e60owner said:///MNM said:Cole said:1) Rick540 - No
2) Sankekur - No
3) Mamba - No
4) Adi - No
5) Doomsdaya - NO !!!
6) Smartiesman - NO
7) Cole - HELL NO (wont buy new, pre owned or any bmw again)
8) ///MNM - Definitely not!!!
9) e60owner - No
e60owner said:///MNM said:Cole said:1) Rick540 - No
2) Sankekur - No
3) Mamba - No
4) Adi - No
5) Doomsdaya - NO !!!
6) Smartiesman - NO
7) Cole - HELL NO (wont buy new, pre owned or any bmw again)
8) ///MNM - Definitely not!!!
9) e60owner - No
rick540 said:e60owner said:///MNM said:Cole said:1) Rick540 - No
2) Sankekur - No
3) Mamba - No
4) Adi - No
5) Doomsdaya - NO !!!
6) Smartiesman - NO
7) Cole - HELL NO (wont buy new, pre owned or any bmw again)
8) ///MNM - Definitely not!!!
9) e60owner - No
I really wonder how long it is till this catches up with them?
I mean just in this short post is a few mil in lost sales.....
Caddy101 said:Most companies don't care much about problems, until the CEO sees it in the financial statements and the board decides its time for heads to roll. even when that time comes, they won't know where to start looking for the problem, they are just gonna look at their competition and decide that everybody is buying a Merc/Audi/Volvo because "xyz"...
A lot of people in management positions don't realise that complaints management is a huge deal. they just see it as customers being difficult
rick540 said:Caddy101 said:Most companies don't care much about problems, until the CEO sees it in the financial statements and the board decides its time for heads to roll. even when that time comes, they won't know where to start looking for the problem, they are just gonna look at their competition and decide that everybody is buying a Merc/Audi/Volvo because "xyz"...
A lot of people in management positions don't realise that complaints management is a huge deal. they just see it as customers being difficult
@ Cole, sorry for the thread hijack bud, wasnt deliberate.
@Caddy yeah, cannot beleive the change over the years, still remember how the BMW service levels totally blew my mind when I owned my E23
racing snake said:i wont either, they have this whole "holier than thow" attitude and its pisses me off no end. sad coz i love the brand but cant stand the representatives.
i worked for honda and ill let you know that they are very customer orientated and handle complaints very fast 99% of the time.
so what happened?
rick540 said:I wonder if there are "lurkers" from BMW themselves on this site?
Maybe we do a little vote of confidence here to let them know if they have lost our market share?
If the perceived service levels ever do change for the better I will go into a showroom and buy a new one, but for now I refuse to buy a new car from you nor will I use your dealer service. Because for now your dealer image in general is providing me with some awesome late model BMW cars really, really cheaply.
So would you guys buy a new one?
Get a Hyundai - the Koreans are klapping the Germans with superior quality and service check the roads if you still don't believe...
nicwes said:I am also in serious need to get my complaint to someone higher up..
My problem is R40 000, 3.5 months, and a set of new problems, other than what it went in for.
When I call BMW customer line the lady gets defensive and, not in the exact words, calls me a liar. Defends BMW to the death, which I understand, but at least log my problem and follow up on it. Instead she refuses to do anything. I am sick and tires of BMW SA
rudi bosch said::bangdesk:good day Gents i had n 1 series bmw that i bought for my wife endless shit more in the bmw garage than in my own then i trade it in for n 3 series i have had the car 4 months now and its already starting to give shit and both were pre-owned so i agree its not the car thats shit its the service we are getting from maintenace side,if i must tel you the storie on the 1 series you will kak yourselfs but ya we dont know whos on this site so id rather leave it as be.you know what let me just give you something 8 months of visiting the bmw garage to sort out the problem then one day they call the Maintenace supervisor young guy he looks at the car 2sec he say i can c what is the problem earth strap missing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8 ******* months up and down and this guy picks it up in 2sec mmmmmmmm .
rudi bosch said::bangdesk:good day Gents i had n 1 series bmw that i bought for my wife endless shit more in the bmw garage than in my own then i trade it in for n 3 series i have had the car 4 months now and its already starting to give shit and both were pre-owned so i agree its not the car thats shit its the service we are getting from maintenace side,if i must tel you the storie on the 1 series you will kak yourselfs but ya we dont know whos on this site so id rather leave it as be.you know what let me just give you something 8 months of visiting the bmw garage to sort out the problem then one day they call the Maintenace supervisor young guy he looks at the car 2sec he say i can c what is the problem earth strap missing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8 ******* months up and down and this guy picks it up in 2sec mmmmmmmm .SORRY FOR #$%^% WORDS
rick540 said:I wonder if there are "lurkers" from BMW themselves on this site?
Maybe we do a little vote of confidence here to let them know if they have lost our market share?
If the perceived service levels ever do change for the better I will go into a showroom and buy a new one, but for now I refuse to buy a new car from you nor will I use your dealer service. Because for now your dealer image in general is providing me with some awesome late model BMW cars really, really cheaply.
So would you guys buy a new one?
1) Rick540 - No
herr bmw said:racing snake said:i wont either, they have this whole "holier than thow" attitude and its pisses me off no end. sad coz i love the brand but cant stand the representatives.
i worked for honda and ill let you know that they are very customer orientated and handle complaints very fast 99% of the time.
so what happened?
honda,you must be joking,to get the bike section,you have to go through the car section,so decided to take a look at there cars,not one salesmen helped me,so went over to the bikes and quads,same there,eventually bought a quad cash and took it home,road it and then after 200hrs have to take back for service,over a r1000 later loaded on the bakkie and off home,by the time i got home back of bakkie was full of oil,bolt loose,phoned,was told to just fill it up.
also they were suppose to give me paper work with the bike in case i wanted to go over the border,only found this out last year,when the new owner wanted it,took nearly a year to get,eventually went to another dealer and got it in ten minutes off there system.
honda is a good brand brought down by bad attitude people that work there.
and i think this is any brand,the best service ive got out of all the dealers ive dealt with,is where my wife takes here nissan in centurion,
Nastaliq said:rudi bosch said::bangdesk:good day Gents i had n 1 series bmw that i bought for my wife endless shit more in the bmw garage than in my own then i trade it in for n 3 series i have had the car 4 months now and its already starting to give shit and both were pre-owned so i agree its not the car thats shit its the service we are getting from maintenace side,if i must tel you the storie on the 1 series you will kak yourselfs but ya we dont know whos on this site so id rather leave it as be.you know what let me just give you something 8 months of visiting the bmw garage to sort out the problem then one day they call the Maintenace supervisor young guy he looks at the car 2sec he say i can c what is the problem earth strap missing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8 ******* months up and down and this guy picks it up in 2sec mmmmmmmm .SORRY FOR #$%^% WORDS
Welcome to the forum.
Sorry to hear about the experience.
You are welcome to name and shame the dealership here, as you shouldn't be bothered who is on the site. **** service is **** service.
Also, can we please request some punctuation in your posts. Not a lot.
Just enough to figure out whats going on.
Tell us which dealership and the story, you may be surprised to find someone here may be able to help you.