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Drove by a dealer on lunch today and spotted a blue X on the lot...figured I had about 20minutes to kill, lets go see how dumb the salesmen are. Boy was I in for a treat.
I pull up and park with about 6-8 salesmen and women sitting on benches and tailgates of trucks on the lot (very professional). One stands up and asks if I want to trade that in, I reply with no, but I want to look at the blue X I saw from the street. He points at it and sits back down. I get up to the truck and see that its a 05 and has 15k on it. Mods were extang tonneau, the dealer wing, and some cheap 18" aftermarket wheels. Then I see the sticker...26,500...on sale for 23,800!
I walk back to the group and ask.."are you guys serious about that X?" Yes I know it was an ******* thing to do but come on...They reply with "its the only blue one in the country right now" I laugh again and say ...."no..but maybe in the Tampa area..maybe" He responds with, "well what would you be willing to pay for it" I tell him 19..MAYBE. He says why so low, so I tell him what an 07 costs, he tells me you can't get them yet. At this point I'm trying really hard to be polite and mature, but its really hard as you can imagine. So he says "what would you sell yours for" I tell him "25, mine has a few more things done to it than the blue one..but even then, I doubt it, I love the truck"
So him and his little crew start laughing and say, "goodluck finding one of these for cheaper than 20...even used" So I start the truck and they hear the windows startup theme..I say "jump in..I'll show you plenty" 4 of them walk back inside and the rest start to try and look busy while the guy I've been talking to the whole time just says "I belive ya man...its ok, I don't think my boss would want me to do that anyway".
Honestly, when I think I can't hate dealerships and salesmen anymore...I get to expierence something like this.
Trading this thing in for an escort...or lawnmower parts.
I pull up and park with about 6-8 salesmen and women sitting on benches and tailgates of trucks on the lot (very professional). One stands up and asks if I want to trade that in, I reply with no, but I want to look at the blue X I saw from the street. He points at it and sits back down. I get up to the truck and see that its a 05 and has 15k on it. Mods were extang tonneau, the dealer wing, and some cheap 18" aftermarket wheels. Then I see the sticker...26,500...on sale for 23,800!
I walk back to the group and ask.."are you guys serious about that X?" Yes I know it was an ******* thing to do but come on...They reply with "its the only blue one in the country right now" I laugh again and say ...."no..but maybe in the Tampa area..maybe" He responds with, "well what would you be willing to pay for it" I tell him 19..MAYBE. He says why so low, so I tell him what an 07 costs, he tells me you can't get them yet. At this point I'm trying really hard to be polite and mature, but its really hard as you can imagine. So he says "what would you sell yours for" I tell him "25, mine has a few more things done to it than the blue one..but even then, I doubt it, I love the truck"
So him and his little crew start laughing and say, "goodluck finding one of these for cheaper than 20...even used" So I start the truck and they hear the windows startup theme..I say "jump in..I'll show you plenty" 4 of them walk back inside and the rest start to try and look busy while the guy I've been talking to the whole time just says "I belive ya man...its ok, I don't think my boss would want me to do that anyway".
Honestly, when I think I can't hate dealerships and salesmen anymore...I get to expierence something like this.
Trading this thing in for an escort...or lawnmower parts.
