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I honestly feel like customers don't want to buy the car from me, when I greet them initially, I greet them like an old friend that I've known for a long time, and then I'd ask them some questions but I feel like the customers just wants to get out of here?

A customer I just helped, manager saw him in the parking lot and asked me to go help them out, I went to the parking lot and he came out of the car, I went up to him with a big smile and shook his hand, we exchanged names and he told me the car he's looking for, asked him a few questions like "are you trading in your car?" and "where are you coming from today" then I asked him to go inside and grab a seat, he said "no, i'll just stay here", i said "no problem, let me go grab the key for you", I told him the car is at a different location but down the street, I can take them there, he said "no it's fine" with a grin, gave me the feeling that he doesn't want me to be the sales.

I met him at the other location and showed him the car, he said "the rims are damaged", i told him we can repair that for him, he was already finding excuse to leave, and basically looked at the car for 30 seconds and asked me to let him know if a new car same model comes in without even giving me his phone number.

He wasn't even the only one, every customer that walked in, I can't really talk without the room being slightly awkward, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, is it because the way how I talk to them? my demeanor?

I just had the most baffling experience yesterday, I guess the guy didn't want to sell the car???

I walk up and one of the first things he says is

>"Why are you so dead set on getting an EV?"

He then spent basically the ENTIRE time negging EVs, negging driver assist features (one of the main things I told him I was looking for) and just kept talking about how he turns all of that off in his giant truck

I think my favorite quote was something like

>"Every time one of you EV drivers come to the lot you already know what you want and have spent so much time reseraching that you know more than me"

as if he was bitter about it

He was even ranting about people come to the Chevy lot he works at, to use their car charger because it's public access, but he'll kick them off it to charge the lot cars etc

I obviously did not buy the car, but I have never had an experience like that where the dude seemed outright pissed that EVs existed.

I've never met a used car salesman who vehemently did not want to sell the car

We have had our EV for quite some time and recently we took a road trip and we were in a rural-ish area. I need to charge and had charged in this town before at the Dodge dealership. They had 15 350kw chargers installed. We pulled up and they had intentionally blocked all of the chargers with non-ev's to prevent anyone from accessing the chargers. All were fully functional, they just parked dealer cars intentionally in front of every space.

I needed to charge, so I pulled behind the charger and was able to stretch the cord to max length and barely plug it in and charge.

I thought I had heard that some dealers get incentives and money to get the chargers installed and then they won't let anyone use them and they pocket that money. Is this true? Can I report them? Why would they block them?

Contacted salesman online to purchase a new vehicle. Explained I’d be paying cash (mistake?). Deal sheet emailed, price out the door looked right. Went to the dealership to finalize everything, and I ended up walking out. With $35,000 cash to spend elsewhere. It all went weird when they insisted on running my credit. It’s not great, hence why I’m paying full price upfront. They then wanted me to sign “a backup contract”. I’m paying cash. I offer to pay however they want— cashier’s check, ach, wire transfer. Their words to me, exactly: “you need a 700+ credit score to use ach.” Ten seconds later I’m out the door, disgusted. What happened here?

Looking at a 2018 Tiguan AWD with 70k miles on it from a VW dealer (please, not interested in your opinions on the car itself). I have been working things up remotely and the finance manager called me to go over service contracts, which I expressed interest in. He’s quoting me $4977 for a 5yr/60k powertrain service contract, $250 deductible. Am I crazy for thinking that’s way too high, or am I being out of touch and maybe a little foolish? Just wanted to double check on what other salesmen thought. Thanks for any advice/input!

Im in Ontario Canada and there is a stigma only in North America that car salesman are the worst of the worst.

Like the car is there. Everyone is negotiating lower beyond the doc/finance fee etc. The only product you can get below asking price. And we get them that. They are still saying we are shit.

Just because of this I don't do any discounts. At my used car dealer we are always top 3 when it comes to pricing and I take offers on fees. Every deal I do customers say I was do nice and not pushy even if they don't like the dealer they want to buy it from me.

What is the exact reason people hate car salespeople?

Why do people think just because I’m fixing their car they are entitled to loaners? I swear it’s like when people are born they learn the word and meaning of loaner before anything else in the world. It’s so aggravating that this job has become anymore than just fixing peoples cars. Now I need to figure out their life problems and transportation issues. I don’t mind giving them out but I can’t stand how people expect them. Am I alone on this? I almost wish we didn’t have them at all so it wasn’t even an option.

I’m a Connecticut resident who purchased a vehicle from a Maryland dealership. The dealership had my correct address and knew from the beginning that the vehicle would be registered in Connecticut.

The signed final contract included specific amounts for taxes, title, and registration within the Total Price, which I paid in full. However, the dealership used the wrong tax rate. The dealership has contacted me 2 months later demanding nearly $1,000 to cover its miscalculation.

Am I responsible for the dealership’s mistake?

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?

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?