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When I bought my car (ford focus st), I had a company discount in my back pocket. so we went through the whole negotiation phase with the dealer and I got it do
by widowlark 4y ago
When I bought my car (ford focus st), I had a company discount in my back pocket. so we went through the whole negotiation phase with the dealer and I got it down to a price I could swallow and right before I signed I pulled out my company discount slip and the salesman who was working with me was super upset, but honored the discount on top of our negotiated rate. 1. fuck dealerships and 2. dont use your morals with salesmen.
- mathattack 4y agoCar salespeople are almost as sleazy as ERP and database salespeople. :-) The company discount is why dealers around Detroit are amongst the richest in their communities.
- pchristensen 4y agoFor the majority of very small towns in America, the richest family is probably the one that owns car dealership(s). They have a geographic monopoly so they haven't had to compete in the rollup of retail, banking, etc.
- colechristensen 4y agoWhat? If you live in the very small towns of America you drive 30 minutes to 2 hours away to the dealerships in bigger towns which are usually owned by people far away.
- nathanvanfleet 4y agoThat guys rich too
- mertd 4y agoDealers are richest in their communities everywhere due to the anticompetitive franchising laws. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/14/opinion/sunday/rich-happiness-big-data.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/14/opinion/sunday/rich-happi...
- mathattack 4y agoTrue. The company benefits just compound this.
- thulle 4y ago> ERP Enterprise Resource Planning apparently, not Erotic Role-Play.
- jacquesm 4y agoThat's a good one :) At least he played it cool.
- snoopy_telex 4y agoI once had a company discount from BMW, and they just refused to honor it. I hate dealerships.