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Replying to: irismg (Jul 28, 2007 7:37 am) Sounds like you hate car shopping. Also sounds like you think women can only shop for groceries. I would have to disagree. I always think it is funny when husbands don't know what they are paying for their current vehicles. Customer " Oh, I don't know what it is my wife pays all the bills" Me " I know you don't know, but if you did know, what would it be?" Customer " Oh it would be about $350" From my experiences nobody like shopping for a car( except some of the people who post on these forums  ) But it is a proven fact that women make 90% of the house hold decisions 
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Replying to: irismg (Jul 27, 2007 8:53 pm) I don't agree with that at all and I think you are selling women short. I bet about half my sales are to women and they all know what they are doing. I have this one customer of mine very sharp business women in her mid 50s but she looks like she is 35. She buys one car a year usually for her self or her staff and always has her stuff together. She knows which cars she can get a deal on and which ones are going for sticker or near sticker. She writes me a personal check for the full amount each time and she gets excellent service. Obviously she is a little outside the norm since she is writing checks for 50,000 to 70,000 dollar cars but I have plenty of other women customers who work their deals the same way. They might not be paying cash or they might not be buying a 50,000 dollar plus car but they have no problem getting what they want for a fair price. |
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Replying to: british_rover (Jul 28, 2007 10:57 am) Why is that unusual? I could write you a check for that amount...it would bounce but I could write it.  Here's a question I'll pose to the women on this board. When I discuss cars with my wife she is only interested in the color. To a minor degree she will notice the style but she has no interest in the technical details at all. Do the majority of women feel the same way? |
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Jul 28, 2007 12:28 pm) |
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Replying to: suydam (Jul 28, 2007 5:00 pm) Or is that just what the guys tell the salespeople so they don't have to make a commitment to buy? (" I have to run this past my wife before I sign") Seriously, I would love to have my wife more involved but she just tells me "don't get a red one".
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Replying to: suydam (Jul 28, 2007 5:00 pm) Anecdotal story - I've got a friend who is so busy into what he does that a car is simply an appliance and he spends less time getting one than he does picking out a refrigerator. Looking back my mom had definite ideas of what she liked in a car and was constantly fighting off dad whose ideas were completely different but wanted mom to pick out the color.... Dad like luxury. Mom like utility. Mom never did take to an automatic transmission. Thought that anything was easier than what she learned on. Her only "options" (they were options at the time) were a radio and a heater. My wife had ideas of what she likes beyond appearance. She's always in on the decision if she'll be the principal driver. She picked out a dog of a vehicle here and there but I don't have a perfect record either. |
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Jul 29, 2007 6:59 am) Old farmer that is just a stall. Which ussualy means you haven't hit the right number or they are on the wrong car. When you ask the question what will your wife say no to, the car or the money youi will ussaully get the answer and over come that stall.
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Replying to: greanpea68 (Jul 29, 2007 8:21 am) I was working a guy one time and he pulled the wife card on me and I replied with that. He said oh I don't know I just need to be sure. So I offered to him to do all the paper work and take it to his wife to show her, if she does not like it no big deal her part won't be signed yet so he had not bought anything. He said OK. So I picked up the phone acted like I dialed a number and sat there. He asked what are you doing, I told him I was calling my wife to see if it is OK to sell him a car.  Me and this guy had been cutting up all day so I was sure he would get a laugh out of it. That is one of those old jokes that I am sure circulates through every dealership in the country. |
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I've had a couple of sales people try to do the end run around my wife. They lost my business and I will not go back. It's insulting to me to have a salesman essentially say his commission is worth more than my marriage and by trying to "trump the wife card" that is what they have done.
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Replying to: mayzie (Apr 02, 2007 1:42 pm)
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