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My manager crashed the trade during a car deal
While Ed Bolian was selling cars at Motorcars of Georgia/Lamborghini Atlanta he had a lot of crazy things happen. During this car deal, as Ed was selling a Nissan GT-R, the customer wanted to trade a Mercedes C63 AMG. His manager took it for a test drive and disaster struck.
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Ed: Our dealership wasn't like that... Ed's grin: Thats exactly what we would do
C63, Supersports, Aventadors - I bet your insurance agent has a bottle and a shot glass next to the phone to be ready in case your number shows up.
@capnskiddies
6 жыл бұрын
Clint Gliford fuck it he has "heroin&hookers.com" as a bookmark for the weekend after the premium gets paid
@A-FrameWedge
6 жыл бұрын
And some smelling salt.
@ahwayzcool4630
5 жыл бұрын
Lol
@bradleyshaw9751
5 жыл бұрын
A-Frame-Wedge cocaineee
@drewsims262
5 жыл бұрын
Camping powder
It's gotten to the point where I stop what I'm doing to watch these short stories. It's a part of life now lol
@MK-sk2mi
5 жыл бұрын
Just like sunday morning cartoons.. same vibe lol
@brownraptor1778
4 жыл бұрын
Same
@emmanuelbalderrama415
4 жыл бұрын
Sameeeee
I can write this dealer off my list of "completely honest and forthcoming venues for my next car".
@RF.Gaming
4 жыл бұрын
Ayyy hello GTOger
@michaelh5156
3 жыл бұрын
*drum beats in the distance *
@TylerF35A
3 жыл бұрын
#drumbeats
@aliabdallah102
3 жыл бұрын
that's literally all dealers tho.
Note to self don't close a trade until I have my car back and have looked it over.
@kylebequette9220
5 жыл бұрын
It wouldnt Matter too much because then the dealership would be at a loss and not you. You would lose some leverage but other than that you wouldnt be "out" any money
@joesmith389
4 жыл бұрын
Tell that to Clark Griswold.
@ClassicStreetIron
4 жыл бұрын
@@kylebequette9220 no, the owner would be in a better position.
@sublimekid247
4 жыл бұрын
@@kylebequette9220 what that was super shady and he could have told the dealership to get fucked because they were pressuring him into a purchase because they had fucked up bigtime. he could have probably gotten that GTR at a steep discount to avoid a lawsuit.
@Omegadarkdrake
4 жыл бұрын
@@kylebequette9220 nah, the dealer insurance hit + the fact that he was a repeat customer would probably net him a good discount since otherwise he's better off just backing out and getting reimbursed, remember the car is almost out of warranty. also they still made money off the trade.
Having sold cars for a few years, one of the things I tell my friends and family is: When you go to a dealer to buy a car with a trade, give the salesman your EXTRA KEY. That way if you want to leave before you buy, you aren't stuck without your car or house keys. Dealers will "lose" your keys and keep you hostage until you buy. This happened to my sister, and she told the salesman, "That's fine, you have my address. Mail them to my house. Goodbye!" First time I ever saw a sales manager SPRINT after a customer.
@getsufuma2597
3 жыл бұрын
I don't even recommend that, because you'll end up never getting your extra key back (which can sometimes cost hundreds of dollars)
@SesshomaruSama15
Жыл бұрын
@@jire9831 spoken like a dealer.
@cleverusernamenexttime2779
Жыл бұрын
You have until the police get here to find them.
Great story, really enforces the whole car salesmen are wholesome trustworthy people who would never pull something over on a customer. You're a credit to your profession
That's areally dishonest sales practice...gonna definitely be watching out for this kind of BS next time I buy.
@GhostKing6790
Жыл бұрын
Yeah no shit. That dealer should catch a lawsuit
By far the best and most underrated channel on KZread!
@TasteMyStinkholeAndLikeIt
6 жыл бұрын
You like those brokeback mountain fireside chats, eh, princess.
I fucking love these vids. Ed has such great stories and almost like a perfect narrator voice to go along with it.
@raihanmiah1x969
6 жыл бұрын
Chris Topher watch your language , there are kids watching
@260carmelo
6 жыл бұрын
Kids can't own cars.
@rcajavus8141
5 жыл бұрын
@@260carmelo then who buys all useless sports cars and keeps collecting them as toys?
