I challenged a dealer to donate to charity that called me out on “impossible pricing” after doing it multiple years in a row. They went silent. Here is the post.
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Y’all are making me wish I saved all of my emails. I wind up just deleting responses I don’t like.
My favorite interaction is a very old one, but I hold it in high regard. Was looking to lease a Japanese sedan back in '98. I was visiting the stores for test drives. Had a Dakota to trade in. SM at the Toyota store was trying to run numbers and gave me the trade-in value of my truck. After some back and forth, I asked, “are you using Galves?” He confirmed and wondered how I even know about it. I then proceeded to tell him how to read it and calculate. I explained I knew where his number came from, but he “mistakenly” left off 4wd and the v8 and failed to calculate for the low miles. He said “here are your keys. your truck is out front. you need to leave now.” Getting kicked out of a dealership is a badge of honor, IMHO.
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I once got “kicked out” of a Subaru dealer for asking for an “unreasonable” discount. Salesman just kind of stood up and basically just told us we’re not being unreasonable and was clearly indicating we should leave. I was helping a friend shop for a WRX.
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Here’s one from Baker Jeep. Quite a few crazy CDJR dealers here in NJ. I ended up beating the offer I sent to them by $15/mo and had to rub it in his face a bit since he continued to leave me condescending voicemails after I stopped emailing him.
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What a time it was when you could get a 4x4 Overland for $411 with $411 at signing. Jeep’s incentives just ain’t what they used to be. @Mikemikemike
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You love to see it! Good luck to them!
“Lifetime Powertrain Warranty” 
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Lifetime power train warranty is what you need for every lease.
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…“We can continue go back and forth via email but you’ll get our best price
with your presence in the store.
I’m sure you’ve been in contact with several local dealerships.
Bring us your best quote. I’ll meet or beat it and include our protection package gratis.
We outsell every xxxxx dealer in both xxxxx 10 -1.
If you pull the trigger elsewhere you’ll pay too much for your vehicle. Plain and simple…”
Edited with xxxxx to protect the identity…
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Baker Jeep sucks. I think people with money in and around Princeton just pay whatever they tell them to pay. They were friendly and professional but aside from that they were useless in trying to get my Gladiator.
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This is definitely true. I’ve probably engaged them all at some point and I would only go with Buhler or Ramsey at this point. Ramsey was a tough nut to crack too. Buhler was definitely the most up front by far. I’d probably try them again first.
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Other side of the desk, I sold cars for a short time, working mostly internet leads. Someone emailed about a 2 year old Taurus that was still new. Made a terrible offer even with its age. We said just said no. They emailed a week later in response to an auto generated email. Accused us of running a museum for new cars and we were completely unreasonable. We had actually sold the car. So, I replied with the standard “the vehicle you are interested in has sold…” and signed it, “Sincerely, Museum Curator”
I hope they got to the end of that message.
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The JGC loyalty rebate was huge. With Carvana prices at the time I was also able to turn a profit on my ‘19 Limited even after buying it outright and paying taxes.
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No offense Ben or CDJR people!
Yes I know my broker tag lapsed. I’m staying around.
kia dealer asking me what’s wrong with their $900/month stinger lease offer.
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I went to a BMW dealership to test drive X4 xDrive 30i, after test driving the car. I told the sales person I needed some time to think about it, so he said his manager would like to come and thank me for coming out, so I said sure- Manager came out with a spreadsheet quoting me $1300/ month for 36 months $1000 down. Look at me and my eyes and told me this was the best deal in town and his daughter just lease an X4 40i at $1250/ month because he could apply employee discount. I burst out laughing and they asked me to leave :). Apparently, I was waisting their time.
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why does every single sales person always have a story that fit your exact situation. It’s like they all read the exact same book.“How To Scam Your Customer 101-Volume 1”.
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I had a salesman tell me that if he did not sell me a car that day, he would lose his job.
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I had a dealer justify a sale price about $1000 higher than a nearby competitor because of the cost of gas to drive round trip 20 miles in each direction…
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Not a lease but back in 2012 when I was still an amateur (doing deals in person) we were looking at CPO Acura MDXs and I reached out to a local dealer about one they had listed for $30k, which was really all we were looking to spend. They said it’s available come see it—when we show up they pulled the old bait and switch “oh we’ve sold the one you inquired about but here is a comparable one (listed at nearly $37k).” I was adamant that my budget was only $30k and I didn’t want to waste anyone’s time but they insisted it was negotiable…so we test drove it, liked it, came back to the salesperson’s desk and he had papers drawn up at $39k because of “dealer accessories” on top of the base options. I reminded him my budget was only $30k which I had made explicitly clear from the outset and he blew up saying how dare I “waste his time” and how could I possibly think of getting such a high demand vehicle at that “joke” of a price range and I’d be “lucky” to even find a Pilot at that price…I walked out. The guy then chases me as I’m walking to my car insisting we can “work something out” and so I firmly told him “no thanks” and left. Ruined Acura for me, perhaps unfairly, and I came home the next day with a nicely equipped loaner XC60.
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Most of these are pretty funny!
Several years ago when I was much more shy I went shopping for a mid-size AWD/4WD suv. Walked into Honda explaining that I’d like to test drive a CRV and that I was comparing it to a few similar vehicles. The salesman told me “you don’t want a CRV.” Somehow I ended up test driving an accord that I had no interest in buying. I ended up with a Sportage.