I need some help on how to handle this guy...
He is interested in taking over the remainder of my lease for my BMW 3 series because I am going to be down sizing a lot of the things I have right now for my anticipation of school.
He has his credit application in and we should hear back any day now. But yesterday he asked me to do an inspection for him. I said, I'd be OK with doing that, because I know nothing is wrong with the car. My client is one of the BMW dealerships in my city so I went to them first. They have 2 kinds of inspections.
1) 30-point inspection. More of a visual inspection for newer vehicles
2) 30-degree inspection. So old BMW's are certified.
Now when I told him that I was requested to go with option 1, he kept pushing to do option 2. I got a deal and paid $100.00 instead of $175 for the 30-point inspection but would've had to pay the full $375 for the 30-degree inspection and I really do not see the reason to do that because the car is still new and is under warranty.
Now he is giving me a bit of a hard time because he wants a very thorough inspection. I spoke with the service consultant and he said to be honest, it is a waste to get a 30-degree inspection on this car. The point of it is because if we have a older BMW come in and things have been repaired and changed, the 30-degree inspection gives the tech's more time to figure out whether it was a good job or a botched job. The 30-point inspection is sufficient enough since you have all your service records and you haven't changed anything. We will be able to tell right away if something is wrong.
So I've explained it to this guy and he seems to be understanding. I just sent him the copy of the report, and I'm afraid he's going to come back with "why is it so short" kind of remark.
I have no idea how else to handle this situation. He wants the car and has already got his credit application in but I just don't want him to think I'm dishonest. If i was, I wouldn't have changed the break pads earlier this week. I knew they had to be done.
Thanks for any input...
He is interested in taking over the remainder of my lease for my BMW 3 series because I am going to be down sizing a lot of the things I have right now for my anticipation of school.
He has his credit application in and we should hear back any day now. But yesterday he asked me to do an inspection for him. I said, I'd be OK with doing that, because I know nothing is wrong with the car. My client is one of the BMW dealerships in my city so I went to them first. They have 2 kinds of inspections.
1) 30-point inspection. More of a visual inspection for newer vehicles
2) 30-degree inspection. So old BMW's are certified.
Now when I told him that I was requested to go with option 1, he kept pushing to do option 2. I got a deal and paid $100.00 instead of $175 for the 30-point inspection but would've had to pay the full $375 for the 30-degree inspection and I really do not see the reason to do that because the car is still new and is under warranty.
Now he is giving me a bit of a hard time because he wants a very thorough inspection. I spoke with the service consultant and he said to be honest, it is a waste to get a 30-degree inspection on this car. The point of it is because if we have a older BMW come in and things have been repaired and changed, the 30-degree inspection gives the tech's more time to figure out whether it was a good job or a botched job. The 30-point inspection is sufficient enough since you have all your service records and you haven't changed anything. We will be able to tell right away if something is wrong.
So I've explained it to this guy and he seems to be understanding. I just sent him the copy of the report, and I'm afraid he's going to come back with "why is it so short" kind of remark.
I have no idea how else to handle this situation. He wants the car and has already got his credit application in but I just don't want him to think I'm dishonest. If i was, I wouldn't have changed the break pads earlier this week. I knew they had to be done.
Thanks for any input...