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jossey - 16/9/10 at 02:38 PM

Ok here is the story.

I called a local bike shop (kawasaki specialist in Scunthorpe)

explained i have a kit car with a ZZr1100 engine with starting issues and i need a few bits for it if possible.

And his reply was ... p i s s off and he hung up!

charming.




Dave :O(

[Edited on 16/9/10 by jossey]

tomgregory2000 - 16/9/10 at 02:42 PM

clearly not a fan of bec's

bob tatt - 16/9/10 at 02:44 PM

thats what you get for buying a kawazaki, would never have happened at a suki dealer

sucksqueezebangblow - 16/9/10 at 02:47 PM

Make a mental note never to use him again, to tell any bikers you meet, and to post the name on here so we can boycot them too. Well see who can p*ss *ff then!

balidey - 16/9/10 at 02:51 PM

Go into dealer.
Arrange a test ride on a bike... nice new shiny expensive one.
Organise finance.
Just about to sign the deal......

I think you know the next line.

loggyboy - 16/9/10 at 02:57 PM

Go in there, dont tell him what you want them for. Get the price and say..

I guess you'd make a nice proffit on the sale of those..... shame you told me to wee off.

or when he quotes and gets all the parts ordered in, tell him to wee off.

Guinness - 16/9/10 at 03:13 PM

Shocking.

My local Kwak dealer serves me no problem, even when I park up in their car park. In fact, the lad who used to run the dealership, bought an MNR and fitted a ZZR1400 engine to it.

Mike

Benzine - 16/9/10 at 03:23 PM

That's awful

coyoteboy - 16/9/10 at 03:30 PM

Can't see why they would wan't to tell you to, seems very odd. Surely any profit from any income is good for them and what's more, it's no business of their what you have the engine in, just because it's not a bike. Once it's out of their doors its not theirs anymore!

Got to say I'd be tempted to block their number, then call up and tell them to F off too, just to see their frustration when they try to call back

[Edited on 16/9/10 by coyoteboy]

jossey - 16/9/10 at 03:31 PM

all notes taken.

i like it that the work p i s s turns into wee lol

haha

was a surprise thats for sure.

ill post the details.

might even leave my fax machine ringing his work number as they have voicemail.

get it to redial 99 times ha ha

anyway thought i would share my kawasaki
experience.

love you all

dave j

joemotion - 16/9/10 at 03:40 PM

did you get the right number?

nick205 - 16/9/10 at 03:44 PM

Now you see when I pooped into my local ford Dealer for some Pinto bits they were very helpful and polite, even came out to look at the car and chew the cud too

That is bad customer relations though, how do they know you don't ride a Kawasaki bike as well as drive a Kawasaki engined car eh? Or have mates with bikes?

nick205 - 16/9/10 at 03:46 PM

quote:
Originally posted by joemotion
did you get the right number?



LOL

Very good point!

Our main office number is one digit different from the local dial-a-ride service and we do get regular and iratating calls from oldies wanting a lift to town - even so we maintain a (relatively) polite response.

matt_gsxr - 16/9/10 at 04:05 PM

Local Suzuki dealer is very friendly.

Not much use as most of them were at play school when my engine was current, and the others have alzheimers. But friendly.



Matt

Johneturbo - 16/9/10 at 04:07 PM

If that was me i'd be round to the shop to find out what his problem is

BenB - 16/9/10 at 04:12 PM

I'd just right to head office saying you tried to buy some bits for your engine (I wouldn't mention it's in a car) and he told you to p off.

02GF74 - 16/9/10 at 05:03 PM

your voice has broken hasn't it, so you don't sound like an 8 year old?

consider yourself lucky, he could have told you to f*** off.

mcerd1 - 16/9/10 at 05:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
Shocking.

My local Kwak dealer serves me no problem,


no problems with the one up here either: http://www.edinburgh-kawasaki.co.uk/

I was asking for a couple of carb bits that they don't normaly sell or even order seperatly (so involved 20min searching the parts computer and then a special order) - and all of that was for ZX9R carbs on a Pinto

(they thought I was mad, but were still very helpful)





[Edited on 16/9/2010 by mcerd1]

russbost - 16/9/10 at 05:41 PM

I always mail order any Kwak bits I need from a dealer in Bristol, very helpful & very efficient & they give a small discount to! I can search out their name & no. if you want it. Any non-genuine bits I can order thro'bike it at good discounts
@ Nick 205 - I think "pooping" in your local dealer is a bit extreme!!!

scudderfish - 16/9/10 at 05:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by nick205
Now you see when I pooped into my local ford Dealer for some Pinto bits they were very helpful and polite.


I'd have been livid if you'd done that at my place you dirty git!

jossey - 16/9/10 at 06:36 PM

ok

A yes it was the right number.
(they said kawasaki wat ever there called)

B yes my voice has broken. im 31 lol
and no i dont sound like a 8 year old. although i dont sound local to scunny.

C i probably shouldnt have mentioned my kit car. alot of people around here dont like them lol

watever


dave j :O)

snakebelly - 16/9/10 at 06:43 PM

you still havent named them!

jossey - 16/9/10 at 07:08 PM

drum roll please????


http://www.colinwilloughbymotorcycles.co.uk/

colin willoughby motorcycles.

dave j

MakeEverything - 16/9/10 at 07:14 PM

I would be livid.

I would also make EVERYONE aware of who it was and what was said.

I would also go in suited and booted, and ask to speak to the owner / sales manager to tell him the story. Then give the parts guy the finger as you walk out.

