never start the bike until the day after. Basically, the bike sits a day at your location for a whole day before it even gets touched.

I then waited until Friday, July 13 at approximately 3:00 p.m. to get another update. I was then told they were just too busy and try calling back by 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.

Saturday, I called at 11:00 a.m. and was finally told they didn’t get to it and they thought they should have it done by Tuesday, July 24.

At that point, I told the service department to park it out front and I would come get the bike and take it elsewhere. Without hesitation, the gentleman from the service department said okay and had no cares in the world if they worked on my bike or not.

My experience with Xxxxxxxxx was very disappointing. Not only disappointing, but to leave knowing your service department could care less about a customer going somewhere else. A simple sorry or how about saying to your customer: I’m sorry, we have been really busy. Bring it back and we’ll give you 10 percent off service work. Something...anything....rather than just okay!

I hope as my company grows, employees think twice and realize the customer is why we are IN business in the first place.
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Post by jm1515 »

There's just one word for Dealer that has a 'Make an appointment a month from now and then we'll get to it when we get to it...' service policy...

$%%&@@# STUPID!! :shock:

...ok, that's 2 words.... :oops:
I would definitely be looking for someone else to give my $$$$ to.....
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Post by MikeCam »

You got bad service from a business that does not know any better. Seek alternatives for your own peace of mind.
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Post by yellowfinch11 »

Wow! I am impressed...

The company just called me and offered 50% off my service and asked what would be convenient for ME to bring it in!

Did I say I was impressed!?! :shock:
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Post by hirsty »

One of my telco customers has posters up all over their offices reminding staff how much more expensive it is for them to attract customers compared to retaining them - in your case I'd say it's the other way around! Good for you taking the time to point it out, and good for them trying to put things straight.

Many of the UK dealerships are booked out four/six weeks in advance & seem to little care whether you keep coming back or not. I had an email mailshot the other day from a dealer a little further away than my usual offering a three-day check-in & while you wait tyre changes.

My local "months notice" dealership that's just started charging for (poor) machine coffee & wants £20 to insure their loan bike for the day maybe won't miss my two services a year either ...
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Post by Marku »

Nice to see you have choices. It's to bad if you plan to go a major motorcycle trip that one little problem with your bike can cancel the whole thing. Very sad.

I guess I'm somewhat lucky here in western Canada, BMW mechanic shop have maybe a two day wait time at the most through my experience anyways. And they still complain to me how busy they are. :roll: I'm going on my 3rd time in 2 weeks :(

Sad so many places lack principles and simply customer service policies. I guess alot of the companies just wing it. Especially in good economic times. I know the company I used to work for in Alberta couldn't give a rats ass about how a customer felt. Cause there's another 1000 waiting just around the corner.
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