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Go to a dealership that is also a fleet dealership. Problem solved . It’s called a work truck & not a base model . Ask for a work truck !
originally posted by: DAVID64
or to quote Samuel L Jackson "ENGLISH MOTHER F**KER DO YOU SPEAK IT.
[ deep breath ]
I'm looking for a new truck. My old Dodge is in need of some TLC and I decided that this Winter will be the time to do it. I have a shop with plenty of room and I decided I'll just park it in there and work on it when I feel like. I'll order parts a bit at a time and just take it slow. Once the cold weather sets in and I can't go fishing, it'll be something to do.
Problem is, car salesmen [ or women ] don't understand the term "base model". I have been to 4 dealerships and none of them seem to understand those words. Every. Single. Time. they keep trying to show me a loaded truck that I EXPLCITLY said I didn't want.
On top of acting like a pack of buzzards hovering over a dying mule, they just won't listen.
The conversation goes something like "Hi ! Can I help you find something ? "
Me :" I'm looking for a new truck, but just a base model. No frills, I do NOT want sat nav/gps/heated seats/touch screen/automatic ass wiper. Just heat/AC, a radio and electric windows. Even those are an option. If you have one with crank down that'll be fine too."
Them : " Let's take a look at this one, just let me get the keys" They come back, open the door and it looks like the bridge on the Enterprise. Buttons and switches, dials, leather seats, with a sun roof and of course, a touch screen.
...and they start the lies "I have a friend who just loves his heated and cooled seats and the GPS gets him right where he wants to go.....and I tune them out.
First 2 I stopped and said "I said base model"
"Oh we don't have one on the lot".
I just walked away.
Last 2, I didn't even stop their spiel, I just turned around and left.
As I head for the car, I get, "I have another one over there you may like"... and I just keep walking.
The last guy caught up with me and said he had a base model on the lot and we could go see it. I stopped, looked him in the eye and said "I TOLD you what I wanted and you showed me that damn thing anyway, trying to sell me what I didn't want so you could get a bigger commission. Now you don't get anything, 'cause I'll be buying from somewhere else"....and kept walking.