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Haha that’s a good one. Did you really pick your own salesman? I’ve never seen anybody be able to do that lol.
I remember back in the day dealerships were very loyal to their customers and would go through leaps and bounds to keep them very well taken care of. My parents, grandparents,aunts,and uncles all did business with a certain one. They'd literally come home with a different new car the dealer would hand pick for them and let them keep it, to try it out basically as long as they wanted. If they bought it, great! If not, not a problem at all. Fast forward to the 1980s,my parents went there to buy a new car. They were total douches to them (old man had gotten out of the car business and let his sons take it over). They totally ran it into the ground and lost most, if not all their old school loyal customers (including my family). They got very crooked and shady, and bait-switchy. Everyone started shopping and buying out of town.Every time that I walk into a dealership to buy it is always a game and I hate it. The one that irked me the most is the finance dealer who sold my son a car and than financed it at 2% more than was agreed upon. I read the contract that evening and spotted it. The next day we went to the dealer and knowing they got caught re-wrote the loan for the correct amount.
My very first car buying experience was great. I bought a brand new 73 Volkswagen Super Beetle.
They had not hit the docks yet and were about a month out. I put about 50% down and told the salesman that I was selling my current car the next day. I would have no vehicle and was there some old loaner they could give me. They gave me a one year old car which I drove for nearly five weeks. They were a great bunch. I sent many referrals to that dealership and salesman.
Yes I did. A few months ago I did it again when I bought my Ford truck.Haha that’s a good one. Did you really pick your own salesman? I’ve never seen anybody be able to do that lol.
Lol I know a few people like that. I mean a pat on the back or something small like that wouldn’t bother me but all that stuff yeah that’s weird.Yes I did. A few months ago I did it again when I bought my Ford truck.
Boy do I suck. The guy was a real zipper head. Again an older guy but he didn't care anything about the whole process. A weird duck.
So I called back a week later and got the youngest salesperson and come to find out I knew his father and I asked when the first salespersons day off was and I'll come in then and give him the sale.
And that is what I did....lol
The first guy shouldn't even be in that business.
Lol I know a few people like that. I mean a pat on the back or something small like that wouldn’t bother me but all that stuff yeah that’s weird.
That’s awesome. I knew some of the salesman at my dealership where I used to work none of them were that nice all of them but one or two had the attitude of buy a car or don’t waste my time. The two that didn’t act that way were always requested by the customers who had been there before.I did have a good Dodge dealer years ago who I bought five cars from who always let me use his employee discount...
He was honorable and a good guy that cared. Very rare.
Purchased a 67 Corona 4 door new. Bench seat was about as comfortable as two cinder blocks and a two by twelve but it was well made compared to Big Three POS.Remember relating this on some board. My apologies if it's a repeat here.
Traded a Renault R16 for a Toyota Corona (remember them?) at a one person used car lot in the mid seventies. The owner said "You're in luck, my father just died a few minutes ago, I'm in mourning and I'll give you a good deal. Come in before ten on Thursday so I can get to the funeral." The deal (and it turns out the car) really wasn't that bad for an eight year old beater so I bit. When I showed up I asked him "Hey, don't you have to catch your father's funeral?" "Nah, somebody called, guess I'll have to skip it."
Wife and I are looking at Palisades so autotrader/cargurus and I'll do nationwide. Found some dealers in FL with awfully good prices....go to website, "$999 docu fee, $599 dealer fee, $299 accessories......"This is why Carvana is so popular. Last time I had a car priced at a dealer they had $199 fee for nitrogen tires and a $500 document fee tacked on. I walked out.
The young guy who sold me my '03 Buick Park Avenue is still at the same dealership, now primarily selling new cars primarily. I've been in touch with him whenever I've been looking for a newer car, but they never seemed to have what I wanted.That’s awesome. I knew some of the salesman at my dealership where I used to work none of them were that nice all of them but one or two had the attitude of buy a car or don’t waste my time. The two that didn’t act that way were always requested by the customers who had been there before.
Yeah sometimes they don’t have what you are looking for.The young guy who sold me my '03 Buick Park Avenue is still at the same dealership, now primarily selling new cars primarily. I've been in touch with him whenever I've been looking for a newer car, but they never seemed to have what I wanted.
Wife and I are looking at Palisades so autotrader/cargurus and I'll do nationwide. Found some dealers in FL with awfully good prices....go to website, "$999 docu fee, $599 dealer fee, $299 accessories......"
Next time tell her to use my spiel.My wife buys her own cars on her own.
Two dealerships asked her twice when her husband was helping with the decision so she skipped Subaru and Honda Compact CUV and ended up with a 2018 VW Tiguan. The VW dealership treated her with respect.