Unrelated - but #2 is interesting. Last year I was on a market for high-end car (~$100k price tag) and one dealer who had the vehicle we wanted absolutely refu

Unrelated - but #2 is interesting. Last year I was on a market for high-end car (~$100k price tag) and one dealer who had the vehicle we wanted absolutely refused to give the price via email and insisted that I had to drive 1 hr for a personal visit. I did very fair, prolonged effort to try to get them to sell me a car to no avail. Ended up flying 2 hrs to another city where they had a car (of a different brand) with a specs I loved. I ended up enjoying driving it back home. Being stubborn, hard-nosed sales person clearly doesn't pay off, no matter the excuse.