On 2008-03-23 01:11:40 +0000, Anne Jackson said:

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tony sayer wrote:

Some years ago the wife was in the market for a decent second-hand
Estate car. The Audi A4 or 6 and Volvo V70 were contenders.

Audi dealer salesman spent more time reeling off figures and performance
aspects addressing me all the time where I several times pointed out
that she was paying and was the -customer-.

Volvo dealer quite different approach and dealt with her answering her
rather practical questions .

Had the Volvo for quite some time now.. And that was directly influenced
by the respective dealer salesman attitude...

I reckon I can drive anything really..I just veto the frankly
dangerous/uncomfortable cars..

otherwise its what fits the dogs..for osme reason heated front seats are
a big hit here..

The heated seats were actually the 'icing on the cake' for me, when
I bought the Saab. Leather upholstery can be bloody cold in winter!

The saleswoman's attention was certainly directed towards my husband,
although we did say that *I* was buying the car, then she handed him
the keys when we went for a test drive, which ****ed me off slightly!

I had a similar situation and walked away explaining why. What did you do?

One might have expected a sales *woman* to have been sensitive to that.