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Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil
Thing is, time is money and this ensures you aren't wasting any. A good friend of mine is sales manager at one of the dealers in the auto mall. It ensures you don't waffle for a week and then walk away anyhow, because that car could/would have been sold in the meantime.
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If you haven't signed anything there's nothing stopping the dealer from selling that car right after you walk off the lot. If it's still rotting on their lot for weeks then it says something of the price they are looking at for that car. It's BS to ask for a deposit before talking turkey. It's also not like it's an industry standard or anything, because I certainly haven't made a deposit before haggling for a car. There are other places and other cars to buy out there.