[Spridgets] Car Sales

[Mike/Donna Carpenter]

I have seen what you just wrote so many times.  I think the economy is simply so bad that they (salespeople) will pretty much try anything to trick or persuade your money from you.  You are just 1 in 3 billion people and if you are a little perturbed it wont matter they will get the next sucker.

I like how now days you go into a dealership and you say that you want to buy a car and they automatically ask how high your payment can be.  Then I state that I want to pay for the car and drive off with it - no payments.  They stare blankly at you.

People now days are so ridiculously stupid, it is hard to laugh anymore as it is scary.  I was raised that credit is not a good thing and that you save up your money until you have enough and then you go and buy what you need (NEED) not want.

I think that my generation (born in the early '70s) is probably the last of the breed that has a little morals, brains, and self control.

Mike C

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Larry Macy, Ph.D." <lmacy at phillymgclub.com>
>Sent: Feb 15, 2008 1:02 PM
>To: spridgets at autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Car Sales
>
>So recently my wife bought a Rabbit from the local VW place. While I
>was there I was looking at an Eos. Nice car. So I took one for an
>overnight test drive (they shouldn't a done that ;-) 200+ miles later
>I returned it and we talked about me buying it. I still had over a
>year on my current lease and trading it in means I have to finance the
>payoff on the lease. So I declined.
>
>Roll into December and the dealership is have a close out sale on the
>'07's. So they call me up and ask me to come in and talk to t them.
>Well since we already had this conversation, I was reluctant. I had a
>budget number I could not go over for payments. They already had all
>my info from the last time so I told them to check it over and if they
>could meet that number I would come down. If they could not, then do
>not waste my time and theirs. They called back and said the finance
>dude said they could make it. So I drive on down and after 30 minutes
>of going over EVERYF'ING THING again the sales dude comes back with
>the car (same one I put 200 miles on) "just to remind me what we were
>talking about" and then proceeds to lay one a monthly payment the is
>just over what I had said three days ago, but nearly $200 over. He had
>written it on a piece of paper with a smiley face. I stopped him and
>said Not happening. He said let me go talk to finance. So this other
>dude comes in and I give him the whole story and he says" So you are
>perturbed and I can't get past that" Damn Straight Skippy. So I walked
>out with the salesman saying "I'll call you if something comes up"
>Guess he like rejection.
>
>Larry
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