Dear OT, was my response warranted/racist?

Buying my wife a vehicle. Called bank, requested financing up to 40k. Good to go, just have to go to their any of their preferred dealers to complete the paperwork and have a month tp find what we want.

Find a few, wife is picky, no go.

Find what she wants in Houston. Low miles 4runner, 4x4, leather, very clean.

Call dealer. Get voicemail. Some guy calls back. His name is Jesus. Cool. He has an accent that isn't mexican but I can't place it. Nothing like some latin flair. I tell old Jesus, "I want to buy the 4runner, I don't need to negotiate the price, I have financing taken care of through a national bank. What do I need to do to pick it up saturday morning?"

Jesus starts selling me financing on a different car. I say, "Jesus, I wanna buy the 4runner, I don't need a Hyundai, what do I need to do?" Jesus goes back on a Hyundai speech.

I hang up.

Guy named Stein calls. I say, "Stein I wanna buy the 4runner you have, I have financing approved through my bank, I just wanna come get it on saturday, what do I meed to do?" Stein says, "Lemme go check if it's available, and Ill call you back with what you need to do." Just to clarify to Stein, "I couldn't make Jesus understand I just wanna buy the 4rrunner; I don't want a Hyundai; and I just need to know what I have to do."

He hangs up, I wait.




frickING JESUS CALLS BACK!!!

I explain I'm sorry, but I'm dealing with Stein. Jesus says, "yeah, he talked to me, if you want the vehicle held you have to put a 3000 dollar non refundable deposit on your CREDIT card."

My response, "That's the funniest fricking thing I've heard all day Jesus. You can keep it." Hung up.

Now in early college I sold cars, and I did fairly well, but I would never frick the dealership over to make a commission. And requiring a 3000$ payment that he's gonna make a immediate commission on at the risk of losing a complete sale is idiocy. 500 bucks is pretty standard.