KnightRyder
Posts: 1,428
May 21, 2011 11:51am
vball10set;775678 wrote:^^^seriously? I sure couldnt--and didnt
amazing
LJ
Posts: 16,351
May 21, 2011 11:59am
KnightRyder;775707 wrote:amazing
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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
May 21, 2011 5:16pm
if you're going to change my post, at least get the punctuation right--geesh :rolleyes:KnightRyder;775707 wrote:amazing
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enigmaax
Posts: 4,511
May 21, 2011 5:25pm
KnightRyder;775676 wrote:my father sold cars for 40 years and i couldnt even get that good of a deal.
Maybe because your dad hates you? Just throwing out possibilities.
DeyDurkie5
Posts: 11,324
May 21, 2011 8:55pm
KnightRyder;775676 wrote:my father sold cars for 40 years and i couldnt even get that good of a deal.
well your father, quiet frankly, was an asshole.
KnightRyder
Posts: 1,428
May 21, 2011 11:40pm
DeyDurkie5;776095 wrote:well your father, quiet frankly, was an asshole.
i didnt say he owned the dealership , i said he sold cars. he did have someone to answer to. a sales manager couldnt even ok that big a discount.
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enigmaax
Posts: 4,511
May 22, 2011 12:34am
KnightRyder;776193 wrote:i didnt say he owned the dealership , i said he sold cars. he did have someone to answer to. a sales manager couldnt even ok that big a discount.
Or, you were easy money?
KnightRyder
Posts: 1,428
May 23, 2011 11:49am
enigmaax;776218 wrote:Or, you were easy money?
when your father sales cars for 40 + years , you learn about the cars business. any vehicle i purchased from him i had to pay a $100 over dealers cost, whether it was a new or used vehicle. maybe you guys have parents that would screw you over for a buck. i dont.
LJ
Posts: 16,351
May 23, 2011 12:08pm
KnightRyder;777479 wrote:when your father sales cars for 40 + years , you learn about the cars business. any vehicle i purchased from him i had to pay a $100 over dealers cost, whether it was a new or used vehicle. maybe you guys have parents that would screw you over for a buck. i dont.
So your dad worked for a stealership that didn't mark their used cars up as much as the ones in Columbus, big deal. $100 over dealer cost. So if they bought the car at auction for $8,000 and had it on the lot for $12,000, you wouldn't have gotten it for $3,900 off?
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enigmaax
Posts: 4,511
May 23, 2011 12:39pm
KnightRyder;777479 wrote:when your father sales cars for 40 + years , you learn about the cars business. any vehicle i purchased from him i had to pay a $100 over dealers cost, whether it was a new or used vehicle. maybe you guys have parents that would screw you over for a buck. i dont.
Kidding aside, I have relatives who work at dealerships as well. I have saved over $4000 on the price they either had on the window or the book value a few times. I've also known a salesman/dealership to take some hits just to move cars during a slow period (or during a contest, for that matter).
It seems like you were implying that because you never received that kind of a deal from your father that no one anywhere could've possibly received that kind of a deal. I know you want something to be wrong with the Gibson deal, but your personal experience as a singular example doesn't prove that it is.
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WebFire
Posts: 14,779
May 23, 2011 1:10pm
enigmaax;777527 wrote:Kidding aside, I have relatives who work at dealerships as well. I have saved over $4000 on the price they either had on the window or the book value a few times. I've also known a salesman/dealership to take some hits just to move cars during a slow period (or during a contest, for that matter).
It seems like you were implying that because you never received that kind of a deal from your father that no one anywhere could've possibly received that kind of a deal. I know you want something to be wrong with the Gibson deal, but your personal experience as a singular example doesn't prove that it is.
So you are saying you received that special deal because of your relationship with the dealership right? Not just anyone walked in and got that price?
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enigmaax
Posts: 4,511
May 23, 2011 1:35pm
WebFire;777566 wrote:So you are saying you received that special deal because of your relationship with the dealership right? Not just anyone walked in and got that price?
For me personally, yes, I was related to someone. The part about taking "some hits" to move cars has nothing to do with me personally, I just happen to know about them.
Either way, what you're getting at is that my discount doesn't prove Gibson's was on the up-and-up and that wasn't the intent. The point was that Knight's single personal experience is in no way a factual support of the case he wants to make against the Gibson deal.
