4 years ago
Came here to look at Super Duty trucks. Had to get...
Came here to look at Super Duty trucks. Had to get a few things organized before I could pull the trigger on one. After a couple months, I decided I'd try to find a truck they had in their inventory, and try to make a deal. It started there, and I figured we could end it there. Tried for days, but these guys aren't at all interested in selling trucks. They just want to tout how they've given back to the community, how Jack will stand behind every sale, inventory is low in the city, hail damaged trucks everywhere, Ford factory fire, steel tariffs coming, and excuse after excuse after excuse why they wouldn't make a deal.
One phone call to Longmont Ford, one visit to Longmont Ford, and I drove home with a 2018 F350 Platinum for about the same price as what Sill-Terhar wouldn't sell me the lesser Lariat with options I didn't want, and the color I settled on. I gave them every opportunity to make a deal, and they refused. I came to them to buy a truck that had been sitting for a month, and they just weren't interested. Longmont Ford was HAPPY to have my business, THEIR DEALER FEE WAS $100 LESS, and they included 10 oil changes (that's like $1,500 worth on a diesel)! Honestly, it's really sad that the salesman at Sill-Terhar spent so much time with me, and his bosses screwed the sale. If I buy another Ford in the future, I won't waste my time going to Sill-Terhar even though I can see their building from my office window. I'll drive up to Longmont because it's clear they want to do business.
Response to owner: I've heard that story from most dealerships. If it had been a bad month and I had come in on the 31st of the month, I believe you would have sold that truck to me for even less than the price I was trying to negotiate. You and I both know that there's much more to the price of a truck than invoice minus holdback. Losing a couple grand on a few sales in order to make sales numbers is a regular occurrence, and I've been at the receiving end of those end-of-month sales plenty of times. It's just that it wasn't July 31st yet. In the end, your story as to why you couldn't sell the truck for less isn't any of the reasons I was given when I was trying to make a deal, rather the same excuse most dealers make. While I will certainly come by Sill-Terhar for warranty service, I won't waste the time of your salesmen when I know you won't sell the vehicle. I still feel very badly that so much of your salesman's time was wasted for Longmont Ford to get the sale. Dealerships typically work to earn a customer's business, but Sill-Terhar is the first dealership where I've experienced the opposite. I make a lot of really stupid impulse vehicle purchases.