Laughed walking out of stealership

There have been a couple of similar threads. They don't actually have a customer looking for a truck like yours. They want to get you into a new loan AND make bank off selling your truck (which will sell quick for them)

 

wow.

Either he was just a complete idiot or that actually works on some people. I'm not sure which is worst.

 

It's just business. I bet you have low balled people before trying to get more money for something you are trying to buy. No one is stealing anything from you. You retain the right not to trade in your truck to them so any "stealing" is entirely with your permission. We all do the same thing, offer low and hope for the best.

 

the cocksuckers down here offered me $3k for my 98 4x4 with 128k miles. i lol'd out the door.

 

I'm betting you work in sales

 

If you re-read the entire post, you'll notice that the focus is not on the commonly accepted play on words to describe a dealership, but instead on the entire experience itself.

An example of principle and fair business practice is not to ignore the customer during repairs, low-ball the value of a vehicle when being told they want to buy it, and ignore their deal on payment arrangements when saying they can keep it around the same monthly price, then not budge once they make an offer that is almost 2x.

When I go to purchase something from someone, I research the fair market value and if the amount is at or near that value, I do not low-ball to get a better price. This, however, is my principle of business and fair dealings.

Thanks for the re-focus of the thread on a single term. Let's take a step back now and realize the treatment of the customer, me, was not honest and made me laugh.

 

Its funny how Dealerships promote aftermarket goodies when they are selling a vehicle but see them as a negative when they are buying one.

 

I actually thought the amount they offered you was fair for a 2007. Your modifications have no value when it comes to a trade in.

 

This is true. I started a "Ask a Dealer" thread for situations like this. I work at a dealership in Maryland and hope to pass my knowledge on to fellow TW-ians and future taco owners.

The sales pitch that "someone is interested in your currant vehicle" is a common sales ploy to get you sitting down in a chair and having hopes of you liking the fact that someone is about to give you a great price on your trade to get the salesman another sale.
NEVER LET THEM CHECK YOUR CREDIT UNLESS YOU PLAN ON BUYING!!

True also. The fact that you spent X amount of dollars on your truck can not be added to KBB. But for the resale that can be in play as long as the mods can pass state inspections.