Live! Berlin 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LinLKMakGgM
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Live! Berlin 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LinLKMakGgM
Ha! Local Furd deer hired only kids. Who knew nothing about cars.
How they found so many boys so ignorant about cars ???!! Ask them if Shelby Cobra engine is regular or aluminum block. Get shown instead all 69 buttons that you need to push to actuate the “stereo sound system,” aka radio. Had to go out of state to find a salesman who could answer simple car questions.
a very good read...
Three tips for buying a new car:
Never finance through the dealership. Not even the 1.9% or 0% scams. Get your financing done ahead of time with your bank or credit union.
Don't take your trade-in to the dealership while negotiating for they will definitely find reasons to low ball you on the trade-in. Borrow your uncle's BMW or something. Or better yet, sell your old car on your own and use the proceeds to go towards your down payment.
Never negotiate on the monthly payment, or the down payment or the trade-in. Always focus on the price of the car.
Always be prepared to walk away. Never fall for the "what will it take for you to drive the car off the lot today" ploy.
Lastly, 99 Luftaballoons is a great slice of 1980s pop.
Thanks. A lot of amazingly good short stories.
Frankly I think it is a pack of lies from a disgruntled loser.
YEAH, PUSH THEM INTO 25% APR!!
No dealership will survive legally if 1/10 of what this supposed “insider” blog says.
I know there is a lot of push-push-push but even an elementary school child can think to come back the day after a “free car for the right key” promotion to ensure the car was given away.
If dealers are that clueless about the law and how to sell, then we would all be driving Fords.
Great story! I hit bottom in the early 90s and got a job selling cars. I sold a car the first week and quit. It was a T&C van. I’m serious.
I may have posted this before. If any of you have heard it, sorry. A friend of mine named Ray told me about the time in the early 80s, during his drinking days, that he was broke and on foot. He said he walked by a used car lot and noticed a nice red Ford pick-up truck. The sign said “Owner Financing”. He went into the office and told the only salesman there that he wanted to test drive it. The salesman was also the owner. Ray drove the truck then they went back into the office and sat down. “I’m interested in owner financing. Can we work something out?” Ray asked?
Ray said when the man told him “I need to call some of your credit references”, he knew it was all over. “But,” he thought, “why not take a shot.”
The owner called a few numbers Ray had given him. After finishing the second call he hung up the phone and said “Fellow, you oughta’ be able to pay cash for that truck. You ain’t never paid for anything else.?
I did a few months stint working on a used car lot for a friend of mine who had been one of the top salesmen at several of the local dealerships for years. He opened a small used car lot and I went to work for him.
One of the first things he told me to remember was “buyers are liars”. Explained about the “be back bus” as in “we’ll be back”. Then pointed out that one of the first lies out of the buyer’s mouth would be “this is the first place we’ve looked at”. Amazing how he predicted exactly how my first customers acted. LOL
He also told me that I could bodily throw anyone off the lot that I wanted to and he’d back me up. Said he’d done that at one lot. Almost felt like doing it many times.
Then there was the classic “Yeah but I can get it for X$ down at *dealer name*”. He gave me the response and I used it once. “Hey, go ahead and buy one for me too at that price”. Then I turned and walked away. The “customer” called after me, “Don’t you want to sell it?” I turned and said, “Yeah, but not to you” and walked off.
Believe me, as bad as people think car salesmen are - and there are definitely some that are totally sleazebags - the buyers are worse. I found out quickly that a lot of it is just a defensive reaction to the “buyers are liars” that they end up with every day, all day.