Went in to my local dealership yesterday, 'Chorley Yamaha' to enquire about what sort of price I could get trading in my 58 plate XTX. To kick things off nobody even surfaced into the shop floor for about ten minutes despite numerous staff members seeing me in there.

Once somebody did trouble themselves to ask if I was okay I told them why I was there and asked if they would be able to give me an estimated price on my bike. Reluctantly he came out to take a look at it and asked all the usual questions. He also asked how much I paid for the bike which I found completely irrelevant. After flicking through some papers he came up with a price of �2000 which I consider an insult but fully expected from them.

So then I asked about how to go about organising a test ride if I did want to buy from there (they have a nice 690 prestige and MT09 which I WAS genuinely interested in). The response I got was 'Look mate we don't just do test rides for someone who just wants to take it for a joy ride and that's what it sounds like you want to do.' So with that I decided that for the foreseeable future and until they learn to respect their customers I shall not, and will strongly discourage anybody else from spending their money there!

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Tom

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