Soyabean
07-20-2008, 10:30 AM
I like telling stories lol, so im gonna write my story first before getting to the comment i want to make hahah.
So yesterday I decided to go with my girl and her family to go car shopping. And we were only supposed to do some research for prices and specs at first and didn't really have the intention of buying anything yet. We went to 3 dealerships in the Dixie/401 auto mall. So my girl and her mom test drove the corolla and civic and didn't really like the power on the corolla nor did they like the style of the civic. Then i decided to step in and ask why didn't they try driving a mazda 3? So anyways, we drove into the parking lot (i was driving my car) and i happened to see a old buddy of mine who I used to go to school with.
It happens that he's a saleman (Daniel Alpous) but I called him Danny from before. Really good guy, honest, and straight forward. He let my girl and her mom take turns test driving the 08.5 sport gt and they fell in love with it.
So then we started to work with the numbers. Right away he went into the office and talk with the sale manager (Paiman Chowdhry - another awesome person to deal with) and gave us a really good deal on the GT. This was good because my god sister bought a 08.5 MZ3 GS sedan from Mazda of Brampton 3 months ago for more than the offer Ontario Mazda had given us for the 08.5 GT sport. But knowing me, (im a lil cheap asian boy lol), I like to haggle some more to try and save my girl's family some more money. But they really couldn't move anymore as they were expaining how they were really giving me a low as they could and this was true because I've done my fair share of research on this forum and have seen how much people have bought mz3's for.
So we give him a counter offer and he goes in and Paiman Chowdhry (sales manager) comes out and expains everything. Of course it was a good deal but my girl's family did not want to pay that price for a car. So we talked a deal for the GS model and the price went down a bit. They were still unsure which one to buy. But then Paiman came back and asked us how we were paying, and we told them cash.
Now the situation changed and he told us about the $3900 cash incentive for the remaining 08 models. Then he found a 08 GT sport, auto, moonroof in CWP for us and worked out an amazing number, a number at which we couldn't refuse and walk away from. Now we were ready to sign when he came back and told us that the one we wanted (from a sister dealership) had backed up into something and damaged the bumper. Immediately he told us that he will not sell that car because he told us that he did not want them to fix up the bumper and sell it just in case the frame got damaged. VERY ETHICAL of him :bana
Now he called around (holy crap i got a lot of time on my hands, i'll try to wrap this up) and he found a couple in Quebec. Regardless, he found the exacty one we were looking for and we signed.
Also, Paiman offered to help me fix my center console thing that i screwed up with gasoline and he offered to give my girl a shark fin (he threw in AFTER we sealed the deal)
We also got tints for free but i guess that was an incentive for buying a car too.
IN CONCLUSION, LOL, Great first time experience from Ontario Mazda, Especially from Paiman Chowdhry (Sales Manager) and Daniel Alpous (Salesman). Everything worked out great and now my gf drives the same car as me.......... Mine is still faster so i dont care lol. Very ethical and straight forward. I highly recommend dealing through these 2 guys
Also, as an added bonus, i got a couple of the salesman eyeing out my car and received some compliements. Thats an added bonus but sure made my day lol :bana
Thank you for listening. I've timed myself and this took me 34 mins to write. Now im just deciding if i should head over to MOTM or not. It's raining cats and dogs.
So yesterday I decided to go with my girl and her family to go car shopping. And we were only supposed to do some research for prices and specs at first and didn't really have the intention of buying anything yet. We went to 3 dealerships in the Dixie/401 auto mall. So my girl and her mom test drove the corolla and civic and didn't really like the power on the corolla nor did they like the style of the civic. Then i decided to step in and ask why didn't they try driving a mazda 3? So anyways, we drove into the parking lot (i was driving my car) and i happened to see a old buddy of mine who I used to go to school with.
It happens that he's a saleman (Daniel Alpous) but I called him Danny from before. Really good guy, honest, and straight forward. He let my girl and her mom take turns test driving the 08.5 sport gt and they fell in love with it.
So then we started to work with the numbers. Right away he went into the office and talk with the sale manager (Paiman Chowdhry - another awesome person to deal with) and gave us a really good deal on the GT. This was good because my god sister bought a 08.5 MZ3 GS sedan from Mazda of Brampton 3 months ago for more than the offer Ontario Mazda had given us for the 08.5 GT sport. But knowing me, (im a lil cheap asian boy lol), I like to haggle some more to try and save my girl's family some more money. But they really couldn't move anymore as they were expaining how they were really giving me a low as they could and this was true because I've done my fair share of research on this forum and have seen how much people have bought mz3's for.
So we give him a counter offer and he goes in and Paiman Chowdhry (sales manager) comes out and expains everything. Of course it was a good deal but my girl's family did not want to pay that price for a car. So we talked a deal for the GS model and the price went down a bit. They were still unsure which one to buy. But then Paiman came back and asked us how we were paying, and we told them cash.
Now the situation changed and he told us about the $3900 cash incentive for the remaining 08 models. Then he found a 08 GT sport, auto, moonroof in CWP for us and worked out an amazing number, a number at which we couldn't refuse and walk away from. Now we were ready to sign when he came back and told us that the one we wanted (from a sister dealership) had backed up into something and damaged the bumper. Immediately he told us that he will not sell that car because he told us that he did not want them to fix up the bumper and sell it just in case the frame got damaged. VERY ETHICAL of him :bana
Now he called around (holy crap i got a lot of time on my hands, i'll try to wrap this up) and he found a couple in Quebec. Regardless, he found the exacty one we were looking for and we signed.
Also, Paiman offered to help me fix my center console thing that i screwed up with gasoline and he offered to give my girl a shark fin (he threw in AFTER we sealed the deal)
We also got tints for free but i guess that was an incentive for buying a car too.
IN CONCLUSION, LOL, Great first time experience from Ontario Mazda, Especially from Paiman Chowdhry (Sales Manager) and Daniel Alpous (Salesman). Everything worked out great and now my gf drives the same car as me.......... Mine is still faster so i dont care lol. Very ethical and straight forward. I highly recommend dealing through these 2 guys
Also, as an added bonus, i got a couple of the salesman eyeing out my car and received some compliements. Thats an added bonus but sure made my day lol :bana
Thank you for listening. I've timed myself and this took me 34 mins to write. Now im just deciding if i should head over to MOTM or not. It's raining cats and dogs.