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Originally Posted by lumberjim
If you really need me to explain why this thread and articles like the one you linked piss me off, I will.
I can go into great detail about how fucked up the public's perception of how car dealers should operate is, and how much damage assholes like the authors of these articles (who have typically spent all of 3 months in the business and failed at it) cause to what I do for a living.
What other business do you patronize that you can EXPECT a discount on their merchandise? And why do people resent every dollar of profit a dealer makes? Did you ask to see the invoice for the wedding ring you bought your wife? I guarantee they made a higher percentage of profit than the dealer you chiseled when you bought your Quest.
It's a good idea to do your research before you shop, but the vilification of all dealers because they have developed some skill in selling their wares really frosts my balls sometimes. Especially when some smarmy fuck 'exposes' the 'gimick'
People that read ( and believe)this shit hate buying cars, and exist in fear of being 'screwed.' They don't know when they've gotten an honestly fair deal, and are suspicious and unpleasant to do business with.
With all that said, I don't come to where you work and slap the dick out of YOUR mouth, so don't be so surprised that this irritates me.
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I had a fairly good experience at the dealership where I bought my car. It was between that one and one other, who offered the same price but different color. When I asked the dealer to fax me a signed agreement on the price with the VIN number of the car he stalled and obfuscated and it became apparent that he was full of shit and didn't expect to honor his verbal deal. He wouldn't answer my calls, so fuck him. I wasn't trying to get over on him, I just said: Here's the car I want, What's your price?
Out of 20 dealers I faxed, about 15 responded with prices ranging from 22.9K to 15.8k That one guy was the only douchebag out of 15. The rest were just business people doing business. There wasn't anything personal about it. "Sorry, I got a better offer of 15.8K thanks for your time, I appreciate that you got back to me." Every one was polite, except that one guy.
But I bet he is the guy who gives everyone else a bad name.