12 days ago I purchased a replacement 2020 Leaf for my totaled leaf. I did ALL negotiation by phone between 8 dealerships over a week and only visited the wining dealer after agreeing on best out the door price.
When I visited the dealer I refused to take a test drive with any dealership employees. They agreed and let me take the car for test drive with my wife as the only passenger. I never set foot into the store and did final negotiation outside. I requested they remove the add on tint, adjust hood to bumper alignment, program 2 additional key fobs and send me a copy of final buyers order via email. I left and retuned the following day with a check and met with the F&I guy for 5 minutes and drove away.
Today I stopped by to get the 2 additional key fobs programmed that I negotiated at sale. Once again I never stepped into the store and waited outside on a bench.
My service writer told that my Salesman had tested positive for COVID and has been bed ridden for the last 6 days. I was told he had a very bad weekend. This guy is a healthy 28 year old. We purchased our car about 5 days before he started to exhibit symptoms. It’s not unlikely that he was contagious when we made our deal. You never know how close getting infected you can be.
When I visited the dealer I refused to take a test drive with any dealership employees. They agreed and let me take the car for test drive with my wife as the only passenger. I never set foot into the store and did final negotiation outside. I requested they remove the add on tint, adjust hood to bumper alignment, program 2 additional key fobs and send me a copy of final buyers order via email. I left and retuned the following day with a check and met with the F&I guy for 5 minutes and drove away.
Today I stopped by to get the 2 additional key fobs programmed that I negotiated at sale. Once again I never stepped into the store and waited outside on a bench.
My service writer told that my Salesman had tested positive for COVID and has been bed ridden for the last 6 days. I was told he had a very bad weekend. This guy is a healthy 28 year old. We purchased our car about 5 days before he started to exhibit symptoms. It’s not unlikely that he was contagious when we made our deal. You never know how close getting infected you can be.