If you work at a dealership and are this dumb
02-13-2007, 01:42 PM
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If you work at a dealership and are this dumb
you should be shot.
so I head on down to my local yamaha dealearship to pick up some crush washers for my brake setup. so i go down to the shop and show the guy at the counter a crushwasher i have and say i need 2 more just like these.
I told him it it was for a brake line. he asks me what kind of bike i have, I tell him gsxr 750.
he tells me we dont sell suzuki parts. 
once again i told him its for a universal brake line. So now he asks me to walk over to a r6 and show him where the part is located at so he would have a better idea of what it was
so i finally get my damn washer after 20 min. I hope no one who works at a DEALERSHIP is that stupid
ok im done now
so I head on down to my local yamaha dealearship to pick up some crush washers for my brake setup. so i go down to the shop and show the guy at the counter a crushwasher i have and say i need 2 more just like these.
I told him it it was for a brake line. he asks me what kind of bike i have, I tell him gsxr 750.
he tells me we dont sell suzuki parts. once again i told him its for a universal brake line. So now he asks me to walk over to a r6 and show him where the part is located at so he would have a better idea of what it wasso i finally get my damn washer after 20 min. I hope no one who works at a DEALERSHIP is that stupid
ok im done now
02-13-2007, 01:46 PM
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Re: If you work at a dealership and are this dumb
All part boys are that retarded, I've had worse! I needed a few bolts, he was totally lost. I was standing their showing him and he still didnt get it. They have no intelligence what so ever. Without the little computers they have they would be so lost!
02-13-2007, 01:59 PM
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The "girl" up at Interstate Honda in Fort Collins knows her ****. I never have to explain it, I just tell her what I need and she gets it for me. She's pretty damn good at what she does!
02-13-2007, 02:03 PM
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Sometimes you do get that parts guy/girl that is a genious. There was one dealership I used to go to back when I was big into snowmobiling (which requires lots of parts) and the guy there was really good. One time they didn't have an arctic cat part available and he was able to produce a polaris part that worked perfect. It was from a completely different part of the polaris sled too. I was amazed.
02-13-2007, 02:14 PM
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when I first got into stunting I found out the only other person in the area it seems that's really into it is the parts guy at the honda/kawa store, smart guy never have had to explain anything that far down. now there is a yamaha/zuk store in town that I wouldn't go to for anything, rather order my parts from the shop that doesn't even carry my bike
02-13-2007, 02:15 PM
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Re: If you work at a dealership and are this dumb
you should be shot.
so I head on down to my local yamaha dealearship to pick up some crush washers for my brake setup. so i go down to the shop and show the guy at the counter a crushwasher i have and say i need 2 more just like these.
I told him it it was for a brake line. he asks me what kind of bike i have, I tell him gsxr 750. he tells me we dont sell suzuki parts. once again i told him its for a universal brake line. So now he asks me to walk over to a r6 and show him where the part is located at so he would have a better idea of what it was
so i finally get my damn washer after 20 min. I hope no one who works at a DEALERSHIP is that stupid
ok im done now
so I head on down to my local yamaha dealearship to pick up some crush washers for my brake setup. so i go down to the shop and show the guy at the counter a crushwasher i have and say i need 2 more just like these.
I told him it it was for a brake line. he asks me what kind of bike i have, I tell him gsxr 750.
he tells me we dont sell suzuki parts. once again i told him its for a universal brake line. So now he asks me to walk over to a r6 and show him where the part is located at so he would have a better idea of what it wasso i finally get my damn washer after 20 min. I hope no one who works at a DEALERSHIP is that stupid
ok im done now
02-13-2007, 03:07 PM
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about half of the people working parts couters at dealerships don't know dick about bikes all they know is if they put the model and year of a bike they might be able to figure out what you are talking about and then when they finnally find what you want they have to go in the back for 30mins and try to match the part number up to the tag and so on even if it is so much as a screw that they could have just held the one you have next to it and figured it out in 2 mins....thats why when i need bolts or washers or things of that nature i go to the local hardware store it's alot faster and cheaper too!
02-13-2007, 03:12 PM
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02-13-2007, 03:37 PM
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I love fort collins motorsports. they always know there ****. I bought my tl about 4 years ago and they still remember my name
02-13-2007, 03:52 PM
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02-13-2007, 04:34 PM
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i was at the dealership one day and i was looking for a 954,i asked the guy if they had a cbr954rr for sale,he said theres no such bike...how do they get the job?
02-13-2007, 04:38 PM
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02-13-2007, 04:40 PM
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That's not true at all, i worked at a dealership for over 2 years, and probally know more then half of the small mechanics out there. Is what pisses me off is stupid *** Customers that come in and ask questions like. I need a crush washer for my oil drain bolt. I ask if they know what size it is, or what type of bike it is. The answer i get Its a honda. No year, no make, no vin # to look anything up, and he wouldnt even give me the time to go in the back and show him there was more than 1 size. Then i get told they are all universal and im an idiot.
