Yesterday, Erik posted about our car buying experience.
BEFORE:
AFTER:
I have to admit, it was a scream to read Erik's rendition of our shopping experience.
Overall, it was ok. Not fabulous, but OK. We ran into a really inexperienced sales person here in Salina on our first trip shopping, which soured my opinion.
We sort of played "good cop-bad cop" with the sales people. Erik was jovial, friendly dude. I played tight-wad wife. I think I got pretty good at frowning, furrowing my brow and shaking my head.
Evidently the car we bought was supposed to be repaired and put on the lot for a higher listing price. So .... by taking the vehicle with hail damage, we got 45% off what their sticker price would have been. That makes the bargain shopper in me just smile. :)
So, why was this on the 101 list? Well ... I knew eventually my car would kick it. Going onto a car lot and haggling seems like a right of passage. One which I hadn't yet had. But let me say: I'm glad Erik was with me. More or less, the sales people latched onto Erik and talked his ear off, which left me to wander and check out a variety of vehicles.
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