My latest quest

As some of youmight have read from the Off-Topic area, I was looking at trading my 2002  35th Anniversary Z-28 Camaro in.

Well, yesterday ws dedicated to this purpose. It all started last Saturday. I went to a dealership in New Bern (north of Jacksonville). It's about a 45 minute drive. After a little bit of wheelin' and dealin' the best price they offered me was $29,954.00 out the door. Now keep in mind that hte wifey was not all too onboard about theh vehicle I was looking at (Nissan 350Z), and definetly did not want us to go over $27,500.00 out the door. So, since she had a prior obligation for Saturday, all my conversations with her in regards to this transaction where done over the phone. When I told her about the   price New Bern was offering she laughed...an evil laugh.....so I told them that amount was not going to work. They immediatly came down to $29,000.00. Nope, still not good enough. So I walked out of there.

I then called the Nissan dealership in Wilmington (South of Jacksonville....you getting the idea the dealerships in Jacksonville suck?). This time I told them that I would not pay a cent over $28,000. Salesguy came back on the phone with a figure (that in my mind was close to acceptable) of $28,500. All these figures will be out the door prices. Anywho, I told him I would stop in with my wife on Monday and check it out, if they kept the offerof 28,500 on the table until then. He agreed. So we went there Monday afternoon. Needless to say they changed their figure to 29,500.00 when we got there....so we left. We were driving aroun Wilmington and the wife was deliriosly hungry, so she agreed that if a dealership gaves a $28,500 price out the door, we'd take it. So I called New Bern back, and pitched the idea to them. They came back with an offer of 28,754.00. Wife saide "Let's go". So I head the car northbound for the 2 hour drive. The cell phone rings. Low and behold it's Wilmington Nissan offering an extra $500.00 discount...I tell him thanks but no thanks, you're still at $29,000. The wife pipes in "Tell him what we're doing" so I tell the salesman from Wilmington: We're on our way to New Bern, they gave us a good deal." He asks the typical "Whta did they offer you?" I ask the wife: What did New Bern offer?, without hesitation she pipes up "$28,594.00" (remember, they had offered $28,754). Wilmington sayus" Can I call you back, Sir?" I said sure, but I am on my way to New Bern"....as I pull over into aparking lot and wait for their return call. So 10 minutes later I get the predicted "We'll match the 28,594.00 offer" call. I tell him very well I'm turning around.

Now, the next part could not have been scripted better than how it happened. We get into Wilmingotn Nissan, the sales guy sits us down and starts rearranging the paperwork we would need to sign....then my wife's cell rings. She answers it, and it's New Bern Nissan (whom she had called to let them know that NIssan had matched their offfer and we were going with it since we were already in Wilmington). They are now offering $27,900.00!!! I am dying laughing. The look on the salesman's face was tantamount ot "Oh, fuck!!" He tells me to tell the New Bern dealership to fax the offer signed. Neew Bern does and Wilmington can't match it. Off we are to New Bern.

We took the PearlWhite 350Z, and paid....$27,400.00 out the door!!! Lesson? If you happen to be lucky enough to have multiple dealerships of the same brand near you...play them against each other!!!!