ORIGINAL: Mikesan
You described how you called the salesman at a rate of more than once every other day. He probably thought you were interested in buying from him. Then you tell him you can buy much cheaper somewhere else. I can understand him being a little annoyed. That said, it does not excuse his words or actions. He won't last long in the business is my guess. Hope you have good luck getting your new Challenger and enjoy every minute of it. I was at a dealer today with a $20,000 markup on an '09 SRT8 6 speed and $9995 markups on their three R/Ts. They were kind enough to give me a brochure (hidden in an office somewhere, not on the rack with the Rams and Calibers!) and I said I was looking to order in 6 months.
The numerous times that I talked to the saleman were not always initiated by me. When we first started talking he didn't have a Challenger on his lot. I happened to drive by a couple of weeks after first talking to him and saw a silver R/T so I stopped. Even though I initially left my number with him to call me when a Chally came in....he never called me. He happened to be there and I asked to take a closer look at it. He was willing to open the doors for me and that was great. I wasn't particuliarly interested in that car because of the options. I had made inquiries through Edmunds.com and had received all kinds of quotes (varying from invoice to $1000 over MSRP) between the time I first spoke to him until the time he got his first Challenger in. Now who wouldn't try to get other prices from other dealers with all this amount of time going on....and I'm glad I did? I was totally interested in buying from him and of course I told him that I had got other prices. What's wrong with that??? I was looking for him to match my best price or at least come close. He had no reason at all to be annoyed or to get belligerent with me. If a salesperson can get like that just because a perspective buyer is informed, has done his homework and is trying to work out a good price...then maybe he is in the wrong business.