it was just stupid olde English talk: ““For now, Herald, your anus is spared from the blade.”
I’m only posting this because it’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever looked up in deadly earnest.
This article says 35 percent do, but it's more than two years older and I was wondering if anyone had any updated figures.
So far, I've been able to find that JP Morgan already is involved with Barcelona, Madrid, Juventus, Serie A and Man U. Anyone know of any others?
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Bought a car the other day. I got financing from my credit union. They gave me a $20k check and so I went into a buy here pay here and asked for a car. The finance guy wrote up the contract I signed and dated it. Now the guy that wrote the contract calls me to tell me that the finance department told him that he wrote the wrong amount on the check. It was $1000 less than what it was supposed to be. He told me I could give them a down payment of $1000 or I could ask my credit union to write another check. What am I supposed to do? I don’t have a spare $1000 on me right now but would my credit union even rewrite the check?
why are regular car dealers so terrified of it? dealerships will likely stay open to handle used car sales and service/warranty - if a sales floor is particularly skilled or talentes at moving units, noone is going to shut them down… so why are car salesmen so afraid? is it the idea that they might have to justify their jobs? that they won’t just be able to treat customers like crap with no consequences?
I got a great deal on a new car with the “gentlemen’s agreement” to not pay off the financing for 6 months. I understand I’m under no obligation to follow this but I’m really happy with the car, the price and the dealer so I’d like to throw them a bone.
The dealer suggested I could put a huge chunk of it in the first month (they told me a number that’s like 85% of the loan) and then pay off the rest over the next 5 months.
I had two questions related to how to not screw the dealer over:
Huh, wild idea...
And despite what dealers will tell you, they need exactly two pieces of info from the buyer: zip code and trade-in value... If there's no firm trade-in value yet, one can be penciled in, with appropriate caveats...
Shit, you can go ask Claude to set up an OTD calculator, using zipcodes to determine applicable fees and taxes and any other dealer-side info. It's REALLY REALLY not hard to come up with an OTD, IF ANd ONLY IF the dealership is willing to play ball.
Dealers that won't take 45 seconds to give you a flat OTD in exchange for zip code and rough estimate of trade-in, are a major major red flag that they're just strokers—that's a dealer who isn't ready to sell and just wants to play games.
Is it because they don't want to work hard at a real job, their parole officer says they have to be employed?
Seriously, for people who are so constantly complaining they're victimized by buyers, why do they do it?
I'm in the market for a specific Toyota Sienna. I'm ready to buy and willing to travel. I'm using the Toyota.com inventory search tool to find the configuration I want and filtering out those that are marked as "sale pending." Those that are in build/transport stages are fine as I'm willing to put down a deposit. I have found a few and reached out to the dealership asking for availability and out-the-door price.
FIVE TIMES so far I have had dealerships tell me that the vehicle is already sold, only to see the vehicle come down and then return later (same VIN!) to both the toyota inventory tracker and the dealer's website. I had one dealership where two different salespeople responded. One said that the vehicle was already sold; the other said they don't sell "speciality" vehicles to anyone who lives 30 miles outside their geographic area.
Is this some kind of weird sales tactic? I completely understand things selll quickly and inventory and sites are out-of-date, but having the same VIN pop up and being told conflicting stories makes me think something else is going on.
My favorite quote is the idiot car dealer pretending he hasn't noticed anything.
they’re constantly bragging about what canny salesmen they are and how they understand the industry so much better than everyone else… but are also constantly in tears about how mean and dishonest buyers are… which is it?
Location: Washington State
Son sold his 2018 Honda Ridgeline to a dealership 10 days ago. They offered him $18k, total pay off is $26k, so son transferred $7300 to dealer for them to pay off the loan. Our boy was contacted by dealer yesterday saying the sales Mgr was going to buy the truck but it has "issues" and to come back to get it asap. They refused to tell him of the issues over the phone, said they'll discuss it when he arrives. The dealer did a 3 hour inspection when he sold it and only listed a couple cosmetic flaws. Our son also had it at a Honda dealer for service a month or 2 ago where it was inspected and found no problems.
All documents have been signed, transfer docs, bill of sale etc and the DMV website shows the vehicle as sold. The dealer has not paid off the car loan yet, our son was told by the bank yesterday there's nothing they can do as the loan is still actively in his name and to handle it with the buyer/dealer.
So now he's getting repeated phone calls from dealership saying if he doesn't return for truck, they will have it towed/impounded at his expense. He's contacting attorney's but isn't certain of he should shell out $500 for a consult? What are his options? What to do if they actually have it towed/impounded? (Son told dealership that he will not be returning, sale is final, and to stop calling him)
putting in the work beforehand, negotiating via email and arranging your financing before you step in the door will save you an enormous amount of time AND money.
in theory, I guess, going in and making it clear you’ll pay anything they ask if they make it fast might save you time, but more likely they’re going to think they’ve got a pig to bleed out and they’ll go to work on you trying to make you pay even more.
another r/askcarsales fail