Apparently "BMW dealers" are no longer to refer to themselves as "dealers" and are to use "retailers" instead.
Too many bad connotations with "dealer" .... arms dealer, drug dealer etc
semantics
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semantics
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Steve Parry
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Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1, '05 K1200S
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Re: semantics
DODGY dealerslparry wrote: Too many bad connotations with "dealer" .... arms dealer, drug dealer etc
Re: semantics
I guess the term "Dealer Principal" is also a casualty.slparry wrote:Apparently "BMW dealers" are no longer to refer to themselves as "dealers" and are to use "retailers" instead.
Too many bad connotations with "dealer" .... arms dealer, drug dealer etc
Sounds like it has gone the way of "passenger" on airlines - no such thing now - they are called "customers".
The ultimate - was the casualty of the PC brigade of...... "pupil" you now get "Teacher & Learner".....
Mind you - it will hopefully be the end of that distinctly un-funny "at my local stealers"....... Oh god - there goes another rib!
Al
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