Post #304776 by VampiressRN on Mon, May 7, 2007 8:58 PM

I have found that the best way to deal with that "how much can you pay monthly" is to flat out tell the dealer you are not doing a deal on that premise, but you are negotiating on the price of the car only, and stick to your guns. I think the bottom line is that you will get screwed somewhere along the way at any car dealership, but a savy buyer might knock off a few more bucks on their behalf.

This weekend I had the displeasure of shopping at Home Depot....I hate that store. It was a Friday night around 7pm. I figure 100 employees onboard....about 30 shoppers in house....1 live checker at the front of the store....2 self-check lanes.....1 contractor lane with a live checker. HELLO....why do I have to stand in the effing line while the people in front of me fuss with their new Home Depot account (the 10% didn't ring up) manager had to come spend 10 minutes figuring it out. I ask "if there another checker that can check me out"....she says "oh you can go to isle #" and I say "but that is marked for contractors"...she said "oh it's OK you can use it." So I march my fat butt down to that line and wait for the 2 customers in front of me to get checked out. The checker says "oh you look tired" and I said, "well it wouldn't be so painful if you had an adequate amount of checkers for the customers in your store, it is always such poor customer service at the checkout." She apologized for the wait but I told her it wasn't her fault, it was the usual poor customer service that Home Depot is known for. Ay Yai Yai...I just muttered and left with my bag of goodies. I can hardly wait till the Lowes opens in my neighborhood.