I went to a local dealer yesterday to drive the '05 GTO. Loved it, and then some. Sales rep asked me last night what it would take to get me to do a deal righ there on the spot (imagine that). I told him he'd have to get me the right color combination that I wanted (black/red). Then I told him what I wanted for my trade-in, and I told him I wanted the employee discout on the GTO. What I want for my trade-in is above wholesale.
He said he'd look into it and all that jazz. I gave him my office number at work and left it at that. So this clown calls me right at about 9 am this morning, asking me if I've "slept on" the GTO, and if I'm ready to come in and do a deal. I ask him if he has the car that I asked for. He says he doesn't but he'll get it for me if I come down. I then tell him I'll be on my down there momentarily, if he agrees to my asking price on my current car (2001 Audi S4), as well as the employee discount price on the Goat.
He proceeded to ask me if I was really ready to buy a car, or if I was just going around doing test drives and wasting everyone's time. He tells me that in 12 years of selling cars he's never had to deal with someone as delusional as me, he was still laughing when he hung up on me.
Now, I'll be the first to admit that I'm driving a fairly hard bargain. I'm not in a "must buy now" situation, so I can afford to play for a bit to try and get as good a deal as I can. Even if I had been completely unreasonable with him, the manner in which he treated me was just not acceptable in my book. Oh well, it's his loss. I will buy a GTO in the near future, but it won't be from him.
I can't wait until I have the car, but I won't get into it by making a bad financial decision.
:cheers
He said he'd look into it and all that jazz. I gave him my office number at work and left it at that. So this clown calls me right at about 9 am this morning, asking me if I've "slept on" the GTO, and if I'm ready to come in and do a deal. I ask him if he has the car that I asked for. He says he doesn't but he'll get it for me if I come down. I then tell him I'll be on my down there momentarily, if he agrees to my asking price on my current car (2001 Audi S4), as well as the employee discount price on the Goat.
He proceeded to ask me if I was really ready to buy a car, or if I was just going around doing test drives and wasting everyone's time. He tells me that in 12 years of selling cars he's never had to deal with someone as delusional as me, he was still laughing when he hung up on me.
Now, I'll be the first to admit that I'm driving a fairly hard bargain. I'm not in a "must buy now" situation, so I can afford to play for a bit to try and get as good a deal as I can. Even if I had been completely unreasonable with him, the manner in which he treated me was just not acceptable in my book. Oh well, it's his loss. I will buy a GTO in the near future, but it won't be from him.
I can't wait until I have the car, but I won't get into it by making a bad financial decision.
:cheers