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.....That on a day like today, a bank holiday Monday with glorious weather after a really long winter, not a single fekkin one of them around here was open :nenau


If I ran a dealership, I'd have had a bleedin' great BBQ outside, balloons on the lamp posts and signs on the main biker routes saying I was open and there was a BBQ...I would would have emailed every customer I'd ever had inviting them along to a big open day.

There were thousands of bikes out today........probably tens of thousands out across the country.....fekk, even the Harley boys were out :blast


Even if they only had sales people in, and gave them two days off in lieu during the week to make up for it, surely it would have been the perfect day today to have a BIG OPENDAY rather than being closed....ESPECIALLY for BMW dealers as today may well have been the first chance a lot of people will have got to go and see a toilet :confused:

I can only conclude that bike dealers are doing far too well for themselves, or are incredibly stupid :eek
 
Fanum said:
.....That on a day like today, a bank holiday Monday with glorious weather after a really long winter, not a single fekkin one of them around here was open :nenau


If I ran a dealership, I'd have had a bleedin' great BBQ outside, balloons on the lamp posts and signs on the main biker routes saying I was open and there was a BBQ...I would would have emailed every customer I'd ever had inviting them along to a big open day.

There were thousands of bikes out today........probably tens of thousands out across the country.....fekk, even the Harley boys were out :blast


Even if they only had sales people in, and gave them two days off in lieu during the week to make up for it, surely it would have been the perfect day today to have a BIG OPENDAY rather than being closed....ESPECIALLY for BMW dealers as today may well have been the first chance a lot of people will have got to go and see a toilet :confused:

I can only conclude that bike dealers are doing far too well for themselves, or are incredibly stupid :eek
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Could we also have some fit young ladies in bikinis doing bike washing please as well ?:P
 
I was thinking the same. None round here open today either.:nenau
 
In my experience the automotive dealers in Lincoln (cars and bikes) seem to think they're doing us a favour by letting us buy our products from them. I'm sure there exceptions, but it explains why, in 33 years of riding and driving, I've only ever bought 1 vehicle within a 35 mile radius of the city.
 
Who the feck wants to trudge around a shop on a sunny bank holiday.
And it'll need a bit more than a minced horse burger as an enticement.

That's just for wankers.

Fanum said:
.....That on a day like today, a bank holiday Monday with glorious weather after a really long winter,
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I think you've answered your own question...........
 
I'm with Steptoe. People aren't into buying bikes on a BH weekend. Few are bought as impulse buys in reality and you will certainly get a better deal if you go in on a quiet Tuesday when there aren't the weekend tyre kickers in asking for leaflets.

Around here the dealers have open weekends at times when people aren't expected to be doing family stuff or going on rides with clubs or friends off the internet e.g. the local Honda dealer had the Honda test fleet in the middle of April.
 
Shouldn't you have been out riding your 'bike? On the road?

:beerjug:
 
Ex Urban Fox.

I really don't want this reply to come across in any form of "Holyier than thou" sensitivity, but remember when I lived on the London/Essex border an eccentric neighbour ran a fox rescue service, and he was featured in the National Press. It transpired he nursed many injured Urban Foxes back to health, and transported them to the wilds of Norfolk, where they promptly starved to death, having been imprinted as cubs to dustbin rake. So, my friend look at that next BH now!! Get a O/S map, there are Good Eggs out there like Flipfly who have done all the hard work, why not join them? The transition is quite painless, I managed it.
Regards JL
 
Done both yesterday. Rode 200 miles round trip from Glasgow to Dundee via some nice roads roads in Stirling area. In between, bought my first bmw gs in John Clarks. :thumb2
 
Micky said:
Shouldn't you have been out riding your 'bike? On the road?

:beerjug:
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We were :blast

I'd rather stop at a Tea bar outside a dealership and fondle some bikes than at a burger king next to Mothercare though, at the inevitable pee stop half way through the day :nenau

I just ended up being rude to some woman who parked her car in a disabled bay and jogged into Burgerking....I'd rather have been stopping somewhere else, tha'sall :P
 
Bucephalus said:
I really don't want this reply to come across in any form of "Holyier than thou" sensitivity, but remember when I lived on the London/Essex border an eccentric neighbour ran a fox rescue service, and he was featured in the National Press. It transpired he nursed many injured Urban Foxes back to health, and transported them to the wilds of Norfolk, where they promptly starved to death, having been imprinted as cubs to dustbin rake. So, my friend look at that next BH now!! Get a O/S map, there are Good Eggs out there like Flipfly who have done all the hard work, why not join them? The transition is quite painless, I managed it.
Regards JL
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I digress..As usual.

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Sorry, what I mean is, yes, in answer to your question, the dealers do seem to be doing quite well at present, and this does seem to be reflecting on what might generally be described as "Service", and the feel you get when entering a dealership. When the recession first hit, there was less disposable income, The City Boys buying bonus toys were less prevalent. Many dealers started listening to the grassroots feedback from Lifer Bikers, and went all "Old School" on us and encouraged "Hanging Out" (as the Americans say) and offered coffee even after the obsequious salesman had sussed you weren't in for a new bike. However, the mood is changing IMO and after a couple of visits it is quickly established by that nice young man/woman what you are riding, what your disposable income is, and (most importantly) when you might be looking to change your ride. I said recently to that chatty salesman at a large dealership, "Where does your heart lay, up stairs or downstairs?" (Having one manufacturer down and one above) I was shocked when he replied "Neither, I don't ride". There some good dealers out there, who sort of fleece you by consent, but I think more people are keeping that bike, finding a good independent mechanic, buying a flask, and finding new routes on Bank Holidays away from the conduits of the brain dead.
There is probably an answer in there somewhere!!! Seriously, after much sales experience please don't ever assume that salesman is your "Friend".
 
We're definitely open!

We're always open on Bank Holiday Mondays for sales, parts and accessories. Plus, our coffee is probably better than BK's.

Ocean Plymouth.
 
Nippy Normans supply Touratech, Wunderlich, Desert Fox and many other makes of accessories.
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