Look at what dealer did to this new BMW (url)

segfault said:
Of all the car enthusiast boards I visit, there are always threads complaining about specific dealers or dealer practices. Why don't these boards integrate a system for rating car dealerships? My guess is that the subject matter is too controversial--too inflamatory, and the people behind it have a high chance of being on the receiving end of a lawsuit. As car enthusiasts, we need a separate site to post reviews--good and bad--of car dealerships and service departments. Isolated postings such as these do somewhat hurt the image of the dealership in question, but do little to help consumers avoid "bad" dealerships such as East Bay BMW.



We need another form of venting our complaints. It should be intuitive. It should be searchable by region and make. I don't have the time or technical know-how to pull it off, but one of my classmates has done the same system as a way of rating college professors:



http://www.profeval.com/home/?CurSchoolID=908



If you click the link, click on Evaluations then pick a subject and click "Search." It takes maybe two minutes to post an evaluation including vital statistics (I'm thinking of something along the lines of number of service bays, typical appointment backlog, etc), plus a brief comment and three simple choices: Good dealer, okay dealer, and bad dealer (symbolized by green happy face, yellow neutral face, and red mad face, respectively). Ideally, there would be also be forums (similar to Autopia) to allow for discussion as well.



The system of choosing a dealer when discussing with my local friends usually goes like, "I've heard bad things about X," "Really, I've never had a problem there," and "Y really took good care of me." This is unorganized and relatively unuseful. I think there's a better way, but my idea is really all I have to offer. Anyone is welcome to take said idea and run with it, for fun, profit, or as a service to the Autopia community (and many others). There's no reason for dealerships that are consistently "bad" to receive the business of anyone with access to good, organized information.
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www.maxima.org has that. There is a section where member can praise or gripe about dealers as well as vendors.
 
Not sure if you guys saw the pictures from yesterday on their last detail attempt,

but I had the paint measured today by a auto appraiser firm where they use this digital meter to measure paint thickness, and yes the paint has lost a considerable amount of thickness. So the option would be to repaint car, but they said when a car is repainted and I try to sell it, if the buyer has a appraiser run same kind test, it will never match the correct factory specs and therefor might depreciate the value of car. Car is brand new for me, so let me see what next. A link to yesterday's post.



http://bimmer.roadfly.org/bmw/forum...d=863729&page=1



http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showth...&threadid=17190



http://www.autopia-carport.com/foru...&threadid=13185
 
file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau...



BBB` or .com or .org



good luck, make sure you complain... most dealers won't want to see that at all. I would not buy from a dealer who isn't honest.
 
deejay77 said:
others are more concerned then dealer is on car that i spent $4800 on. Thanks again to everyone.





Deej
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Was that 48,000 or 4,800? If it is a used car that may change things dramatically. you also state,



"Car is brand new for me, so let me see what next."



Is this a new car or a used one. At 4,800 a BMW has lost most of the value it will for several years. Perhaps they just removed fillers that were hiding the marks? If it is a new 48,000 BMW then I would have real problems and let a lawyer deal with it now. Perhaps another call to BMW America stating plans to contact an attorney.
 
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