A question was asked to me by my teacher. She asked the classic question of if you could have a meal with anyone dead or alive, who would it be? I said Ed Bolian and nobody knew who it was. It was great haha
@parthpatel967
6 жыл бұрын
LOL I'd like to dine with him as well 😂
@EdBolian
6 жыл бұрын
I am honored.
@johnmoriarty7331
4 жыл бұрын
@@EdBolian I'd imagine there would be some shrewd negotiation over who picked up the tab 😜
Man, if that customer ever found out he'd never buy another car there. That's deeply dishonest. Worse than lying outright.
That Customer watching this video: "So that's why I never heard of my car ever again?"
100% commission based pay plan? You can't be a slacker at that job eh?
@Adierit
6 жыл бұрын
to be fair the job is just standing around on a showroom floor talking to people and filing paperwork, if you've got the charisma it can be a very easy/rewarding job
@EdBolian
6 жыл бұрын
Lots of potential but no momentum. Good months were usually followed by tougher ones. It is the nature of the beast but it is a tough grind over time.
@LuccianoNova
6 жыл бұрын
Ed Bolian Hey Ed. I am also a salesman. I’ve actually learned a lot about personality just by studying your mannerisms in your videos and I’ve had great success from it! If you read this would you be able to do a video on sales tips?
@JimsEquipmentShed
6 жыл бұрын
So you do, or don't want the Nissan GT-R?
@TasteMyStinkholeAndLikeIt
6 жыл бұрын
When you buy a NEW GT-R, it spells out specifically in the sales contract that ONLY Nissan GT-R certified techs are allowed to work on the car, and not every dealershit has one on staff. So for that reason alone, among many others, I would never buy a GT-R. If I have an issue with a shady/douchey tech, I'm not driving 500 miles to the next closest dealershit with a GT-R certified tech. For that same reason, I will never buy an exotic. Don't need the massive headache of having to placate/pacify the one dealershit near my city in order to get the privilege of being screwed by the service dept. There are far easier ways to get a performance fix. The shitvette lays waste to GT-R's on a track Car & Driver 2017 Lightning Lap Historical Results
And here I was thinking that selling supercars was easy.
@TorontoDrivers416
6 жыл бұрын
It's easy if you're Ed
@Dockhead
6 жыл бұрын
its easy if you exxagerate a load of shit
@samuellinares2001
6 жыл бұрын
Lol
@My_Alchemical_Romance
6 жыл бұрын
Gus Kipper I used to sell GTR for Nissan, it is muchhhh more difficult. Once had a gtr come off the truck as I was pulling in for work, and the customer had BEATEN me to work, and had SHOWROOM mirrors he was sliding up under it as I was pulling in.... boy was he pissed it was not ME pulling it off the truck, for some reason. The truck driver ONLY transported GTRs and was much more qualified (on the truck)
@nicholaskaparulin2358
6 жыл бұрын
Gus Kipper ii
I love how he still defends his general manager blowing through red lights trying to time green lights...
@williamsoncolin8652
3 жыл бұрын
Bad car guys
$35,000 espresso machine.
@VINwiki
6 жыл бұрын
I dont miss much about that job but that coffee machine...
@danger450
6 жыл бұрын
to sell $400,000 cars .... to mega-rich coffee snobs. It's simple marketing.
@posimativelynegative
6 жыл бұрын
Seriously, I stayed in my last job way longer than I should have because of an espresso machine...
@ChrisDavis-wi4yn
5 жыл бұрын
Jonny Lee dude I was thinking the same thing!!!
@iosonogerva1989
5 жыл бұрын
Here in Modena the only thing we take more seriously than sport-cars is food
I’m sorry but if that was me and I found out my car was crashed but they stalled to push the deal I would be pissed. You guys made a mistake own up to it and give me one hell of a deal.
@NH_TOMMY
6 жыл бұрын
Rewatch it he already agreed that he does want the GTR then that when he got coffee for him at that point it do t even matter it's not his
@danger450
6 жыл бұрын
Rewatch it again Tommy ... They were using delay tactics to close the deal before telling the customer the truth .... Of course "everyone WANTS" a new sports car ... DUH.
