Billy Griffin car sales

Sam Kade

I am going up from Cork on Monday with the intention of buying a car at Billy Griffins. What's he like to deal with would you recommend him?

Dia1988

Sam Kade wrote: »

I am going up from Cork on Monday with the intention of buying a car at Billy Griffins. What's he like to deal with would you recommend him?

What car is it? Sometimes its more the car faults than the dealers fault!

Any link to advert?

quadrifoglio verde

Sam Kade wrote: »

I am going up from Cork on Monday with the intention of buying a car at Billy Griffins. What's he like to deal with would you recommend him?

Well he has a reputation that would put me off driving from cork

colm_mcm

I wouldn't bother driving from Clondalkin tbh not to mind Cork.

Sam Kade

Dia1988 wrote: »

What car is it? Sometimes its more the car faults than the dealers fault!

Any link to advert?

http://www.cbg.ie/toyota-yaris-1.0-1999-dublin

Twas Not

Sam Kade wrote: »

http://www.cbg.ie/toyota-yaris-1.0-1999-dublin

Massively overpriced.

Sam Kade

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Well he has a reputation that would put me off driving from cork

:eek: He's getting great praise here http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=90649

Sam Kade

Twas Not wrote: »

Massively overpriced.

Seems cheap compared to other garages a local garage near me has a 2000 yaris for 2k and he is only an independent small time operator with no employees.

colm_mcm

Twas Not wrote: »

Massively overpriced.

Not really, that's what they actually sell for.

quadrifoglio verde

Sam Kade wrote: »

:eek: He's getting great praise here http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=90649

this post would have me running....http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showpost.php?p=696076&postcount=2

goochy

his own personal manner is quite abrupt , think he only offers warranties on cars 2008 on which is stupid. would make sure get car well checked over first and as with all used car dealers take what they say with a pinch of salt

sham58107

Bought a second car off him 2 months ago ( I have company car).
Got warranty and was easy to deal with(David) great young guy.
Had small problem with window took it back and was done no bother.
I do think he only gives warranty on 2008 up as it is done through other group.
A lot of cowboys on that Naas road area names seem to change every week.

He is also now SIMI for what its worth.

quadrifoglio verde

sham58107 wrote: »

Bought a second car off him 2 months ago ( I have company car).
Got warranty and was easy to deal with(David) great young guy.
Had small problem with window took it back and was done no bother.
I do think he only gives warranty on 2008 up as it is done through other group.
A lot of cowboys on that Naas road area names seem to change every week.

He is also now SIMI for what its worth.

Simi isn't worth the paper its wrote on.
Buying a car of a dealer without warranty is stupid
Honestly if a dealer isn't willing to stand over the quality of a car on his forecourt, I wouldn't be giving him a premium to a buy a car of him. It just screams that there is something wrong with the car, or else Ill have trouble with any comeback under Sales of goods act.

bazz26

Not many garages/dealers will give much in the way of warranty on 14/15 year old cars. Better off buying private in this age/price range of cars where the owner actually knows the car and can answer specific questions. The risk is nearly the same unless you plan to drive the car back to Dublin from Cork with an issue only to be fobbed off.

maudgone

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Well he has a reputation that would put me off driving from cork

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

this post would have me running....http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showpost.php?p=696076&postcount=2

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Simi isn't worth the paper its wrote on.
Buying a car of a dealer without warranty is stupid
Honestly if a dealer isn't willing to stand over the quality of a car on his forecourt, I wouldn't be giving him a premium to a buy a car of him. It just screams that there is something wrong with the car, or else Ill have trouble with any comeback under Sales of goods act.

Let's face it. You don't like him, no matter what other people say.

quadrifoglio verde

maudgone wrote: »

Let's face it. You don't like him, no matter what other people say.

I don't like <snip> car dealer to be honest

helimachoptor

I had a bad experience , however it is several years since I purchased from
Him

maudgone

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

I don't like any shady car dealer to be honest

Did you have a bad experience with them? Do tell.

quadrifoglio verde

maudgone wrote: »

Did you have a bad experience with them? Do tell.

Went to view a car with a friend there a while back, asked the few questions that you'd ask about a car, such as service history, has it ever been crashed, mileage, imported, the general stuff. Asked about warranty, sales man mentioned nope no warranty at all on it as its an older car, that its sold as seen, which when a dealer says that, sets alarm bells ringing.
No flexibility on price, which was higher than advertised and car was rough as feck.
Not to mention the manner in which the salesman acted...quite rough.
Friend ended up buying a much better car at a lower price privately.

If you do a quick search on here, you'll find I'm not the only one who has these opinions of him.

jippo nolan

Whatever you do, don't call him Billy to his face!

maudgone

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Went to view a car with a friend there a while back, asked the few questions that you'd ask about a car, such as service history, has it ever been crashed, mileage, imported, the general stuff. Asked about warranty, sales man mentioned nope no warranty at all on it as its an older car, that its sold as seen, which when a dealer says that, sets alarm bells ringing.
No flexibility on price, which was higher than advertised and car was rough as feck.
Not to mention the manner in which the salesman acted...quite rough.
Friend ended up buying a much better car at a lower price privately.

If you do a quick search on here, you'll find I'm not the only one who has these opinions of him.

They're only his terms & conditions really. He's not going to give the car away. You'll find loads of people on here who have had good dealings with him. You get no guarantee with a privately bought car, regardless of the year.

quadrifoglio verde

maudgone wrote: »

They're only his terms & conditions really. He's not going to give the car away. You'll find loads of people on here who have had good dealings with him. You get no guarantee with a privately bought car, regardless of the year.

Of course you don't,,,but why pay a dealer premium for a private sale.
Yes Sales of Goods Act covers you, but good luck with having an easy time with that if he isn't willing to give any sort of a warranty

Theres a difference between haggling and giving the car away

daRobot

maudgone wrote: »

They're only his terms & conditions really. He's not going to give the car away. You'll find loads of people on here who have had good dealings with him. You get no guarantee with a privately bought car, regardless of the year.

Sounds like you have a vested interest, with such a defence of him.

Dia1988

daRobot wrote: »

Sounds like you have a vested interest, with such a defence of him.

With over 17,000 cars sold in 30 years, Bill Griffin surely has one happy customer?

maudgone

daRobot wrote: »

Sounds like you have a vested interest, with such a defence of him.

Never met the man, or had any dealings with him.

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

Of course you don't,,,but why pay a dealer premium for a private sale.
Yes Sales of Goods Act covers you, but good luck with having an easy time with that if he isn't willing to give any sort of a warranty

Theres a difference between haggling and giving the car away

You know he's not giving warranty on older cars, he doesn't have to haggle if he don't want to. No one forces you to pay it, free choice.

Sam Kade

I bought a car today only an hour and 15 minutes away from a dealer in Kerry I guess Billy will have to do without my custom I would have loved to have went up there and called him Billy to his face

Dia1988

Tell us what did you buy?

Include a picture and a link to the advert.

Thanks

Sam Kade

Dia1988 wrote: »

Tell us what did you buy?

Include a picture and a link to the advert.

Thanks

2000 Yaris the ad was taken down earlier, I suppose he was hounded with calls from people that didn't understand the word sold.

NIMAN

I don't understand the concept of leaving an advert up with SOLD written on it.

If its gone, why not take the advert down?

colm_mcm

Its so you can use the advert again for another car.