Hello All
It all started as we wanted a hatch for the family. I always loved the swift, but it was too comman and there was no news on the new swift. I loved the i20 and it really good, esp. the WHITE and BLACK ones.
But once I saw the blue i20, I fell in love with it. I drooled over it every time I saw one pass by. SPARKLE BLUE was the colour and for sure, my eyes SPARKLE when I see it.
We had gone to the WV showroom, and they told us that the waiting period for the polo is 5 months as they have stopped producing the car as on now for some time.(not sure of the reason , but this is wat I was told by the sales guy).
So we had decided to go for the i20 and I was happy. Time for some test drive. I stay in Indiranagar , so the Trident showroom on 100 ft road was close to my house so decided to go there for the test drive.
The lady in the reception was friendly and took my details and sent a sales guy for my help. Guess this guy was angry with the onion price going up so high, so was kinda not very helpful. Anyways I sat in the car and they dint have an i20 at that time, so I had a test drive on the i10.
Anyways I planned to come back some other time and have a test drive and shoot the deal since it was close to my house and bla bla. But I happen to pass by the Advaith Hyundai Showroom on RR. I just dropped by to see if they have any offers or something. They seemed friendly too. With a nice smile, I was introduced to Mr Guruprasad(GP from now on).
He knew his job , spoke well about the car , and offered us a test drive and I was really happy after the test drive which pushed me to close the deal asap.
Me: Whats the waiting period?
GP: 20 days sir .
Me: Any offers ?
GP: I will give free mad flaps , sun screen , car cover sir . also since its December , you will get Free insurance sir , how do u plan to buy the car sir , load ?
Me: yes, I would like to take a loan.
All this was done just perfect, GP then introduced me to a lady who would tell me more on the various loans (SBI,icici,reddy bros,x,y). Guess even this lady was kinda confused inlife who was not at all happy to help. Anyways planed to go with the SBI loan as the interest was low and I could pre close the loan without any fine. The lady told me to make an advance payment now and they will get back to me for the docs and this advance payment will help me block the car.
All this happened on December 9th. There were quite a few friends of mine asking me to wait for a month as the book would say 2011. But that dint matter to me, as I thought I should be getting the car by 30 (9+20days waiting), so I could plan for a trip on 31st night
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But soon after the advance was paid, the Advaith people were not really friendly.
To be Continued ...