@NH_TOMMY
6 жыл бұрын
danger450 that was not even what I was saying if you actually listened to it you would know smh
@NH_TOMMY
6 жыл бұрын
danger450 how old are you bro cuz it was pretty clear about the order in this, and the fact that you dont get it
@danger450
6 жыл бұрын
Tommy Goucher "SURE!". And I am fucking Santa Claus. Are you "SMH" because you have tourettes?
Too bad he couldn't have seen it. Don't care how you spin it, the idiot sales manager didn't want to have to take a hit for his carelessness. If I found out about someone trying to be that sneaky even after the fact, they'd never get my business again and I'd make sure as many people as possible knew about it. That's about as bad as the finance manager trying to tack on a $3,000 extended warranty to the last car I was buying without even asking me if I wanted it, essentially bumping my payments up another $30 or so a month. I may not have been buying a supercar, but that little move cost that dealership that I had previously purchased 5 other cars from my business, and the salesman who I had bought 3 of those 5 cars from a $42,000 sale
@JWSmythe
6 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. He pressured the customer into the sale, rather than admitting to a mistake. It would have been better to say "There was an accident. Here's what we can do to make it right." Even just admitting it, and offering the full trade-in based on no damage, or offering the repairs is honest. He would have likely accepted the trade-in, without being shady about it.
@berndarndt9924
6 жыл бұрын
Dude how did you missed the fact that the customer wanted to buy this car and after he did he was very happy. " He pressured the customer into the sale" funfact he is a salesman, that is literally his job. I once went to a shoeshop and wanted to buy a pair of sneakers. I chose a pair even thought they didn't fit perfect but still good enough but the saleswomen do not wanted to sell me the sneakers even after I said I might never come back. Guess what, I will never ever again go there to buy shoes bc if I go shopping I actually want buy the stuff I need.
@NibNibs255
5 жыл бұрын
@@berndarndt9924 Ignore what I said - just found a comment where Ed responded - he told the guy they totalled the car. So I'm wrong! and everything I said in that effect is factually incorrect~ ... still think its a horrible thing to do, but sorry Ed.
@alexc8253
2 жыл бұрын
@@berndarndt9924 It's cute how this idiot trying to defend this scum salesman.
@user59371
Жыл бұрын
@@JWSmythe lol a car dealership doing the right thing? You’re adorable
I wonder if anybody is ever watching this and is like wait a minute that was my car....
Last time I was this early, the 911 was still parked at the country club.
@dinocrest1946
6 жыл бұрын
I swear if i see you here one more time
@mikewest712
6 жыл бұрын
Keep em coming.
@warmfreeze
6 жыл бұрын
Anything is better than her being late... ;)
So our storytelling hero is also an accomplished amateur barista?
@Ammut6
6 жыл бұрын
P WrightisRight even more dreamy 😍
@DjJtown
6 жыл бұрын
Too bad he's not there anymore. It would have been nice to pop in there in the morning for a Good espresso on the way to the next corp meeting in May. I seem to remember a couple of these guys were originally from Chicago, Far North Side if I remember correctly. Why the move to Atlanta other than the warmer climate?
@denzel1989
6 жыл бұрын
DjJtown exotic cars don't work great in cold weather
@Ammut6
6 жыл бұрын
Roger Rarebit everyone knows something/excels at something more than others. Some can make a great cup of coffee, some can build and tear down their own cars. It's beautiful to be alive!
I started sweating just watching this...
@TasteMyStinkholeAndLikeIt
6 жыл бұрын
I started sweating when I saw your frankenstein head on your channel. Good gawd.
@bbigrocker1
6 жыл бұрын
@BigKleib34 You?? Man I was sweating BULLETS!!! ROFLMAO
@larjkok1184
6 жыл бұрын
Wanking pretty furiously huh?
Ed, remind me some day to tell you the "guy who took a dump on my floor" story. It was, interesting.
@Acroposthion
6 жыл бұрын
“I’m gonna take a dump in every last car on your lot! I’m gonna pee on your counters....I’m gonna do it all!!!!” ~Crank Yankers
@you7uber5
6 жыл бұрын
Someone shit on my floor at work after locked them out so they couldn't steal anymore.
@Chip-Chapley
6 жыл бұрын
I had a janitor cleaning the bathrooms and a really fat lady threaten to take a dump on the floor, I also had a guy spill diet coke in the *women's* restroom and slip in it, then he threatened to sue us for it.....
