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Originally Posted by Canehdianman
Anyways, I'll add my gear grinder. I'm in the process of buying a new vehicle, have it narrowed down to either a Ford Explorer Limited or a Toyota Highlander XLE. I'm planning on booking 1-2hr test drives with each of them then demanding invoice+$500 from whichever one I like best. Once (s)he turns down that offer, I'm going to email around to every dealership in Southern Alberta until I find one that will give me the best deal. Then I'm going to go to my closest dealer and ask them to match it.
What GMG is that doing all of this makes me feel like a jerk. 
I feel like I'm wasting the salesperson's time, as well as all of the time of the other people responding to my e-mail.
What really GMG however, is that this is a system that the dealers have created for themselves. I have nothing against the salespeople at all, I get that they are doing their job. But if I can save $2000 by pissing off a dozen of them and haggling over e-mail, I'm sure as heck going to do it.  |
I think the jerk move is going back to the original dealer with the quote. They all have the same numbers so I think you have to tell them that you don't like the price they are offering you will check other dealers. If one of them is cheaper you will buy from them instead.
Stringing the other dealers along with no thought of ever buying from them is a jerk move in my mind.