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The Central Scrutinizer
Visits the car dealer
Let me begin by saying that going to the car dealer to buy a new car is
like going to the dentist you know you have to go eventually but you put it
off until the absolute last moment. So begins my car buying story. My old
car has 135000 miles on it but there is no body damage. The interior is
clean and it has 4 new tires. OH did i mention that the trans is going and
the unibody frame is rusting through from the inside out? So now it's time
to go car shopping. I decide I need a pickup truck. So I begin my day by
putting on my best ripped and oil stained jeans, my oily work boots and a
sweat shirt that has paint and oil stains on it because I wanted to look
and feel my best for the car shopping experience. Oh did I tell you that
I live in New Jersey. So I go to the car dealer in town and I look at the
pickup trucks. Of course seeing the way I am dressed no salesman has come
over to help me so after about 45 minutes of looking at every truck on the
lot I pick the truck I want to buy. I now go inside and have to find a
salesman. There is a hot looking receptionist who promptly runs away. I walk
up to a salesman who is now looking at his shoes and say
SC: Central Scrutinizer
CS: Car Salesman
SC: I wanna buy a new truck.
CS: Are your sure
SC: Yea I guess so why?
CS: Well they are pretty expensive don't you think one of our QUALITY
USED TRUCKS would be more in your price range?
I have to stop here. How can you even say Quality Used Trucks in the same
sentence and keep a straight face? Here is the
Scrutinizer
translation for Quality Used Truck. The guy who traded
this truck in only used it for one season.
Yea Right he used it to plowed 89
feet of snow that season. No that
MUD is from our lot. This truck was never taken off road.
Yea and the quad shocks and
monster tires is for jumping over the gravel on
the driveway Right? Yes the mileage is correct its only
12456 Miles. Yea that is after
we rolled back 60000 miles.
No the engine is supposed to
sound like that. That's
because we put gear oil in it to hide the bearing
knock. Sometimes
the paint fades a little. OH not because it was in
an accident and you only had some of it
repainted. There's plenty of life left in this truck.
Yea after I replace the Engine, Transmission, Seats
and Tires.
SC: No I don't want to buy some friggen headache that was in a flood down
south or was made from 2 different trucks glued together and then re titled
8 times in 6 different states. I want that truck there
CS: Ok you know that truck is $23,000.00
SC: Yea So? How much do you want for it?
I have to tell you that the sticker price in New Jersey is only what
foreigner's, people from New York or women who decide that sleeping with the
Bonehead Empty Suit Liar oh I mean Salesman to try to get a better deal is
not such a good Idea Actually Pay.
CS: Well what do you want to pay for it?
SC: Now that's a stupid question. I don't want to pay anything for it so
why don't you just take my old car (Jalopy) and give me the keys to the
truck and we'll call it even.
CS: Oh your not SERIOUS about buying a truck!!
SC: Tell you what how about $17.000?
CS: Well how much are you going to put down?
SC: Nothing.
CS: Nothing? Oh come on now your not serious!!
SC: I have a trade (you remember the jalopy)
CS: ok where is it
SC: Outside
CS: ok I will get my MANAGER and let you know what we can do.
SC: now I am thinking to my self well what the fuck am I talking to
you for?
After a few minutes of the salesman and manager talking out side probably
about the giants game because they really didn't look at the car at all.
They both come back in to tag team me.
CS: Ok what will it take for you to by the truck today?
SC: sell it to me for $17,000.00 and my trade
CS: well the best we can do is take your car off your hands. We can't
sell it. The best we can do is $500.00 on the trade. Now how much are
you going to be putting down?
SC: Nothing, Just the trade ( Since the best you can do is $500 I
guess I won't tell you about the bad trans and rusted frame rails )
CS: Lets be serious now you will have to put at least 10% down for us to
get financing for you. You know the payment are going to be around $450.00
per month can you afford that high of a payment.
SC: Well I don't Know. Why don't you call my bank and ask them?
CS: What do you mean?
SC: I called my bank before I left to go shopping and they said
they would finance the truck for me. So do we have a deal or not?.
Now the Salesman an Manager have a brief huddle not knowing whether or
not to believe me. They figure Yea check this out this Rube. They return a
short time later and say Ok here's the deal We will sell you the truck for
$17,500 + $500.00 for your trade for a total of $17.000.00 + lic fees, reg
fees , tax, etc.
SC: Ok Deal
I now take out my check book a begin to write them a check.
CS: AHHH What are you doing?
SC: What do you mean? I'm going to write you a check just let me know the
total. Here is my insurance agent's number he will fax you over the
insurance binder.
Now a look of panic comes over there faces. Because they realize
that I just Fucked them over on this deal and that I actually had the money
and I wasn't the Rube they though and now had to sell me the truck for less
than they paid for it. Now they start hemming an hawing about the
deal.
CS: Well why don't you let us do a 3 line TRW.
SC: Why what for?
CS: Well you know maybe you can finance it with us.
SC: to him self ( OHHHH ok since I got over on you for the truck you
think you will make it up on the financing) SC: Yea ok
About 10 Min later the car salesman, manager and General manager come
out.
CS: Oh Were Sorry MR. Scrutinizer we didn't realize
SC: to myelf ( Realize? REALIZE WHAT? that you're all EMPTY SUIT LOW
LIFE SLEAZE NIMRODS? OR that you just got Played by some Schmoe from
Hudson County? )
CS: We will match any offer your bank gave you. YOU KNOW were not
making any money off this sale. Here is our invoice you are buying it
for $200.00 less than we paid. You know we really shouldn't have made you
this deal at all. But I guess we have to honor it.
SC: to myself ( YEA YEA. IT SUCKS TO BE YOU )
SC: Yea ok.
CS: You know this is an unbelievable deal I didn't notice the factory bed
liner that should be another $500.
SC: Yea Yea where do I sign?
You know it took me another hour to get out of there. a total of 3.5
hours
So the moral of this story is get your financing before you shop for a
car. dress like a slob go to a dealer in an affluent town, Fuck with them
for an hour or so to get the best price. and then be happy in knowing that
for one time in your life you finally got to fuck the car dealer back after
all the times they stuck it up your ass!! Oh by the way don't get your car
serviced at the same dealer unless they also fear you.
P.S. When I picked up the truck I was still in jeans and a sweat shirt
but this time I pulled up in front of the hot receptionist in my white BMW
M3. This time she was following me around instead of running away I wonder
why?
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