Montana Jones

Haggle

Me:

I'm really disappointed.

Car Dealer:

Well?

Me:

I know I could spend this down payment money on my Honda and get another hundred thousand miles from it easy.

CD:

So what do you want to do.

Me:

I want to get more money for my trade in.

CD:

I can't give you any more than that.

Me:

You are quoting me 200 below blue book.

CD:

Blue book doesn't mean anything. I have to put money into detailing it, you said yourself that there are repairs, it has a lot of miles on it, it's just not a car I can sell for very much money.

Me:

The retail blue book value is two thousand dollars higher than that, you are lowballing the trade in value.

CD:

That's all the car is worth to me.

Me:

This really rubs me the wrong way. It's a good car. I know it has another hundred thousand miles in it. The only reason I'm moving on is because it has trouble on mom's driveway.

CD:

Well what do you want to do? These finance numbers are close to what you want.

Me:

Well... Do you think we could make those numbers more favorable by adding another $500 to the down payment?

CD:

Ok, lets see how that changes it.

...

CD:

Well that brought your payments down to XX.

Me:

But look at this; you are going to take my concession but you can't budge on the price or the trade in?

CD:

No.

Posted by: Montana Jones / 8:29 AM