Stevens Creek Subaru Asks You Bay Area What Went Wrong?

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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 03:26 PM
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Well my wife is Israeli, and after having lived there, let me tell you that everything gets hgled on except CARS!!! It is a take it or leave it price. Amazing...
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 03:42 PM
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yeah true that. but i didnt mean it so literally.


yeah asians
dont worry, i converted to asian for the jokes.
You must be speaking of my mother-in-law. She would haggle over a loaf of bread at Safeway. It bugs the heck out of me.
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by ldivinag
problem is that most dont have a computer with them as they shop for cars...

lol...

they buy it, go home then look at this thread and they get buyer's remorse... or worse.

seriously though, my one and only encounter with stevens creek was about 4 years ago, initially looking at an wrx.

i got to test drive both auto and manual versions.

i was very surprised at home the salesman allowed me to drive the car as much as i could. granted it was like a 2 mile loop.

but afterwards, it was went i got inside that i started to feel uneasy.

let's just say i never wanted to go back there again. i eventually got my wrx from albany a month later. it was so laid back experience compared...
the wrx crowd is of the younger generation. most of us know how to use the internet and itd be foolish to walk into a dealership to buy a car without getting dealer price quotes online prior to the visit. its sad how sc subaru and other dealerships too can charge premium prices to buyers who are too lazy maybe even too dumb to check online for price quotes.
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 03:48 PM
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Originally Posted by WRXakaBooSTi
the wrx crowd is of the younger generation. most of us know how to use the internet and itd be foolish to walk into a dealership to buy a car without getting dealer price quotes online prior to the visit. its sad how sc subaru and other dealerships too can charge premium prices to buyers who are too lazy maybe even too dumb to check online for price quotes.

Knowing how to use the internet, and knowing how to use it wisely are two different things. When I was getting my wagon I witnessed some poor little nipplehead getting suckered into paying $43k OTD for an STi.. yes...43..... And that was for an 04 when the 05s were due in a few days. I wasn't sure which was more sad, the hoodlums at steven's creek taking some poor kid for everything he was worth, or how unprepared the kid was and that he actually went for it. Before I brought my Israeli friend haggling with me, I was sitting at about $30K OTD.

Steven's creek seems to think good business is bending the customer over and drilling them, without even giving a courtesy reach around.
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 04:31 PM
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I love how he picks and chooses which posts to respond to. Ignoring all posts about near violence and yelling and focusing on paperwork related ones.

Perhaps we could have one or two i-club members outside the dealership during normal opperating hours showing them printed out stories of what happened to them at Stvens Creek and a paper with maps/directions to other dealerships.

I'd be willing to be a secret shopper to go in and look at some cars to see how the service and all is...
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 04:43 PM
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Wow With this many bad experiences how do they stay in business... Some of these stories have happened to me at other dealership when I hassel the price soo low they want me to add everything on... Never a fight or anything they take No the first time...
I think everyone that has had a problem should call SOA and get something going to as The Owner of Steven's Creek Subaru isn't allowed to sell Subaru products anymore...
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by illusion
Steven's creek seems to think good business is bending the customer over and drilling them, without even giving a courtesy reach around.
everyone knows that no business is a good business without the reach around. duh

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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by gilmore25
Wow With this many bad experiences how do they stay in business...
for these reasons:
Originally Posted by WRXakaBooSTi
sc subaru and other dealerships too can charge premium prices to buyers who are too lazy maybe even too dumb to check online for price quotes.
Originally Posted by Yin
stevens creek subaru is in a high traffic area, most people who step foot into this place dont know there are better places to go, so they just buy there, locally. these people dont go on boards so they dont know the market value or the ridiculous markups that occur. so stevens creek still makes money.
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 05:03 PM
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Whenever I check this thread for the latest wrong-doing's, I keep thinking about how the internet almost destroyed "Mark Mitsubshi" by telling his story to every car board on the web. Ah, the good old days.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...ark+mitsubishi
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by estrada42
Whenever I check this thread for the latest wrong-doing's, I keep thinking about how the internet almost destroyed "Mark Mitsubshi" by telling his story to every car board on the web. Ah, the good old days.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...ark+mitsubishi

Holy shiznit. That's insane...but wonderful. Stevens Creek deserves the same. Hmmm wonder what to do.
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 06:07 PM
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Well, basiclly, we forward this tread to every car forum around. And wait for the internet to crush the, with prank calls, random ricer fly-by's, and what ever else the various boards come up with.

Good times.
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 06:08 PM
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Should I keep this crappy *** thread open? Perhaps sticky it and link another thread (one started by me about Stevens creek sucks, and edit the first post of this thread and add the link?), or just let it be?
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by brucelee
Should I keep this crappy *** thread open? Perhaps sticky it and link another thread (one started by me about Stevens creek sucks, and edit the first post of this thread and add the link?), or just let it be?
let it be

They are self owning themselves and I Think more people read threads when they arent stickies
Old Aug 25, 2005 | 06:11 PM
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