re car buying story was christ another dealer service scam from article apr newsgate sps mot com by markm bigfoot sps mot com mark monninger this kind of behavior is what i was shocked by in my experience for crying out loud how do these turkeys think they can talk to customers this way and still stay in business again i don t expect sales people to bow scrape and grovel in my presence but i sure don t expect to be abused either i was very surprised by the way the sales people talked to me and in other negotiating sessions i overheard in neighboring sales cubicles evidently their success rate is high enough that they continue to do business this way there must be a lot of people out there who are easy to intimidate a couple of months ago i went to a dealership to test drive a car afterwards we sat down to discuss prices i explained that i wanted a car just like the one i drove but in a different color he said he could get one exactly like i wanted from the dealer network within a day we then negotiated a price and signed the deal next day i get a call he explains that they goofed and they had neglected to take into account a price increase the last price increase had occurred over months prior to my visit if i still wanted the car i would have to fork over another as an alternative they would honor the price if i bought the car i test drove which had been sitting around for months and had a few miles on it i said goodbye this was a good example of how they can lowball you and still cover their butts it s too bad more people don t demand honesty or these types of dealers would no longer be in business the next dealership i went to was straightforward and honest first thing the salesman said was lets s see what you have for dealer cost and work out how much profit i should make the deal went through with no problems steve
