Truck Salesperson

MitchF150 wrote:
Sales people will tell you what you want to hear if you don't know any better..

That's their game.. I played with them for a bit when I was shopping for a TT back in 2002..

I told them what truck I had (97 F150 with 5.4 and 3.55 gears) and I told them what size TT I was looking for as well..

Guess what size trailers the sales person kept showing me? Yep, way bigger ones than I was looking for..

After the third one he tried to get me to step into, I finally said, "I told you what size trailer I'm looking for.. I don't want to look at these larger trailers"

He says, "your truck can tow much more than that.."

I said, "no it can't, and I don't want that much trailer anyway.. Why can't you show me the size trailer I'm looking for?" (I told him from the start I only wanted a front queen bed, rear bath and #5000 GVWR trailer)

He told me with a straight face after I called him on showing me these bigger trailers... "that kind of trailer does not exist"..

I then told him "thank you for your time, I guess I'll have to go someplace else.."

I left and went to another lot and found the exact trailer I was looking for and still own it to this day... :)

If you don't know your facts before you go shopping, you are at the mercy of the "sales person".. If you don't know what the "facts" are in the first place, then.... Well, I don't know what to say.. The internet is great for finding info, but.... Not everything you read on the internet is true.. ;)

Good luck!

Mitch

Good morning. Curious as to the GVW of your trailer when you have it loaded. I know you said the GVWR is 5000 pounds but just looking at the trailer in your picture it looks like the GVW and the GVWR would be pretty close when loaded. Was there a reason you wanted a trailer with low GVWR? Most people want a high GVWR and a low GVW. Maybe it was just a miscommunication on the terms. They can be confusing.