May I vent?

When I purchaed my car from my five SCAR dealer, I had negotiated to get either A) free upgraded tailights or B) mopar catback exhaust. Well, in the negotiation process, they said that they wouldn't be able to give out *that* much, because they would be losing money. Perhaps they don't have the same concept of losing money that I have. Best that I can remember, I didn't see a sign on their door threatening their water was going to be cut off.

Anyhow, they told me that they would give me a 150 dollar credit towards those pieces. Fine. I call today to make arrangements to get my exhaust and they say, "well Word,,,,,,what we MEANT was that we would credit you the labor of installing those things for you if you bought them. Huh? Not on the pieces themselves???

Well,,,I snapped. I jumped out of the chair, I grabbed ahold of his gawdy gold jewelry that was dangling around his neck and began choking the **** out of him. With my other hand, I ripped the 40 dollar toupee off of his head and started stuffing it down his throat. Okay,,,,,,that didn't happen, but that's what I wanted to do.

Soooo,,,where does this leave me???? I dunno. What have they really given me? Nothing, actually. If I have any work done, they will just mark up the labor to make it seem like they gave me 150 dollars worth of credit. Sooooo,,,what is my solution?

Hmmm,,,to find a solution, you first have to identify the problem. Hmmmm,,,,,,,okay,,,,,,the problem is, they don't think I have a problem anymore, so without a problem, then you can't have a solution. Yeah,,,I know,,,,doesn't make sense. Soooo,,,,from my angle, i have to look at the solution, but without a soltuion you can't have a problem. Getting really complicated, huh?

Sooooo,,,,as I sit here tonight, I find myself blessed with a 150 dollars worth of mopar credit. Which, by the way, is worth about as much as an amish family getting the playboy channel for free.

 

Actually, you can have a problem without a solution...Sounds like you do.

 

I hate having to negotiate on a new car. I AWLAYS walk away feeling like I got ripped off (because I DID!!!).

Botom line is, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." Especially with new cars.......

Dusty

 

I got Dodge kickplates, ventshades, and Mopar 3D's for free. *hides* Well....yeah I kinda did LOL. Plus the way I did it I didnt have to pay for installation. I looked at my copy of my sales draft, and well since I was the salesperson, selling myself the car....I didnt get screwed LOL. AND I didnt pay for those parts....or the installation.

See.....get a job at the dealer, sell yourself a car....and then youll NEVER get screwed.

Okay now you I have a problem.....you probably want to kill me. Nosuh just kidding *hides behind hampstie*. $150 credit for labor hours??? Is it specified in writing anywhere??? As in, does it say "credit" or "credit for labor only". BITCHES.....I hate dealers.

 

Yeah, is it in writting? Even if not and they said they'd give you a $150 credit on those parts as a verbal agreement it's usually just as good in court. It don't matter what they MEANT its what they SAID. Just like a written contract, if they were to write X but mean Y that's their problem.

But it's probably not worth even going that far for $150.


Typical dealer BS!

 

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Seriously - dealers suck. They "approved me for a loan" at the first place I tried to buy my car. I then went in. When I asked them to order a specific one, they told me (after I waited until 11pm(got there at 7)) that the loan was approved for an automatic transmission only and that I couldn't get the srt-4. ROFL[8D]. Their loss ---> i had 12,000$ cash in hand for a better than 50/50 loan.
Want to talk about idiots...their next step was to tell me that the seats they told me they could swap out(swap to viper seats) weren't removable - that they were "welded in". ROFL even more.

 

You know, PHR…..listening to you talk about that dealer story just reminds me of something. Why are they not trained on the stuff they sell?

For example. In my glamorous life, I once worked…….here it comes…..are you ready??? I once worked in an appliance store.

But,,,,,let me tell you what they did for us. Once a week, we had to go to these training seminars. I HATED/DESPISED/LOATHED these meetings. We were commissioned sales people. Anyhow, we would sit in on these meetings and like starving animals, the managers would stand up in front of the classroom and hold dollar bills. This really gets good.

They would stand there and ask questions to us, such as, “Guys,,,,,how many gallons does the Maytag washer hold????� And then, like starving animals, the salesmen would all yell out the answers. And if we got it right, then we would win the dollar. Through this STUPID game, which was as demeaning as hell, we learned about the dumb products.

It wasn’t bad enough that I was Al Bundy like by selling the appliances, but I had to earn my due by actually KNOWING about the silly things. Now,,,,if appliance people had to know their products, then why is it that car salesmen don’t???? It doesn’t make any sense.

 

youll love this then whenever my parents go car shopping ill study up on the cars they are looking at and go with them. ill sit quietly while my parents ask ?s i couldnt believe how off the wall there answers are. id respect someone more if they said they didnt know or they would find out.last when i could answer the ?s and they couldnt they would be like you should be a salesmen and i would reply no cant screw people over.

 

I was a recruiter in the Air Force for several years and we were well-trained in the art of salesmanship. After our initial training, we had to attend an intense course known as the "Xerox Salesmanship Course III" which REALLY taught you how to mess with people's minds.

I think my salesman may have been to the same course......he suggested I get the Stage 1 installed on my brand new car before I took delivery of it. I knew enough to ask what effect that would have on the warranty. He kinda stuttered and finally said, "It'll void the warranty on your turbo."

Wrong move, taco breath!!!!! I went to the sales manager and insisted on a different salesman.

For my next job I think I'll work at a dealership as a salesman and sell myself a car!!!!

 

I tell you thats the way to go!!!!!