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Originally Posted by JRTJH
If the dealer doesn't or won't give me the bottom line, out the door price, I find a dealer that will. There's no reason to be shafted by a dealer with "secret add-ons" any more than there's a reason to buy the "elixir" from a "snake oil salesman"
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I agree with this 100%.
I'll also add that I prefer to deal with salespeople for cars/rvs/etc via email, at least at first, until I can meet the person in person, or for some reason I need to talk on the phone.
So much stuff is on the 'net as they say, nowadays, that it only makes sense to able to do this. I did it with my keystone, and my most recent truck purchase. Those that "had" to talk to me on the phone did not see any business from me, nor did they get their wish.
As for the reason, its two fold. First, I try to do a lot of the stuff while sitting at my desk working (ie multitasking). Where I sit, if you have a phone conversation, everyone around you can hear every word and prefer not to air my business to everyone. Second, its much easier and quicker for me to articulate my thoughts and questions while typing them out, and much harder for a salesperson to "dance" around when reading them. What takes me 2 minutes to type and hit send would take me 10 minutes on the phone, and I would have to be away from my desk not multitasking anymore.
It's hard to get the sales people to come around to this way of thinking. I used to be in sales so I know how much easier it is to "sell" someone while on the phone or in person. Thing is I don't need to be sold. If I am emailing you, I'm already sold on it, I just have a few questions to clarify maybe, before we really get down to business.