Payment info needed before price negotiation?

PackerBacker wrote:
Definitely not the norm. I suspect the salesman wanted to understand how committed you were before doing a bunch of work and then perhaps going elsewhere.

I would just walk away or perhaps place a phone call to whoever is the top person at the dealership, i.e. the owner, and see if there is another perspective.

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Many salespeople for RV's just don't want to waste their time. I found them to be the most lazy, annoying and incompetent salespeople I have ever encountered.

I walked away from several RV dealerships where the salesman demanded financial info before even showing and/or negotiating on a MH......and I was paying cash. It was THEIR loss not mine.

And the one that ticked me off the most, I went back and told his manager what I DID buy from ANOTHER RV dealership because of his salesman's unwarranted demands before he would do what he was hired to do, 'show customers RV's'.

No, I wouldn't give them credit card information. I'm not sure why they'd need it... I can't imagine putting a RV on a credit card?! Although I'm sure some people can and do.

They will ask for information to get your "credit rating"... this is not totally uncalled for, but some people balk at that (doesn't really bother me). Sometimes I have found that the dealer can arrange better financing - just double and triple check all the numbers.

I,ve had car sales want my info, I just tell them I,ll take care of the money side and politily go on with the deal.

Definitely not the norm. I suspect the salesman wanted to understand how committed you were before doing a bunch of work and then perhaps going elsewhere.

I would just walk away or perhaps place a phone call to whoever is the top person at the dealership, i.e. the owner, and see if there is another perspective.

Sure, they love to put a few hundred on deposit so you feel obliged to continue negotiating with them.

I made that mistake buying a truck in my early 20's. Put $200 down and then when they couldn't come up with a decent deal, it took almost a month to get them to release the deposit while they kept pushing different offers at me as if they were doing me a favor.

Don't give them a dime until they commit to a price in writing. Don't accept, I think we can get the price down around or some similar slippery statement. Personally, I wouldn't do buisness with them if that is their tactic.

They are really wanting to know if you will be paying cash or if they have the option of handling the financing for you. The dealer gets paid for the financing they sign up just as car dealers do. They will base their selling price on the amount of profit they want on the total deal and if financing it they can lower the "selling price" that you see.

Follow the money is the truth.