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How long does it take a car salesman to give up?

Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:00 pm
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:00 pm
In Feb, I emailed a salesman at a Nashville Toyota dealership for the price of a Tacoma. I bought from a different dealer, but this guy has emailed me daily to see if I’m still looking and trying to set up a test drive.

These aren’t boilerplate mass emails. Rather, these are personalized emails he’s clearly writing at the moment.

I haven’t let him know I’m no longer in the market, because I want to see how tenacious he is. He’s pretty amazing so far.
This post was edited on 6/3/19 at 1:00 pm
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
88335 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:00 pm to
How courteous.
Posted by Rouge
Floston Paradise
Member since Oct 2004
138834 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:01 pm to
OP is a dick?
Posted by Gatorbait2008
Member since Aug 2015
29681 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:01 pm to
You get pressured to do it daily at a lot of lots. I just got a new vehicle recently and I remember being hit up 2-3 times daily about it by a lot of dealers. It's annoying as shite.
Posted by brightside878
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2009
1650 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:01 pm to
How about you drop the act and let him know you’ve bought elsewhere? You’ll likely get your answer.

Guy’s just trying to make a living
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
19883 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:04 pm to
I had a salesman follow up with me in an email. I just told him I bought from another dealership, and he never emailed me again. Imagine that
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:05 pm to
I told him I would be back in touch if interested.

Does the fricker think I forgot about buying a new truck?
Posted by BIGJLAW
Member since Mar 2013
9060 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:05 pm to
How about not being a jerk and just tell him that you bought from another person. That way you both can move on.
Posted by Proximo
Member since Aug 2011
25064 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:08 pm to
This is not going as OP anticipated
Posted by NYCAuburn
TD Platinum Membership/SECr Sheriff
Member since Feb 2011
57015 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:08 pm to
quote:

How long does it take a car salesman to give up?
quote:

I haven’t let him know I’m no longer in the market


probably when you tell him you arent in the market.
Posted by farmertiger
Member since Jan 2018
186 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:08 pm to
The "I will call YOU back" line usually goes in one ear and out the other.

How long are you planning on stringing this guy along?
Posted by Shunface
Lafayette County Detention Center
Member since Jan 2013
5565 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:09 pm to
Audi dealership has been calling me since November even though I’ve told them countless times I bought a different car.
Posted by BobLeeDagger
In Your Head
Member since May 2016
7519 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:09 pm to
quote:

These aren’t boilerplate mass emails. Rather, these are personalized emails he’s clearly writing at the moment.


This makes you even more of a dick. This man is probably trying to provide for himself and maybe a family, and you're stringing him along, wasting his time. What a shame on your part.
Posted by MsState of mind
State of Denial
Member since Aug 2013
2748 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:09 pm to
I’m sure he remembers everything every person he talks to every day says. What a dick
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:10 pm to
quote:

I haven’t let him know I’m no longer in the market


You're a dick. He's wasting his time on you and probably has a family of his own to feed.

Posted by brightside878
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2009
1650 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:10 pm to
If you left it like that, I feel a little less judgmental. Still doesn’t seem real difficult to tell someone no thanks. You’re not diagnosing them with cancer.

I’ve been in sales since college. I don’t hold car sales guys in high esteem, but I’m amazed by the population percentage who’s too chickenshit to tell someone they’ve gone in another direction.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
299716 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:11 pm to
quote:

I haven’t let him know I’m no longer in the market, because I want to see how tenacious he is. He’s pretty amazing so far.


Are you on the spectrum?
Posted by PortHudsonPlaya
Houston
Member since Jul 2017
3170 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:11 pm to
They are relentless at getting you a good deal. I’ll always tip them when the sale is done.
Posted by Areddishfish
The Wild West
Member since Oct 2015
6538 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:14 pm to
quote:

In Feb, I emailed a salesman at a Nashville Toyota dealership for the price of a Tacoma.


Aww yah f'ed up baw
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 6/3/19 at 1:15 pm to
quote:

This man is probably trying to provide for himself and maybe a family, and you're stringing him along, wasting his time. What a shame on your part.


Yeah...I suppose he could use that time to stand in the lot and smoke another cigarette.
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