I have been on the road most of the summer, and my lease was up this week. (Volvo refused to extend it beyond the one 3 month extension they gave me).
So my ability to shop around or negotiate on my own was basically nil, even if I had felt capable or inclined to.
I contaced Quentin via email, and he came up with the S60 Inscription Platinum (with two colour choices, as it turned out!) in a few days, at a great price (with about 18% off the sticker price).
But most important, he made the entire process easy for me to do from the road.
I picked up the car yesterday (and that too was easy and smooth, and exactly as promised) and I canât thank him enough.
Quentin helped to get me a 330 xdrive loaner. MSRP was 46xxx and I really wasnât very picky, but it was 225 (including Taxes) for 15,000 miles a year.
Drive offs were due at signing. I did not do MSDs partly because the finance person didnât have them set up into the deal, and I knew she wanted to leave and the deal was cheap enough. If I did do MSDs I think it would have been around 200 a month On a 46,xxx vehicle for 15,000 miles a year. So he is great at what he does, and was very pleasant and easy to deal with.
Same for me. Privately messaged him. Initially responded quickly with short replies. Then just stopped responding. Not sure why. I tried following up multiple times in the private message thread since I was interested in the lease, but didnât even have the courtesy to respond.
Also outright ignored. Sent message through forums and through his Facebook account. Not a peep. If he only deals in high end luxury cars no problem but message someone and say you cannot help them. A quick 2 second blurb would suffice.
Iâve been very busy personally over the last month, which Iâve stated here. So Iâve really been only to clients who have sent me detailed and realistic expectations on what they are looking for. One liners, like âlooking for X car, what price can you get meâ I havenât had the time to respond to, as that isnât even how I operate my business. Enjoy your day!
Where do you clarify that? In your OP, you only ask for a list of cars weâre interested in and so if thatâs not what youâre needing/wanting, then what needs to be in the email?
Not being a PITA, but will be picking something up in the next 60 days or so.
Over the course of the approximately 5 days you didnât answer my private messages, yet you were posting quite often on the forums in general. As mikrodojr said, I donât think its unreasonable to expect a 1 line sentence saying âsorry, not interested in doing business with youâŚtoo busy to take on new clientsâ.
You had a QX60 post which seemed to actively recruit new clients, so I think its reasonable to assume you wanted new clients.
In my messages I provided you with realistic expectations. I said I wanted the QX60 deal you posted. Wanted to see if you had any cars with the specific options I wanted. And then what the roughly payments would be for my state (I even provided you with the sales tax rate). I think thatâs as simple as it gets.
My dealer didnât want to handle your out of state registration.
Iâm assuming you read the post, that said explicitly âNew York, New Jersey, and Connecticutâ and messaged me anyways not being in that state, letting me know later that you werenât in there.
I mean even here it says that I donât deal with your area. Why did you think Iâd make an exception?
No clue why you had to create another review for services not rendered.
Then as soon as I said im located in Indiana, you responded with
âOkay it will be more for that area, just to let you know. 1k more, incentives are different.â
Not sure why you are getting upset. Usually if you are looking to get business from clients, youâd explain âhey, this was for NY/NJ exclusivelyâ. But you literally responded with it would be more for my own state and that I would have to arrange my own shipping.
No?
I recognize I made the mistake of messaging you, but you are a very rude person.
Then I brought it to my dealer, forgot to message you back (my fault), they said No.
I deal with other states as well for that infiniti deal specifically, anywhere outside of Northern NJ/Southern Ct/or downstate ny will be 1k more. For example, I deal with PA and its 1k more, that is specific to the Infiniti brand.
Thanks for assaulting my character, youâve now posted three times⌠for a service you didnât pay for. Kind of ironic Iâm the rude person
If youâd like to continue this privately, Iâd happily do so. At this point it isnât a review, therefore doesnât belong here.
Iâm not assaulting your character, no need to exaggerate.
I posted an honest review.
you dont answer messages and/or reply extremely delayed
you donât have the courtesy to tell people you arenât interested in doing business with them.
of course I didnât pay for your services. You didnt do anything.
Thank you for owning up to your mistake (lack of responses). And in future, if there are people who mistakenly message you over a post, a simple âOut of state deals are excludedâ would suffice. But in my case, you mislead me by saying it would be more expensive and I would have to arrange shipping.
I hope future clients see this aggressive behavior of yours. If you do decide to use him, please come to him with complete knowledge and exact description of what you want, or he may get upset with you.
Now you are just being dishonest. So here is the exact message I sent you
"Fair enough.
Would you mind letting me know if the cars you have include the following?
rear view camera
reverse radar (the beeping radar so we dont hit anything when we reverse)
blind spot monitor
keyless entry (so we can leave keys in our pocket)
I understand as a broker you dont want to reveal too much detail because people go behind your back and take cars. I think thats super asshole move, and I wouldnât do that. 1) cuz I dont have time to make phone calls and would rather pull my teeth than haggle (I got some crazy deals on my own and dont care to do it again). 2) its dishonest and I respect you guys are trying to make a living
at the same time I dont want to pay a retainer fee until I know I have a car in mind that im ready to get. I understand if it was a car im getting you to do research from scratchâŚbut in this case it seems like you already have some deals ready to go.
I hope that sounds reasonable. Thanks"
If you didnât agree to that, then you should have said âsorry, thats not how I operate, I dont think we can agree to do businessâ. I think the members in this group can judge for themselves.
If others think my request stated above is wrong, then I need to rethink how I approach brokers.
Iâm sorry if you think Iâm angry. Not once in my post was i mad. Iâm just calling you out for your dishonest posts towards me.
I think you made your point. Just drop it + move on. Youâre beating a dead horse at this point. @nyclife owed up to not replying back. Mistakes happen.
This is a review of Quentin for a 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL (new body type) unlimited sport that he helped me lease back in May for 365/ month, zero down, 39 months, and 12,000 Miles.
More about the car:
Base price: 30,995
Color: granite crystal
Engine: 3.6L V6
I told him what I wanted, within a few days he had a couple of cars to show me in the colors I wanted (they were flying off the lots at this point). I picked one, he worked out the deal, gave me the final price, I gave the ok and went to the dealer to pick it up. Between texting and emailing Quentin back and forth to the time I spend at the dealership I would say it took me a total of 1.5 hours work to get my car (2.5 hrs if you include commuting to the dealer.)
I waited 45 minutes at the dealership (wouldâve been less but there was a customer ahead of me). The deal was already worked out so I literally just signed some paperwork and walked out the door. The car is amazing and I love everything about it. The whole process was extremely simple and straightforward. I have already recommended his services to friends and I will definitely be using him again when my lease is up. Thanks Quentin!
Quentin just helped to finalized a 2018 Clarity lease. $244/mo 36 months at 10k miles.
Reached out to Quentin on Saturday afternoon. Picked up the car on Monday. Extremely easy process and Quentin was responsive and professional. All this while Quentin was sick as a dog. All in all great experience and will definitely recommend his services!