@FuckSmucker
5 жыл бұрын
Lmao, came out today.
A VINwiki video that includes Ed, a great story, and a mentioning of Bitcoin. My life is complete.
@bryant1779
6 жыл бұрын
This guys voice is.........
Great..taking advantage of a repeat customer to help fund a million dollar profit dealership..Good job
@lovelady1954
5 жыл бұрын
It takes a certain kind of person to be a car dealer you have to be a born lier
@MoooseBlood
5 жыл бұрын
I gotta disagree the guy would have made the trade either way. He got what was fair the dealership would have lost on what either wise would have been a fair trade if they had told him. It's just smart business don't be so soft.
@jordaneggerman4734
4 жыл бұрын
@@MoooseBlood if it was a proper trade, as it would have to be, as to not alert the owner, than the dealership likely *lost* money, by making sure the guy didn't know. I mean, they took a totaled C63 in trade, as opposed to a "running and driving" one...
@Luckingsworth
4 жыл бұрын
@@jordaneggerman4734 Ignoring of course that trade in value is not 100% value of vehicle but insurance money sure is! Him signing without knowing they totalled his car meant the damage was a non factor. Had he signed after he was aware, he could have easily gotten more for the trade in via threat of insurance claim.
@sublimekid247
4 жыл бұрын
@@Luckingsworth Exactly this was extremely shady and could have sued over the information of his car being wrecked being kept from him.
i had this happen to me on a smaller scale. i was looking to trade in for a new ride at a major new car dealership. i came ready to buy, so a sales manager took my car out for a test drive to determine the trade in value, while the salesperson who i was dealing with was sales pitching me hard as i waited for my car to come back. finally the manager did come back... and promptly crashed it into the parking curb right in front of the showroom, wrecking my car. this drew a large crowd from both staff and customers alike, except for the salesperson, who literally vanished into thin air. there was no hiding the damage because it happened right in front of me. i got an apology from the manager, who then promptly gave me a poorer trade in offer than another dealership had given me earlier. this manager wouldn't deal, so i ended up taking them up on their offer to fix my car on their own dime. it took them two tries over a span of one month to fix it, and by then the other dealership had sold the car i wanted... FML.
@greenbean7853
6 жыл бұрын
What kinda car and what damage? Did he kill the wheels only or did the bumper get hit or what?
@fabulousprofound
6 жыл бұрын
wrx. front bumper and undercarriage.
@madfiat8932
6 жыл бұрын
They knew you would never be able to get a good trade-in offer on an accident damaged car, so they lowballed you. Grade A Scumbags.
@fabulousprofound
6 жыл бұрын
the bodyshop they used is known for good work so i had no issue with that. the problem was i let the dealer do the suspension repairs and it took them two attempts to get it right. now in hindsight i should have taken it to the dealer i go to for service and sent them the bill. the sales manager gave me his own personal company demo to drive for the month. i was just trying to make the most of a bad situation at the time.
@timtresch4848
2 жыл бұрын
@@madfiat8932 They probably fixed it in their shop all expenses paid from dealership cas, 9/10 times no insource claim no reported accident/ damage
Ed, I sold a car to a nice couple, signed and delivered them. Went through the car in great detail. Said goodbye and went to my office. 3 minutes later I heard a crunch. My boss had backed a suburban (their trade-in) into the car they just bought as it was parked behind it. When he did so he was in a hurry as we we closing soon and punched the gas. $7k in damage to the trade, and $15k in damage to the new car. Made for a late Saturday.
I was definitely on the edge of my seat for this one!
@TJ85234
6 жыл бұрын
Carter Harris you need to sit back further so you don't fall
Loving the Video, as always! Could you maybe do a Video about the general experience of being a car salesman? (Not necessarily on the VinWiki channel, maybe Ed's private channel?) You've had quite the selection of salesman on the channel. I've been thinking about going down that route for quite some time.
Ed is such a good storyteller. He could make anything sound good.
Getting my daily VINwiki before classes. Thanks for another upload guys!
Man, it seems Austin and Ed have the craziest GT-R sales stories I've heard! Great storytelling, as always.
