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Extracting yourself from the hard sell at a car dealership is strangely empowering.

Posted by TFox Apr 8 '12, 13:31

Also, I weirdly found it more stressful in retrospect than I did while we were talking. Maybe because I was more focused while I was there.

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Getting out of a timeshare pitch without spending money feels like winning an Olympic Gold and a Nobel Prize combined. - Reagen Apr 8, 14:09 3
- Same with those vacuum cleaner sales people. Horrible, horrible. -- nm - Subversive Apr 8, 14:18 2
  - i went to a pitch to be one of those salesmen when i was in college. Roger Staubach did the little movie they showed us -- nm - pixitude Apr 8, 14:20 1
    - it was exactly like this -- (link) - pixitude Apr 8, 14:21
"well I can't gurantee this deal if you leave" kind of thing? -- nm - Remlik Apr 8, 13:32 21
- More the "they're flying off the lot, if you don't put a deposit on it now, we might not get another for a while." - TFox Apr 8, 13:35 20
  - We (probably) sold a car today and this is exactly the nonsense I'm dreading. - David Apr 8, 14:21 12
    - I just bought a new mazda3 and managed to beat the truecar "great" price by $50 - stewie Apr 8, 14:33 3
      - We've had the problem of apathy rather than pestering. Dealers here simply will not negotiatie over email. - David Apr 8, 14:48 2
        
        did you go face to face initially? I went down there and talked to them but only gave them my email and we went back and forth after that - stewie Apr 8, 14:58 1
        
        We have made an appearance at a few dealerships. - David Apr 8, 15:18
    - For a new car, why don't you buy online or negotiate via email? -- nm - psilotum Apr 8, 14:22 7
      - We've been trying this for about two months now. You'd be stunned by how few dealerships will make a hard quote via email. -- nm - David Apr 8, 14:27 5
        
        NBC news says Chysler is up 39% and car sales are just climbing right now as people are buying new cars that are fuel efficient -- nm - Remlik Apr 8, 15:53
        
        If we were in the same city I would totally do the work for you. I always use email and never have a problem but the competition in LA is probably - Jamez Bond (aka Igor) Apr 8, 14:31 2
        
        Right, we can drive down to Atlanta and avoid this, which is something we're considering. - David Apr 8, 14:47 1
        
        Wife goes here, don't know about their selection -- (link) - Strongbad Apr 9, 05:01
        
        ugh -- nm - psilotum Apr 8, 14:28
      - We bought our last used car from a "no-haggle" dealership. It was a very pleasant experience. -- nm - psilotum Apr 8, 14:23
  - i'm more surprised that any dealer today could say it with a straight face -- nm - pixitude Apr 8, 13:36 6
    - Normally I'd agree. - TFox Apr 8, 13:47 5
      - What car -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 8, 16:25
      - PS: Have you looked at truecar.com? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 8, 13:55 2
        
        that's where I'm getting that number from. - TFox Apr 8, 13:55 1
        
        That site is awesome and very accurate. The number of times I negotiated I was able to get the lowest - Jamez Bond (aka Igor) Apr 8, 14:28
      - Geez, there is a car out there now that is selling hot? Which one? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 8, 13:51

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