I read through this 3 times, trying to figure out where the buyer was "rude". I just don't see it. I'm sure the buyer was only interested in dealing at a certain price point. Having the dealer walk from the deal doesn't make anyone rude.
tsetsaf wrote:
We attended an RV show and about midway through our visit were hanging out in a nice toy hauler. Happened to be near one of the sales desks and we overhear a negotiation in progress (if you want to call it that).
The rig the buyer wanted was already lower than anything I could find online but it turned out the buyer wanted to trade his one year old rig in and wanted $55k for it. The sales manager very politely pointed out that the highest book value was $48k and the wholesale was $38.5k. The buyer didn't care plus he wanted an additional $5k off the new unit.
The sales manager responded, very funny I might add, "what would your response be if I walked in here and simply raised our asking price by $20k... you would probably tell me to get lost. I thank you for your interest and am happy to work with you but only if you are able to negotiate in good faith".
Now there is normally a lot of dealer bashing that goes on but in this example I am totally with the dealer. His matter of fact response made me like him even more. I won't mention the dealer name but they are a large brand. I wouldn't be surprised if that buyer was telling this story but in a much different tone.