This is the dude you want telling stories when cracking a cold one with the boys
The keys on the roof thing is real! A customer and salesperson got in to an argument, the salesman grabbed the keys and chucked them on to the roof of the dealership. The dealership was probably about three stories tall. Took about an hour to locate a really big ladder and have someone climb up there to get the keys.
@chuckmawson7273
5 жыл бұрын
My reaction if it was my car would have been “OK, now I’m gonna stand here and beat your ass until those keys are back in my hand.”
As he's telling this story, I'm imagining scenes from movies where the customer has his back turned away from the action and the salesman is facing the action...traffic backing up, ambulance drives by. Customer is clueless.
When I saw the title I was thinking “ok its gonna be like a fender bender” then ed says “he t boned a bmw” and I was like oh no
Wow look at that white Ferrari 550!? Talk about a unicorn. Great video per usual!
@EdBolian
6 жыл бұрын
I have tried to buy it many times.
Even better than i expected😂 you held your word
I enjoy watching this channel. Of all the channels I watch you are actually very intelligent and well spoken.
Ed does such a good job at making this story sound like it was no sweat to him. I’m sure he must have been so damn nervous trying to convince the customer to trade.
that dealership insurance high key dropped them after those accidents 🤣
Don't know how I found this youtube channel, but now I'm 3 hours deep in videos and stories. Keep them coming!
And here I was naively thinking the customer was going to get a really, REALLY good deal because of the GM's accident. Nope, hurry up and sell before the customer finds out! Am I the only one who would have been really angry to find this out after the fact?
@dixonsmith1580
4 жыл бұрын
Aerin Ravage what difference does it make? He got the car and he got a satisfactory deal.
So you guys hustled him more because your company messed up. Awesome. Cliche carsalesmen.
Im probably a couple of days into this guys channel but boy ohhh boy do I enjoy this guy's amusing style of storytelling, specifically when he describes his visions of the events while he sits down with the customer at his desk.
Lol, so if you were not on time, the owner actually could sue the dealership and get more for the car than worth. But now like: "Oh great, sign here please. By the way, the manager crashed your car 15 mins. ago"
@drftr58
6 жыл бұрын
Was thinking the same thing. A real shady way to operate a dealership. I also like the fact that when he talked about "losing keys" to keep a guy on the show floor longer that they don't do that cause it's "not right". Talk about hypocritical.
@randomstranger1960
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's a shitty way to treat a long time customer. If it had happened to me, I would no longer do business with them since they are clearly morally compromised.
@johndillinger8482
6 жыл бұрын
bullshit.it was an accident.they have insurance.what was he going to sue him for? he has 72 hours to change his mind and cancel the deal.
@berndarndt9924
6 жыл бұрын
@Herando Sanqui if you wreck my car and give me the money you make, sure I am happy to cooperate with you. I don't know how you will get a profit but thats not my problem.
@NibNibs255
5 жыл бұрын
@@johndillinger8482 Uhm, if he is homosexual - you have a problem with that? ... sounds like you have a problem with homosexuality, doesn't matter if its 3 months old either. Still seems like you have a problem with someone being homosexual. Also, Ed did tell the customer what had happened, the customer was okay with it and drove off happily in his brand new GT-R
literally wait for a Ed story all week
"We don't do these typical scummy car salesman tactics but we do try to sell a car without the customer knowing we crashed his trade in"
I have a similar story. I took my car in for service about 20 years ago. Long story short, they took it out to test the repair and never came back. They had to use the jaws of life to get the driver out. I saw the ambulance go down the street just like Ed mentioned and wondered where my car was. My car was totaled. Interesting talking to the insurance company. They wanted me to describe the accident - I told them I had no idea, I wasn’t there. The dealer loaned me a car to get home. I talked with them about buying a new car of course, but they knew I had to buy a car. I ended up going to a different dealer.
But was he a shrewd negotiator?
It's nice to hear about how car salesmen have screwed over customers in the past.
Ed needs to start doing audiobooks! :)
I love how he quickly explained financing a vehicle. Makes me upset when people say they will buy it all in cash.
The customer was treated unfairly. I would never use Ed as a salesman knowing he would lie to a customer like this.
This guy needs his own podcast. You're an expert in a niche and def have the voice for it
I usually love all your stories Ed but this one was just too grimy. I found it really lucrative that you compelled the customer to trade his (wrecked) AMG unknowingly.
