Recommended VW salesman in Sydney

[ConR]

seriously, it's getting to the point where you can't post anything in fear of getting drilled by someone for simply making a comment.

before you write back to a post ripping into someone for no apparent reason, sit back and think about it first. we may not all be as bright as you.

[Corey_R]

we may not all be as bright as you.

Lol - good call

[KRA21E]

Hello Everyone!

Im just about to pick up my new R from Chatswood Classic and i have to say, Tony Grgic has been absolutely fantastic through everything! He initially gave me a brilliant price on a Passat CC (when he was at Fivedock) which i cancelled a month later and then ordered the Golf R (a year later) which again he gave me an unbeatable deal!

He also organised all the Fleet paperwork, adjusted the order everytime i broke his **** and basically bent over backwards to help.

Tony worked and Fivedock, Parramatta and now Chatswood where he is currently the Sales Manager so anyone looking for a new VW, go speak to Tony.

[Mariani]

It's amazing how 1 human being can destroy credibility and a brands reputation. No wonder online shopping has become the new retail. I wonder if the automotive industry will head down this path.

I finally ordered my GTI in the last week of Feb 2011 @ Barloworld Mascot. The entire sales process took 3 months. Starting with test drives, visits, negotiations, 10 quotes, back for another drive etc. The whole team I dealt with the same gentleman by the name of Dennis Barbarigos. He has been an absolute legend from start to finish. Also quite confident my final price was competitive.

Highly recommend Dennis.

Mic

[Ideo]

Hello Everyone!

Im just about to pick up my new R from Chatswood Classic and i have to say, Tony Grgic has been absolutely fantastic through everything! He initially gave me a brilliant price on a Passat CC (when he was at Fivedock) which i cancelled a month later and then ordered the Golf R (a year later) which again he gave me an unbeatable deal!

He also organised all the Fleet paperwork, adjusted the order everytime i broke his **** and basically bent over backwards to help.

Tony worked and Fivedock, Parramatta and now Chatswood where he is currently the Sales Manager so anyone looking for a new VW, go speak to Tony.

I had a good experience with him as well. Didn't end up buying from him as there was nothing coming in that suited me, but he was very helpful.

[walbjj]

It's amazing how 1 human being can destroy credibility and a brands reputation. No wonder online shopping has become the new retail. I wonder if the automotive industry will head down this path.

I finally ordered my GTI in the last week of Feb 2011 @ Barloworld Mascot. The entire sales process took 3 months. Starting with test drives, visits, negotiations, 10 quotes, back for another drive etc. The whole team I dealt with the same gentleman by the name of Dennis Barbarigos. He has been an absolute legend from start to finish. Also quite confident my final price was competitive.

Highly recommend Dennis.

Mic

3 months???, my sales process took 1 day over the phone to barloworld in glen waverly. i got the name of the salesman off a member here, i asked what he had, he gave me the best price by far compared to all the jokers in sydney, i negotiated some accessories and gave a cc number and that was it. easiest car buying ever

[QIK-R]

I think he means from purchase to delivery of vehicle..

[Ooj]

Another thumbs up for Tony Grgic. I got a GTI from him while he was at Denlo Parramatta in December 2009. I walked in on a Tuesday and drove home with the car by Friday. He even found a way to get me a corporate discount. Fantastic sales but unfortunately I was completely screwed over by the Denlo service department - nothing to do with Tony though. Have since switched service to Barlo Five Dock and they have fixed everything.

[Mariani]

hey mate

apologies for not being clear - essentially i was indecisive for 3 months. test driving other brands, going to back to the dealership for the 3rd. 4th & 5th test drive with wife and kid. Point of the story is he hung in there with me for 3 months from start to the day i signed the dotted line. he was patient, always friendly and still gave me a kick ass deal.

mic

[aussieaviator]

Tulsa at Barloworld gave me excellent service,

[QIK-R]

Originally I had great service from Adrian,who since left, and passed me on to Tulsa and his assistant Nadine. I ended up placing my order through Mark Walshe at CCMG. very helpful, originaly asked for Dave but he wasn't in unfortunately. Will be heading p to gosford next week to put faces to names.

[Mi16 Man]

Via the phone/email, superb service from Jadd @ Chatswood Classic Cars. Mate ended up buying a Golf R from him, delivery around Sept 2011. I was on the hunt for a Polo GTI at the time but ended up settling on a Canberra based Golf GTI demo.

Bill Buckle in Brookvale - I am still waiting for my 'promised' return phone call in February, now, April 15.

[Cher]

Well when I first started looking we made an appointment with Gerald Slaven at Belconnen for a test drive. When we arrived we had to wait for some time before being served but it was a sat and very busy, and it wasnt a big deal. Trent spent a fair bit of time with us - we didn't get to take the car out by ourselves - I didn't even know that varied between dealers. (anyway I was too nervous to take it for a real drive with liability issues but my partner did and he loved the car). I didn't really have a substantial problem with any of the dealers we dealt with. However I do feel that at some point I was not being told the complete truth.

At first we were told there would be a 4 month wait. Another dealer said 6, another 8 and so forth. Look, this is not the actual issue because I note some people on this forum have waited various periods for their cars, but when the dealer went through the list of 'available' cars (ie cars on their way), they said there was one car matching my specification but without a reversing camera. He said it could not be retroffited. Barlowworld Mascot (after we requested a quote) told us they had an available car coming - without sat nav or reverse camera but they would fit them (they assured me it was the same as factory and it appears to be so). Clearly this can be retroffited when i was told it couldn't. When I first got the quote from Mascot, it was higher than the other quotes but I spoke to them about a few points and in the end they addressed those points (while I paid a little bit more than the other quotes), I got a car within a month rather than 4+. We did give try to negotiate with the canberra dealer because of it being a factory order, they wouldn't budge on price and we went with barlowword because there is no reason why I would have not paid a little more to get a car to my spec much sooner.

I dealt with Nadine at Barlowworld - she was very helpful and there was no issues with the process at all. I didn't go through the whole sales process with them (ie test driving etc), so cannot comment on that part.

[Corey_R]

Hey Cher. I thought I'd clear something up for you. It's not that the RVC cannot technically be dealer fitted. It's just that it takes so many hours to do, that it's not financially viable to do so. For example, many dealers will charge ~$400 for the first service, and an independent may charge $250. Yet that same independent charges $1800 for the fitting of an RVC. So you could imagine how much the dealer would charge...

Sounds as though Barloworld Mascot identified that as a way to get the sale, and the higher price reflects the fact that they had to account for the huge labour time to retro fit the camera.

In the end, as long as you're happy, then it's a win for you

[Cher]

Thanks Corey, thats good to know. It was more expensive with Barlowworld but only a few hundred - they said that yes retrofting did cost a more but they would do it for factory prices. The price difference was that a few other dealers had more of a corporate discount. Yes Im very happy with the car!