Used car prices

[Spammy]

I'd rather have someone be honest and say they want to buy the car and here is their best offer, rather than test drive it, ask a hundred inane questions and then never hear back from them.

The car I'm looking at is in no way collectable or performance based, so I'm not dealing with, or competing against, bogans with misplaced views on what is an investment and what is an appliance.

[Poetic Justice]

Originally Posted by Spammy

I'd rather have someone be honest and say they want to buy the car and here is their best offer, rather than test drive it, ask a hundred inane questions and then never hear back from them.

The car I'm looking at is in no way collectable or performance based, so I'm not dealing with, or competing against, bogans with misplaced views on what is an investment and what is an appliance.

Fair enough. As someone who sells cars for a living the issue is (and this is why we get angry) if the conversation starts with "I'll give you $7k less than you're offering" generally makes the salesperson think you're a dick not worth pursuing.

This is usually followed by "I'm a serious buyer" which after 15 years in the trade I urge you to believe me when I say that it always means they are not a serious buyer.

As others have said if someone genuinely wanted to buy the car they'd put more effort in to it.