Best/worst sales pitches when buying a car?

**volinbham** · 11-13-2007, 10:59 AM

Check out the commercials Business posted in the "Commercials" thread on car salesmen.

Got me thinking - what kinda crap have you been told by car salesmen?

I was test driving an Audi A4 years ago and the salesman asked me how I liked it. I told him I wasn't crazy about the color.

Being the "good" salesman he was and knowing he had no other colors, he said this:

"Most people are concerned about the color of their car but really you are inside it most of the time and you can't really see what color it is"

BigPapaVol · 11-13-2007, 05:06 PM

Wanna see a salesman go into full giddy mode: have your wife take a taxi to the dealership, get out and send the taxi on its way.

myrobbins7 · 11-13-2007, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol

Wanna see a salesman go into full giddy mode: have your wife take a taxi to the dealership, get out and send the taxi on its way.

**Lexvol** · 11-13-2007, 05:20 PM

I like it when they are trying to get your credit history from you. I had sales manager in a $1500.00 suit with me on a test drive telling me how he had fallen on hard times a few years ago and ruined all of his credit. He was hoping to find out if I empathized.

utfantilidie · 11-13-2007, 05:25 PM

I remember my wife and I were buying a Nissan Stanza years ago. I made the offer. Guy left, came back, "Make me out a check for 1000.00 and I'll take it to the man". He came back, had manipulated the numbers that actually had me paying more for the car, I promptly asked him to give me back my check. My wife and I were 10 steps out of the door and basically attacked by 4, 4 people. Needless to say they took ,my offer, even though my trade-in was a hunk of junk.

Fine Vol · 11-13-2007, 05:32 PM

I knew a salesman when I sold cars that was a hotshot. At the time if you gave a payment and the customer agreed with the terms, the salesman would ask the customer while on the phone so the manager could hear the customer say he agreed. Well one time he was on the phone with the manager and the manager asked if the customer agreed with the terms and the customer was in the bathroom so the hotshot salesman put the phone down and said yes in another voice to act like he was the customer.

egotisticalmoron · 11-13-2007, 05:53 PM

when i was 19 my grandmother was going to buy me a 94 four runner for my birthday(i've always liked that model the best). we went in, my grandfather was doing the dealing with the salesman. guy said that they wanted 10,000 for the truck...grandfather said no, 8 cash. they went on for about an hour, finally my grandfather gets up and walks out. i start to get mad because i wanted the truck, he says "watch this"...gets about half way out the door and the guy runs after us. he said 8 and a penny, my grandfather looks him dead in the eye and goes "8", and keeps walking. my cousin owned a detail shop that dealt with the dealership where i got it, on the sale of my 4 runner, they made 125 dollars off of it. my grandfather was the definition of a man.

Business · 11-13-2007, 06:46 PM

Here's what those salesmen said when you all left too.

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**la.lovesorange** · 11-14-2007, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by egotisticalmoron

when i was 19 my grandmother was going to buy me a 94 four runner for my birthday(i've always liked that model the best). we went in, my grandfather was doing the dealing with the salesman. guy said that they wanted 10,000 for the truck...grandfather said no, 8 cash. they went on for about an hour, finally my grandfather gets up and walks out. i start to get mad because i wanted the truck, he says "watch this"...gets about half way out the door and the guy runs after us. he said 8 and a penny, my grandfather looks him dead in the eye and goes "8", and keeps walking. my cousin owned a detail shop that dealt with the dealership where i got it, on the sale of my 4 runner, they made 125 dollars off of it. my grandfather was the definition of a man.

My husband gets mad at me cause thats how I am with them damn car salesmen! LOL I give them hell!!!

**volinbham** · 11-14-2007, 10:53 AM

Another guy I worked with was showing me the numbers. The car was equipped with the sports package (for extra charge of course). He went on to tell me they were "throwing in" the sport wheels, suspension, sport seats, etc. at no charge (these were all plainly part of the sports package figured into the price).