Tom Murphy and Mercedes dealership

No absolutely not, having come from the land of Audi, I was always happy that their mechanics "on the whole" knew what they were talking about and had pride in their work, I'm sorry to say and I await the backlash but I haven't got much confidence in Tradespeople in Ireland in general. I know there are good trades people but maybe I have been unlucky in people that say they will and can do something and don't provide the service they advertised

Mercs . prices way over the scale now , over €60k for a fairly standard C class , no wonder sales so far behind the other two Germans.

Any update on Tom Murphy car sales on the Mercedes franchise?

Autobolands alfa fiat and jeep showroom is completed months ago now but they don't seem to be moving in .

Don't know why Simon kavanaghs don't take on MG

it’s because both Mercedes and VW are rolling out the agency sales model throughout Europe which severely affects traditional dealerships ability to negotiate on price, and make profits. Cars will be ordered online for a fixed price, it will then be up to the dealership to negotiate only on the trade in, if there is one. There is currently little incentive for privately owned dealerships like TM to invest in expensive showrooms, it’s time to cut costs and see who survives the transfer to agency. Virtually all car manufacturers want the Tesla way of selling cars, online ordering which cuts out the middleman/dealership.

Wow that's mad news wouldn't have ever imagined Tom Murphy not selling Vw

Mc connells not a great Toyota dealer . Maybe they will take on MG

I know there were a couple of lads there with a bad reputation among people I know, and my own experience when I went there. But they retired since, so maybe it changed.

But I found them grand for services at least.

No, it's my way of saying they were utterly uninterested in selling a car at all. It's like I was just in the way and they wanted me out as quickly as possible, despite being the only customer there at the time. I didn't even get as far as talking about prices or trade-ins.

I've heard the same from others that this couple were just like this to deal with.

I’ve never found that myself, but do appreciate that different people can have different experiences. Given that they most likely work on sales targets and commission, it would be unusual to find a car salesperson who doesn’t want to sell cars. Is it possible they mightn’t have been interested in what you were trading in? It’s the only reason I can think of why they wouldn’t want to sell you a car.

Always found them decent to deal with.

Buying a car anywhere can depend on time of the month for sales figures. Often better to buy late in a calendar month when dealer may be anxious to sell to make up quota..

I think that Wexford will become the regional dealership and that locally more events / customer days will happen in Waterford like the customer weekend they did at Faithlegg house last summer. I don't see a main dealership in Waterford long term.

I believe that Murphy's were offered it, but huge investment in light of new sales system, was the sticking point.

Sheehys put planning in kilkenny for a dealership, not sure What franchise

ePlan - Online Planning Details

I would not invest in a car showroom business, regardless of brand.