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Originally Posted by YukiHachiRoku
Conversley, This reminds me of the time I sold an RX-8 to the Base Commander of Hickam AFB, in Hawaii, he was an F-16 Pilot, came in in his flight suit, was buying the car for his wife's anniversary gift and we gave hime below MSRP and treated him very well becasue we wanted him to send his airmen to our dealership so we could give them good deals and sell more cars while keeping a good reputation for our dealership.
That was cool how you took care of the private and laid the law down on that dealership.  |
Yes, for the record there were some preferred dealerships, and like you, they took great care of us. There were also blacklisted dealers, and lots of fly by night used car lots that you had to watch out for. Part of being an non-commissioned officer in the Army was watching out for young soldiers making bad decisions and getting taken advantage of.
The military was a breeding ground for this kinda of thing. You have a bunch of young men that are out of the house (many for the first time) who had little to no idea about budgets or financing suddenly get a paycheck. Your meals and food are provided so they think they can afford a $500 a month carpayment. And some dealers knew it and took advantage.
I saw a lot of people get in over their heads with cars while they served...