These clowns have crashed 3 customer cars in recent memory? Then he bullshits, excuse me lies to, the repeat customer? This is why people rightfully hate car salesmen. Thanks for sharing.
What an awesome story! You really remember the details and present them nicely! Well done.
This dude is precisely the reason that car dealers have the reputation they do. He makes a humorous anecdote out of hustling the customer into a sale, then concealing from him what they've done to his car, just to protect their several grand profit. Sleazebags !
Within the first 10 seconds I was like “YES!!! Another ED video!!!!” Love the stories man. Not only great stories but from a fantastic story teller.
Hahaha, only guy at the dealership that knows how to operate the coffee machine
Great story .. after being a regular visitor for a while, I subscribed today. Nicely done.
Ed explaining the "old school tricks" is why I always take 2 keys with me.. I give them the spare that doesn't have any extra keys or anything on it.. and if they "lose" it, I can use my normal keys and leave.. not before getting it in writing that they will return my key or be paying for the replacement :)
I love this idea of "streeting" the customer. We just made the interest rate up.
@madfiat8932
6 жыл бұрын
Experienced finance guys are usually "right on the money" with interest rates. Only in very odd situations do things not go as planned and they have to unwind or change a deal.
@Acroposthion
6 жыл бұрын
Until it all goes wrong. I’ve heard stories of people being “streeted,” only to have the deal later shot down by all of whichever bank(s) a dealer works with. It happens. Unscrupulously, it’s sometimes done intentionally! ‘Johnny Salesman’ then has to get the customer back in, and persuade them into new terms. Usually in the form of a *MUCH* bigger down payment, higher interest rate, monthly payment (and possibly even slip a few extra $$$ onto the sale price to boot). As I understand it - laws on this *DO* vary across US jurisdictions.... Though in many instances, should this happen, ‘Joe Customer’ can decline the new deal’s, less favorable terms - return the car and walk away. “Walking away” may not be so simple for single-car, and perhaps lower-income family customers though.... 1) They won’t be told this is an option, and maybe even lied to, if so inquiring. 2) They certainly *WON’T* be getting their trade car back - although they may be offered a buyback, for a tidy profit. Yeah.... 3) Any negative trade equity delta will need be satisfied, in cash. 4) Down payment might be held hostage, as additional financial leverage. Etcetera, etcetera; on-and-on.... Not to mention, walking off leaves a single-car customer in the position of summoning a ride home - and shopping for their next car, in a rental. Granted, I imagine a lot of the above tends not to happen with exotic car sales, and said customers. But the mechanics of car sales, regardless of make, is mostly the same in any given market. A VIN tagged and titled vehicle(s), exchanged for money.
@madfiat8932
6 жыл бұрын
I did say "experienced" finance guys. Not joe blow down the lot on the corner. Fly-by-night guys often pull what you stated above. They do it for various reasons, partly to get someone into a deal they know the person would not have agreed to up front (21% apr, etc). Those "very odd" situations apply as well, and more so when dealing with shady buyers or those with questionable backgrounds and credit risks. I was streeted before, based on a preliminary approval when I bought my first new car, because the bank had closed by the time we did the deal. I was making a $5000 down payment, but my daily credit limit on my bank account was $3000. So we had to wait until morning so I could get a cashier's check from the bank. They handed me the keys with instructions to come back the next day. I did, with check in hand, and there were zero problems.
@shadowdemon7770
6 жыл бұрын
Brett Bilger right? They did this to me when I bought my Subaru WRX. It was a Sunday so no banks. I get a call Monday to come in and sign papers I "forgot" turna out no bank wanted to Finance me at the rate they quoted me. They felt it was too high, too much of a. Risk. So they had to find a bank that would lower their interest rate.
Every once in a while this channel will post a story that reeks of bad business practice, but they couch their language so effectively it takes a second to notice it.
