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There Must Be A Pony In Here Somewhere
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To be honest, my husband and I would’ve tried harder, it just spooked us that a GM dealer could be so belligerent. It made us think that things were even worse for GM than we thought and scared us straight out of the dealership.
Admittedly, my story was but one couple’s experience. To get a broader perspective, we asked readers to share their experience.
In response to the poll, “Have you been able to get a good deal on a U.S. car?,” the runaway winner was “haven’t tried,” with more than 50 percent of respondents saying they haven’t even bothered to try a U.S. dealership. “No” came in second with 27 percent of the vote, and just 21-percent of the voters said “yes.” (Of course, if the email responses are any guide, many of those are U.S. car dealers.)
Readers weighed in from all across the country. Of those who took the time to share their experience in an email, a few found good deals, but the overwhelming majority said they had a similar experience to ours, with two unsuccessful attempts at getting a good deal for every one good deal.
Here's what they had to say.
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Try Harder to Buy American
Next time you should try harder to purchase a car from an American company and possibly the recession won't last as long as this one will. — Bruce, St. Louis, MO
Dealers Haven’t Learned Any Lessons
I agree. The dealers have not learned any lessons. They should be discounting the cars with a small profit for themselves to help GM, Ford and Chrysler. … I would like to buy a new Dodge Challenger but no deals. Well, no deals means Chrysler may go out of business. — Phil
Not Fair to Judge So Fast
I am a car dealer in Michigan and I have NEVER in my career had a customer walk into this showroom and get treated as you did. It is unfair for you to judge your experience based on the fact that you had an idiot trying to sell you a car. … [I]t's writers such as yourself who destroy the US car market one blog at a time. – Nikki, Michigan









