Dealership keeps calling, wont come down on price

oldpilgrim · Mar 9, 2016

I think I'd just tell them I am no longer I interested.

Yeah, that'll work !

k0ua · Mar 9, 2016

Believe it or not there are some dealerships that don't do any of the things mentioned. I can think of one right now about 20 miles away. And of course there are some that are even more crooked than some of the things mentioned so far. I can take you to that one too. But not ALL car dealers play games.. probably most, but not all.

drssg · Mar 9, 2016

I've had better luck than most of the stories on this thread. My pet peeve is the "documentary fee." They group it in with the other licensing fees, but it's really just extra money added to the taxable sale price of the vehicle. And of course the bill of sale is purposely designed to attempt to hide that fact.

The last time I bought a truck, I did my homework, offered a fair price, and they agreed!

I must admit, that shut me up.

kthompson · Mar 9, 2016

My guess is the salesman is being required to call you by his manager. Or he really is old school and knows a certain percentage will buy with enough calls.

Sprinklerman · Mar 9, 2016

Walked in the Local Toyota dealership looking at Sienna Vans , the wife knew exactly what she wanted . Looked and told the salesman thanks we just wanted to see one . He asked " what would it take to sell you one tonight ?" So I threw out a price 5 grand below sticker . He comes back with $ 800 shaved off the price . So I told him sorry , you had your shot . He then shoots back " You will NEVER get one at that price " ........................................ 2 weeks later I walk back into the dealer and find the salesman , he asks If I was ready to buy ? I hand him a copy of my sales receipt , told him you were right , I didnt get one at what I offered you , I got it for $ 5500 less .

check · Mar 9, 2016

Sprinklerman said:
Walked in the Local Toyota dealership looking at Sienna Vans , the wife knew exactly what she wanted . Looked and told the salesman thanks we just wanted to see one . He asked " what would it take to sell you one tonight ?" So I threw out a price 5 grand below sticker . He comes back with $ 800 shaved off the price . So I told him sorry , you had your shot . He then shoots back " You will NEVER get one at that price " ........................................ 2 weeks later I walk back into the dealer and find the salesman , he asks If I was ready to buy ? I hand him a copy of my sales receipt , told him you were right , I didnt get one at what I offered you , I got it for $ 5500 less .

Now that is a great story!:thumbsup:

check · Mar 9, 2016

So the dealer called and wanted me to turn in my 2014 F150 lease early, claiming they could give me the same lease payment for a new (2016) F150, despite the fact that the new ones have gone up in price quite a bit.

Went down to see the Lease manager, and he said he was hoping to get an appraisal $3,000 higher than my current payout value, which could then be used as a "down payment" on the new one. (Not enough for me, unfortunately.)

So, it seems that even the "used" F150's are going up in value!

STx · Mar 9, 2016

Sprinklerman said:
Walked in the Local Toyota dealership looking at Sienna Vans , the wife knew exactly what she wanted . Looked and told the salesman thanks we just wanted to see one . He asked " what would it take to sell you one tonight ?" So I threw out a price 5 grand below sticker . He comes back with $ 800 shaved off the price . So I told him sorry , you had your shot . He then shoots back " You will NEVER get one at that price " ........................................ 2 weeks later I walk back into the dealer and find the salesman , he asks If I was ready to buy ? I hand him a copy of my sales receipt , told him you were right , I didnt get one at what I offered you , I got it for $ 5500 less .

I had something sort of similar happen. In 2000 when I was in my mid 20's I decided to get my wife a new Volvo S80. We went to the closest dealership one night around 8 to look at one and take it for a test drive, they close at 9. I was driving a little Mazda B2300 at the time that had a recent dent int eh side that hadn't been repaired yet and we were much younger than their normal customers so it took about 10 or 15 minutes of the sales guys "discussing" amongst themselves who would get stuck with us before we got helped. They actually had the car we wanted and we talked them into a test drive but couldn't get any useful information out of the sales guy about the car, he clearly thought we were time wasters. I don't like being discounted like that so when we got back to the dealership, I thanked him for his time and we left without him even trying to give us a card.

This was the beginning of dealerships setting up Internet marketing/sales departments so since I now knew exactly what we wanted, I faxed every Volvo dealer within 2 hours of us telling them what we wanted and to send us their best price. We ended up getting the car at another dealer for $50 over invoice and did the whole deal via email except for signing the paperwork, I was in the dealership less than 30 minutes.

On the way home in the brand new car, we stopped at the other dealer and told the GM that we had just bought this car from their competitor because of the way we were treated by their sales staff. He wasn't very happy.

teg · Mar 9, 2016

STx said:
...we stopped at the other dealer and told the GM that we had just bought this car from their competitor...

We didn't do this, although, that might have been fun. When we were buying a Tacoma, our local dealer found the truck we wanted in Mt. Airy... they should not have told us that! Mt. Airy is on our way to our mountain property... we call Mt. Airy and without haggling they were $200 bucks cheaper and we didn't have to pay extra for $200 floor mats.

We told them we wanted the truck and would be there just before 5. We showed up at the dealer at 5pm, they gave us the keys and said to go test drive it and we said, "no, we just want to pay for it". We might have been able to reduce the price by haggling but it's not worth it to me.

ultrarunner · Mar 10, 2016

Found a F250 we wanted and the Dealer said they were willing to make a deal... drove an hour to see it and then they said they would need another $1500 for overhead.... thanks but no thanks... was ready to drive it home.

Then we had found one at another dealer... it was late in the evening...drove it and walked out with the figures... came back when they opened and no one could find the keys... said they had sold it last night???

So we ordered what we wanted from Dealer 3 that didn't have much of a selection and that made it a 2016...

After we ordered at the local Dealer... both of the others kept calling... said ordering was a mistake... blah, blah, blah.

It's ironic because the one we first wanted is still on the lot 3 months later... and they still call even though I said we already have our new truck and it's a model year newer...

I can appreciate a straight up... yes or no or even this is the best we can do...

It's the sales stuff that drives me nuts... I know what I want and what I am willing to pay...