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I like to haggle myself. My last few trucks I bought for cash. I usually do some research on what I want to pay for it and search out several lots that have one. I talk polite with the salesman and eventually get around to telling him/her "OK I'll take it, here's what I'm willing to pay for it." Usually they laugh, sometimes they act stupid and do the "Whoa, I gotta take this offer to the boss" routine. I always stop them, hand them my business card, tell them I don't have time to mess with it at the moment and ask them to call me if they get my price. Usually within a day, sometimes within hours they call with some price, always higher then the price I gave them. I tell them thanks but no thanks. Eventually one of them will call with my price. Sometimes it takes a week. Sometimes it takes longer. The last truck I bought, the one I'm driving now, the salesman called after about a week and cheerfully said "Good news Mr. Tully, my boss is real close to your price we just...." I stopped him and said "That's great news, have him call me when he gets there" and hung up. Five minutes later he called back and all he said was "come get your truck." He wasn't nearly as cheerful during the second call.
When I got the the dealer he said "Ok, here's the options on the undercoat..." We had a little back and forth I told him I wasn't buying any extended warranty, clear coat, undercoat, nothing just the truck thank-you. He started saying something about how important the clear coat is to protect the paint. I said "Are you saying there's something wrong with the paints that's on there? Like it's going to fall off if I don't get the clear coat? Maybe I don't want this truck." After that it was basically "Here's your keys, now please leave."
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