This happened back in 2014. I owned a 2003 Mini Cooper for a couple years in Maine. This was the closest Mini dealership to me but when I purchased the car, I only received one key so I had to get a new one and get it programmed. Everything with the key went fine. I am a HUGE Mini Cooper fan and had been wanting to drive one of the new ones with NO INTENT TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE. I spoke with one of the sales people, Kelly, and he agreed to go on a test drive with me. Long story short, Kelly tried REALLY hard to sell me a 2011 Mini when I made it abundantly clear that I didn't have the money to get a new one. He then went and got the sales manager, Harley, and he tried to get me to buy it by offering me a really good deal on it. I said I probably would not, but that I wanted to talk to my dad about it first because he would help me think about it logically. After I spoke with him, I called Harley and told him that I had thought about it and had decided that I was going to stick with the car I had because I just simply did not have the money to buy a new car. He made a very insulting remark about my dad "putting the kibosh" on me getting a new car, and I told him very quickly that this had been MY decision and that I had asked for my dad's advice. I still love Mini Coopers. But I was disappointed with how they tried to take advantage of me and then made an insulting remark about my dad when I ultimately made the decision to not purchase it. No idea if either of those guys are still there, but I just thought it was important that people know that you do have to be careful sometimes.
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This happened back in 2014. I owned a 2003 Mini Cooper for a couple years in Maine. This was the closest Mini dealership to me but when I purchased the car, I only received one key so I had to get a new one and get it programmed. Everything with the key went fine. I am a HUGE Mini Cooper fan and had been wanting to drive one of the new ones with NO INTENT TO PURCHASE ANOTHER VEHICLE. I spoke with one of the sales people, Kelly, and he agreed to go on a test drive with me. Long story short, Kelly tried REALLY hard to sell me a 2011 Mini when I made it abundantly clear that I didn't have the money to get a new one. He then went and got the sales manager, Harley, and he tried to get me to buy it by offering me a really good deal on it. I said I probably would not, but that I wanted to talk to my dad about it first because he would help me think about it logically. After I spoke with him, I called Harley and told him that I had thought about it and had decided that I was going to stick with the car I had because I just simply did not have the money to buy a new car. He made a very insulting remark about my dad "putting the kibosh" on me getting a new car, and I told him very quickly that this had been MY decision and that I had asked for my dad's advice. I still love Mini Coopers. But I was disappointed with how they tried to take advantage of me and then made an insulting remark about my dad when I ultimately made the decision to not purchase it. No idea if either of those guys are still there, but I just thought it was important that people know that you do have to be careful sometimes.