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The cars are listening

Richard Edwards · 0 comments

102215-drive-cam-overviewAnother video has surfaced demonstrating why dealership staff need to be watching what they say and do around customers cars.

Earlier this year we covered a video out of the United Kingdom where service staff drove a customers Mercedes Benz quickly and aggressively on a test drive.

Now a video out of the United States showing sales staff being rude about a customer and showing poor knowledge of their own product.

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In the video – which we must warn contains incredibly bad language – the staff are caught on a drive cam microphone questioning the customers source of funds and taste in cars. They even questioned why he wanted to buy their vehicle – a Ford Focus RS.

The dealership has yet to respond to media questions.

Warning, contains bad language:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxTM5UQSfBg

Richard Edwards

Richard Edwards is one of the owners of Auto Media Group and leads its editorial efforts. Richard has been writing about New Zealand’s automotive industry and dealer community for nearly two decades. The knowledge and contacts built up over that time gives our publications leads and insight others can’t match. He is also the president of the New Zealand Motoring Writers’ Guild.

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