Great story....should be a short film on Netflix....add a ghost from a previous accident causing the present accidents and I’ll give that a thumbs up as well ....👍
Schools’ closed and a new VINwiki video is out, pure bliss.
just curious Ed have you ever contemplated starting a podcast? I am completely enamored with our knowledge and stories. I hope to lead a life like yours. lol
Interesting video. My issue is overall the absolute lack of Integrity of you hiding the fact that his car was damaged. I was wondering, does that dealership allow customers to test drive their cars alone? Of course not. I have purchased a number of new cars in the last few decades including a few higher end Accura's and Infinities and I have always been invited by the dealers to join them on their test drives of my trade in vehicles. I know, I know not a Mercedes or a Porsche. The bottom line is that you did a great job of closing the deal on that customer BUT, there was a lot of Deceiving him on this transaction.
Take this story as a warning that sales people will use your own ignorance and misinformation against you for their own benefit! All with a charismatic grin
I liked the part where you said you werent a shady dealer but then proceed to tell a story about lying to a customer about his car only until he said he’d buy the GTR from you. All on the up and up 😂
That’s hilarious! Ed, let’s hear some more stories like this one!!
Really good story! Would love for the editor to conti he adding in the extra information about the car language like done in previous videos!
@FastGunner2040
6 жыл бұрын
Personally, I didn't like the pop-ups, I find it very distracting. Like with Impratical Jokers on TruTV, you find yourself reading them and can't pay attention to the show.
@Lovin_NY93
6 жыл бұрын
I agree with FastGunner
@Ammut6
6 жыл бұрын
FastGunner 2040 I agree with you on it being a distraction. However I would rather pause the video every minute to read than to watch the whole video and be lost.
@FastGunner2040
6 жыл бұрын
I feel that maybe it shouldn't be as frequent and should be off to the side and smaller. So it'll be less of a distraction, and quite honestly most people don't want to pause the video every minute. I understand about being lost, but it seemed that a lot of information didn't have to be put up in text and is already known.
Everyone read this! Find Ed’s personal email and talk with him, I made a great friend in him a few years back, back when the channel was growing legs and he actually sent me a bunch of Vin Wiki stickers and I passed them out at a slammedEnuff event and I still hear about these videos around local car events till this day! Just don’t feel dumb if you don’t comprehend half the big words he uses.
I wish all car salesman are as honest and likeable as him
pretty shitty way to take someones car Ed. The guy clearly wouldn't have done it once his AMG came back.
@JayDKB
6 жыл бұрын
I don't get how all these people are say YAY for the deal. They basically messed over the customer by taking away his leverage. I see it as slimy as heck. U crash my car sell me a car I'm not really sold on then you take away my leverage to get a much better deal because you crashed my car. How is this a good deal for the customer...??
@abes3925
6 жыл бұрын
Jay Dontknowbetter At the end of the day it’s the customers choice.
@NaruSanavai
6 жыл бұрын
Well, I'd say the caveat is that the customer doesn't have to deal with a totaled, nearly-out-of-warranty AMG, and instead has a shiny new GTR. Ed may have gotten a little more money out of the guy, and been a little shady in doing so, but that little bit of money doesn't cover the absolute loss of that AMG. So, even though he was lied to, the customer came out a bit ahead in this deal.
@amaryahshmaryahukabas8355
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah all those people “yeah, it’s just business” would react a lot different if the AMG was their business. Hate that it wasn’t me that got effed over so eff it mentality.
@berndarndt9924
6 жыл бұрын
Why wouldn't he? How do you know he wouldn't? His Mercedes Benz was scrap metal at the time. The Manager ofc didn't do this on purpose and there is nothing wrong with testdriving the car.
I really enjoy your channel. You are a masterful and eloquent story teller. Clearly someone I would enjoy drinking some beers with. Nothing like learning something AND drinking a beer with cool peoples
Great story. An administrative law judge took his new Toyota into a local dealership for the initial 500 mile servicing. The mechanic crashed the car and he wasn't told. Much later, the dealership comes in and tells him that he brought in a damaged car. After the judge (who had the nicest tattoos on his arms ) finished threatening to drive the car through the showroom window, they mollified him.
You tend not to notice the gradual upscaling of quality overtime. However, I've just come from videos posted by Vinwiki in mid 2020 to this video now, and the audio quality is drastically superior in the mare recent videos. Good on Vinwiki for upgrading their recording equipment. I'm convinced that they could have left it alone, and I certainly would have been none the wiser.
