10 Things You Should Say If You Want to Be Bent Over at the Car Dealership
Hey, welcome to the dealership folks. Sir, would you mind looking at some of the vehicles at the other end of the lot so I can bang your wife in the blue minivan?
Forbes recently came out with a list of 10 things you should not say to a car dealer. Some are obvious, a couple not so much.
10. “I think you can do a lot better than that.”
9. “Sure, I’ll look at the numbers with you.”
8. “What’s the lowest price you can give me?”
7. “I’ll take whatever the popular options are.”
6. “Oh, I’ve wanted one of these all my life.”
5. “I’m not sure…which model do you think I need?”
4. “I’m only buying the car with cash.”
3. “Yes, I have a trade-in.”
2. “I can afford this much per month.”
1. “I’m ready to buy now.”
Numbers 1 and 6 are so obvious that if you’re not aware of these, just go ahead and flush hundreds of dollars down the car dealers toilet, and also, please just bang your head on their office desk. Number 10 was a little less obvious to me but has something to do with showing the car dealer respect. Huh? Anyways, when you consider all 10 statements/questions is there anything you can say to the dealer that won’t get you screwed? Or is it best to pretend you are mute and just pass notes to them when you absolutely have to communicate something?
Sleazy car dealer image from this joint.
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7 opinions for 10 Things You Should Say If You Want to Be Bent Over at the Car Dealership
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Nov 16, 2007 at 5:30 am
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Matt
Nov 16, 2007 at 9:06 am
I remember playing a similar game when we were looking into buying an apartment/condo. Every place we walked through, I tried not to look TOO happy or pleased about what we were seeing.
Alex
Nov 16, 2007 at 11:15 pm
Yeah dude, that’s ALWAYS the way to play it. I’m always like yeah it’s ok, or that might do. I had to train my wife though as she would get too excited about stuff. She’s much better now!
The Toronto Traveler
Nov 17, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Where would “does that price include rust-proofing?” fall on that list?
Alex
Nov 17, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Maybe that falls into the category of asking, to quote Borat, “Where is the pussy magnet?”
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Nov 22, 2007 at 11:24 am
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ed
Mar 25, 2008 at 3:14 pm
you are all a bunch of losers and you dont know what your talking about.
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