Go there tonight and spray "P1SS OFF" on the window with snow spray.

Pee on the door handles and fill the locks with Araldite or silicone.

Walk in and accidentally knock their most expensive bike on the floor, and walk out. Maybe even play domino's with the cheaper ones with the expensive ones at the end.

I would be really upset if i had that response, and would start a hate campaign against them.

MakeEverything - 16/9/10 at 07:15 PM

quote:
Originally posted by jossey
drum roll please????


http://www.colinwilloughbymotorcycles.co.uk/

colin willoughby motorcycles.

dave j


Crap website. The pictures cover the "Enter" button and the links! Fkin idiots.

femster87 - 16/9/10 at 07:21 PM

LMAO, that would learn you to remove kit car from anything when buying parts or requesting services. Had too much garages turndown work when u mention what u fitting it into. why i don know.

JoelP - 16/9/10 at 08:08 PM

are you sure he didnt misunderstand you? If he didnt like kit cars he would surely have just said 'thats not our thing' or something, to say pisss off he must have thought you were having a laugh? Surely?!

I would DEFINATELY have called back just to be sure, and recorded the call for management to hear.

l0rd - 16/9/10 at 08:17 PM

Probably he is a numpty and doesn't know that kit cars have bike engines in them.

Second of all, I would suggest every locost member to spent 3 minutes of their life, to ring the named kawasaki dealer and ask for the oddest things they can think off and just before they pay, hang up.

PSpirine - 16/9/10 at 08:38 PM

I'd just call them up again, and ask to speak to the manager, tell him what happened. They can be quite helpful sometimes!

Record the conversation.

If he's a rude bast as well, then simply send in a recording of the conversation with a letter to Kawasaki UK. They'll sort them out quick.

BobM - 17/9/10 at 05:37 AM

Not condoning the rudeness but I'm guessing a few bikers resent the death of a motorcycle to provide a power plant for one of our beasties. I'm guessing also when we buy our donor engines we don't usually know what happened to the original bike's owner when the machine got written off.

boggle - 17/9/10 at 07:18 AM

and thats why ebay can be a good thing

coyoteboy - 17/9/10 at 09:16 AM

quote:
Not condoning the rudeness but I'm guessing a few bikers resent the death of a motorcycle to provide a power plant for one of our beasties. I'm guessing also when we buy our donor engines we don't usually know what happened to the original bike's owner when the machine got written off.


I realise you know this but I'll rant anyway - that's utterly irrelevant. Resenting the "death of a motorcycle" is childish stupidity to its highest form, and being unhappy that someones possibly died before you got their engine is also a complete lack of ability to use common sense. If people like that ruled the world Bush would be honoured as cheif of Mensa.

40inches - 17/9/10 at 03:41 PM

quote:
Originally posted by BobM
Not condoning the rudeness but I'm guessing a few bikers resent the death of a motorcycle to provide a power plant for one of our beasties. I'm guessing also when we buy our donor engines we don't usually know what happened to the original bike's owner when the machine got written off.

So if a biker needs an engine he will buy new, rather than a "tainted" engine from a wreck?
Totally illogical, but you may be correct

RK - 18/9/10 at 12:12 AM

I went into a bike shop once:

"Do you have any oil coolers I could buy?" Answer: "No"

My Reply: "Do you know where I might be able to find one?"

Him: "yes, right out that door"

Are they all c****s, or what? Sorry, been hanging around Scottish f'u'ball s'po't'rrs.

BobM - 18/9/10 at 05:28 AM

quote:
Originally posted by coyoteboy
quote:
Not condoning the rudeness but I'm guessing a few bikers resent the death of a motorcycle to provide a power plant for one of our beasties. I'm guessing also when we buy our donor engines we don't usually know what happened to the original bike's owner when the machine got written off.


I realise you know this but I'll rant anyway - that's utterly irrelevant. Resenting the "death of a motorcycle" is childish stupidity to its highest form, and being unhappy that someones possibly died before you got their engine is also a complete lack of ability to use common sense. If people like that ruled the world Bush would be honoured as cheif of Mensa.
I think the words "I'm guessing" are the clue that that isn't my own view! Otherwise I probably wouldn't sleep cos of having 2 Busa engines and a ZX10 engine in my garage currently

I was merely suggesting one possible explanation for the. attitude. Fortunately my local dealers have been fine when I've wanted parts.

Davegtst - 18/9/10 at 08:20 PM

My local Suzuki dealer was very helpful. He took the wee a bit to start with but then realising his joke didn't go down very well he sorted himself out and became very helpful. By the time we had finished he was one of the best parts guys i have ever dealt with. Might be due to giving him my business credit card though so he knew i was in the motor trade. Name and shame him to his boss.

jossey - 20/9/10 at 08:05 AM

some funny idea's all and feedback and funny stuff.

well its over and done with now.

i will make sure that everyone i know doesnt use them in future.

is a pain in arse too cos they are local.

think im going to make a site simular to theirs and make it just say dont use them. and get higher in the search engines than them.

and put a note why i done it lol



dave j


some people are div's

peteday_uk@btinternet.com - 20/9/10 at 12:29 PM

I had the complete opposite experiance when I went to my Locoal Yamaha dealer (Alf England in Bedworth). They couldn't help me enough when I went in to get some engine mounting bolts. I explained what I had and what I was doing. They have also said that if I have any issues what so ever they will be more than happy to help. The mounting bolts I needed were given to me FOC.......so they are not all the same.

Pete.