[BEM-S4]

I regularly deal with 4 BMW dealers for any new car purchase. That number is now down to 3. Last car I called them all up, said I need to trade my Audi and get a Sport Wagon with XYZ options. Give me your best number on both, and I'll show you all my best deal in writing to see if you can beat it. I don't want to waste my time or theirs and am very up front about my expectations and how I plan to negotiate the deals.

Anyway after I ordered the car with Sun (whom I LOVE by the way) another guy called me like teenage stalker girl style every 15 minutes starting immediately after I emailed him telling him I went elsewhere. Couldn't process "better luck next time" and he kept giving me deal after deal to review. None better, mind you, just oh look over here the BMW is so much less now. Shiny things ooohhh ahhhhh. Don't pay attention to your trade value that we dropped to make up the difference. I finally stopped there on my way home from the office, pulled him into the sales manager's office and laid into both of them.

Two levels of agitation there. First I buy a lot of cars. Don't jerk me around just give me your best deal up front you know I'm transparent about things and if you're not the best I'll give you a chance to beat it or more importantly give you a shot at the next car. Can't always make it happen no harm no foul. Second and more importantly, these guys all know what I do for a living. In what universe does robbing from Peter to pay Paul shell game bullshit where you're just pathetically obvious about moving money from one pile to the other and trying to trick me do any good?

Beyond any of that all of these guys are in my area and I've sent them all business in the past. Doesn't make a ton of sense to try and pull a fast one to sell a single car.