Well seems like having an adrenaline rush, tension in the room you can actually touch and a Oceans 11 kind of scenario is also obtainable in a dealership, if Mr. Ed Bolian is there.
everytime I see the new video I hope its ed bolian
6:13 WTF! This guy is a crook! "Do we need to park it where he won't see the damage"
And this is how a salesperson deals with ripping a customer off and smiling to your face about it.
I love this channel! Ed Bolian is such a gifted story teller! I could listen to this guy talk all day!
He needs his own car dealership.
@EdBolian
6 жыл бұрын
I don't think I want all of those headaches.
@andrewmunczenski3632
6 жыл бұрын
I think allot of folks would love to buy a car from your dealership.
@danger450
6 жыл бұрын
Until their AMG's keep crashing ...
How was this not one of the first stories you gave us? Keep them coming!
In early morning on a Saturday i saw a sales guy pull the whole "we cant find your keys thing" on my Dad once". Forgetting my Dad still had the keys to the car they just drove, "well I guess I'll go grocery shopping and do the weekend trips in this car while you guys figure that out." Sales guy's eyes get real big, "uh sir we are going to need..." "you get em back when you find my car keys. Consider it an extended test drive." Also watching these vinwiki stories has made me much more paranoid about buying cars. Neat.
Another Ed story ! this is gonna be good
@Spaz456
6 жыл бұрын
Adam Stefano I think the same way 😂
@bob5958
6 жыл бұрын
You talk way too much without saying much..
@Spaz456
6 жыл бұрын
Robert John what lmao
All i came away with, is that this guy is dishonest and shady in character.
@295r
5 жыл бұрын
Mudge Mudgee not really
Hey Ed if you’re reading this I want to just let you know something. I have been subbed since 4K subs and have showed all the car enthusiasts I know your Channel and they also obsessed. But the point is that I do sales and watching you had most definitely made me better salesman. Just studying the way you speak and how you are very personable. I actually mimic your tone and it had been working amazing for me the past 6 months. I just want to thank you for the amazing story’s and being a very influential role model to me. God bless you and your family! And thank you for unintentionally making me richer!
I sold car for almost 20 years and never worked at a place that had as many car crashes as this one. 😂🤣
so did he ever find out you crashed his car?
@EdBolian
6 жыл бұрын
Yes. Absolutely. We told him everything as he signed the paperwork and he was fine. He wasn't worried about the car, just wanted to make sure everyone involved was ok. We had a great relationship with this customer. The idea of the car being destroyed would have emotionally complicated the deal too much so it made sense to let him make the decision in that vacuum.
@208ngreat6
6 жыл бұрын
Ed Bolian emotionally complicated the deal? Made sense to let him make the decision in that vacuum? I think that's what you tell yourself. Cause emotionally complicated. Means if he would have known. He would have had ya by the balls on that trade value. Let him make the decision in that vacuum means. Let's let him decide without being aware of all the facts so we don't potentially loose a dollar. But hey man, whatever you gotta tell yourself so you can sleep at night.
@chrisj197438
6 жыл бұрын
208ngreat At the end of the day it’s a business and you do what is in the best interest of the business.
@briskxd1093
6 жыл бұрын
Chris Johnson Pretty sure what he did is illegal though.
@jodycwilliams
6 жыл бұрын
Wrong. You sold it to him without first clarifying the situation b/c you knew he would have taken away even more of your profit. You flatly said so in the video. Man, I hope you're better than this.
As soon as I see it's Ed sitting there I thumbs up the video!!
The porter trying to get the golf bags "GET THE BOLT CUTTERS!"
Ed has one of those voices you could listen to all day.
Another day, another Ed story life cant get better than this
How much different this would have gone if the guy had found out about it or decided he didn't want the GTR...
@VINwiki
6 жыл бұрын
Difficult to predict. If he had decided to back out of the deal, we would have had to get him made whole on his C63 and we probably would have been out looking for another GT-R a few weeks later. If he had wanted to keep the deal together, we were probably sufficiently motivated for the claim to be against a car that we owned that we would have probably given him a little more on the trade.
@twoeightythreez
6 жыл бұрын
SuperiorRedneck Then the dealership scene from "national lampoon vacation" comes true
This shows no matter what car you buy, there's Sleazy Salesmen Sure to follow.
No truer word ever spoken, but to expand on it. High end cars out of warranty can put a major hole in your wallet!!