You know what they say about wrasslin' with pigs. You both get messy but the pig loves it.
Turns out the youngest daughter is a great pig wrassler. She invited me to join in the frivolity so I had the pleasure of spending three and a half hours with her at a new car dealership as she negotiated the purchase of a very nice car for an exceptionally reasonable price. Truthfully, we were a bit of a tag team act but it only made sense as it took four of them, counting the dealership owner, to attempt to whup her. Couldn't be prouder! She had an answer for every question and a comeback for every excuse. Made her smart phone sing as she compared their offers to the ones she already had from another dealership offering the exact same car that neither had in stock but would have to have shipped in from about 120 miles away.
If I ever get the urge to buy a new car I'll definitely have her help me out.
Good for her, would be proud as well.
It is one of the skills in which me and mine are lacking, and what keeps the predators in business. No small feat for those far more experienced, shows she will be a force to reckon with in the future.
Awesome. Congratulations to your daughter.
Unfortunately, when a woman goes to a car dealership, the wolves seem to think they are going to get an easier meal. I love it when a knowledgeable lady kicks their butts at negotiating a deal.
Her occupation is as an Events Coordinator for a large hospital system. She is responsible for somewhere over 200 projects per year. This involves wheeling and dealing on behalf of her employer every day for about every kind of service imaginable. Sometimes she gripes about the debt she incurred getting that masters degree in marketing, but, her education has allowed her to jump several notches up the ladder at a young age.
Middle daughter just graduated and went straight to work as civil engineer. She wanted our 2 year old car so we went to get us a new one. She was with us as we negotiated, was sitting behind me being quiet. We were at a dealer about 50 miles away, and the salesman finally got it down about right and to seal the deal suggested he would buy us supper. "Hey, I'll order us up a pizza, what would y'all like?" Steph pipes up from the back " We didn't drive all this way to eat pizza, We're going to Outback!" Brought him back a $150 tab.
Raised her right, didn't ya.
"Big Help and I went to a Pawn Shop, some 6 yrs ago. I asked them why they were still in business. They said Why? I said cause your prices are all way too high. They said it was the beginning of negotiations. So.. Big Help wanted this little battery operated chain saw. It was priced at 39.95. I told him to start it out on his side: "How much money will you give me to take this off your hands". OH NO, you have to PAY us to take it off our hands! "What? for this cheap piece of Chinese Junk!" the Pawnshop shut down, while they went at it.
After 20 mins, he got it for free.
Funniest thing I'd ever seen!
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May have to move this thread to the Humor category.
That was hilarious.