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WebFire
Posts: 14,779
May 23, 2011 1:41pm
enigmaax;777591 wrote:For me personally, yes, I was related to someone. The part about taking "some hits" to move cars has nothing to do with me personally, I just happen to know about them.
Either way, what you're getting at is that my discount doesn't prove Gibson's was on the up-and-up and that wasn't the intent. The point was that Knight's single personal experience is in no way a factual support of the case he wants to make against the Gibson deal.
Just as yours does not disprove anything.
Anyway, here is a funny take from Mark Titus...
http://clubtrillion.blogspot.com/2011/05/less-than-week-away.html
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enigmaax
Posts: 4,511
May 23, 2011 1:48pm
WebFire;777597 wrote:Just as yours does not disprove anything.
"Either way, what you're getting at is that my discount doesn't prove Gibson's was on the up-and-up and that wasn't the intent."
I thought I covered that. Now that we agree our own individual experiences aren't the measuring stick, let's see who knows the answers to questions that actually would lead to an informed opinion? What was the dealer's price? Have any other customer's paid a similar amount above dealer's price?
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WebFire
Posts: 14,779
May 23, 2011 1:52pm
enigmaax;777603 wrote:"Either way, what you're getting at is that my discount doesn't prove Gibson's was on the up-and-up and that wasn't the intent."
I thought I covered that. Now that we agree our own individual experiences aren't the measuring stick, let's see who knows the answers to questions that actually would lead to an informed opinion? What was the dealer's price? Have any other customer's paid a similar amount above dealer's price?
Actually my point in asking about you getting special pricing was that you were almost proving that Thad could be guilty. If the only to get those prices is based on who you are or who you know, then that is a violation.
So while proving that individual experiences may not be the measuring stick, you threw more fuel on the Gibson fire, did you not?
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enigmaax
Posts: 4,511
May 23, 2011 2:34pm
WebFire;777610 wrote:Actually my point in asking about you getting special pricing was that you were almost proving that Thad could be guilty. If the only to get those prices is based on who you are or who you know, then that is a violation.
So while proving that individual experiences may not be the measuring stick, you threw more fuel on the Gibson fire, did you not?
Who said it was "the only" way?
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WebFire
Posts: 14,779
May 23, 2011 5:04pm
enigmaax;777655 wrote:Who said it was "the only" way?
The argument did.
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enigmaax
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May 23, 2011 6:49pm
WebFire;777798 wrote:The argument did.
Actually, my main argument was that Knight's dad either hated him or loved his money too much to give him a great deal, but whatever you want to think.
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WebFire
Posts: 14,779
May 23, 2011 7:10pm
enigmaax;777880 wrote:Actually, my main argument was that Knight's dad either hated him or loved his money too much to give him a great deal, but whatever you want to think.
Well you win that argument.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
May 23, 2011 11:13pm
Not sure if this was posted already or not, but here is Mark Titus' take on the car situation. Some of the comments are loltastic and might have been posted by an OC member or two.
http://clubtrillion.blogspot.com/2011/05/less-than-week-away.html
http://clubtrillion.blogspot.com/2011/05/less-than-week-away.html
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WebFire
Posts: 14,779
May 23, 2011 11:27pm
karen lotz;778298 wrote:Not sure if this was posted already or not, but here is Mark Titus' take on the car situation. Some of the comments are loltastic and might have been posted by an OC member or two.
http://clubtrillion.blogspot.com/2011/05/less-than-week-away.html
7 posts up. But probably got lost in the "argument".
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
May 23, 2011 11:28pm
Yeah, my bad. I hadn't gotten caught up on the great discussion yet.
KnightRyder
Posts: 1,428
May 23, 2011 11:36pm
LJ;777494 wrote:So your dad worked for a stealership that didn't mark their used cars up as much as the ones in Columbus, big deal. $100 over dealer cost. So if they bought the car at auction for $8,000 and had it on the lot for $12,000, you wouldn't have gotten it for $3,900 off?
not hardly, do you think the blue book and black book value are not available to the public?
dwccrew
Posts: 7,817
May 24, 2011 2:32am
KnightRyder;778328 wrote:not hardly, do you think the blue book and black book value are not available to the public?
STFU already. We get it, you hate Ohio State and everything that comes with it. We don't give a fuck about your explanations of the deals of the auto world.
LJ
Posts: 16,351
May 24, 2011 6:48am
KnightRyder;778328 wrote:not hardly, do you think the blue book and black book value are not available to the public?
So which is it? Do you get $100 over KBB or $100 over dealer cost?