Car shopping rant

[professorphlash]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "catlady_de_los_angeles" <catlady at w...> 
wrote: I 
> asked Tim: "Why do we have to go through all this stupid 
> horse-trading?!" and he said: "Look at what it's called. Probably 
the 
> people who used to sell horses moved to selling cars when the 
> market for horses got real small."


My husband must have been a "horse trader" in another life.  He seems 
to enjoy all of the dickering over price.  Of course he is a loan 
officer, so his life centers around making a good deal with money.  
The last time we bought a car, we sat down and decided exactly what we 
wanted, then he called around to five dealers within 100 miles and 
told them we were taking bids. We bought the car from the dealer that 
gave us the best price which turned out to be reasonable.  Just 
yesterday he bought a new pick up.  The dealers would give him only 
$2500 for the old one so he found a mechanic who was willing to give 
$4900.  Then he bought the pickup from his little brother (20 years 
younger that my hubby) who is just starting out as a car salesman.  
Bless his heart.  He probably had no idea what "horse trading" with 
his big brother was going to be like. We were needing a new pickup, 
and that 0% GM financing couldn't be passed up.

Professor Phlash - who is loving the replies to British characters