{"id":185,"date":"2017-08-21T03:14:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T03:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.carbar.com.au\/?p=185"},"modified":"2023-12-05T11:37:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T00:37:13","slug":"dodgy-car-dealerships-how-theyre-screwing-you-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carbar.com.au\/blog\/dodgy-car-dealerships-how-theyre-screwing-you-over","title":{"rendered":"Dodgy Car Dealerships &#038; How They\u2019re Screwing You Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s not beat around the bush, a certain percentage of used car salesman have one thing and one thing only on their mind &#8211; money &#8211; and they\u2019ll do whatever it takes to get it, including completely ripping you off and sending you home with a lemon that shouldn\u2019t have cost you more than a 3 Piece Feed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re aware of the schmoozing that happens in car dealerships, but you may not be, so here are five cheap tricks that\u2019ll probably get played on you at a car yard.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">On this page:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/carbar.com.au\/blog\/dodgy-car-dealerships-how-theyre-screwing-you-over\/#The_Crappy_Car_Trap\" >The Crappy Car Trap<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/carbar.com.au\/blog\/dodgy-car-dealerships-how-theyre-screwing-you-over\/#The_Car_Mirage\" >The Car Mirage<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/carbar.com.au\/blog\/dodgy-car-dealerships-how-theyre-screwing-you-over\/#Sneaky_Stalling\" >Sneaky Stalling<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/carbar.com.au\/blog\/dodgy-car-dealerships-how-theyre-screwing-you-over\/#My_Wife_Drives_This\" >My Wife Drives This<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/carbar.com.au\/blog\/dodgy-car-dealerships-how-theyre-screwing-you-over\/#BFFs\" >BFFs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Crappy_Car_Trap\"><\/span><b>The Crappy Car Trap<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One trick the dealers use to get buyers in is to single out one or two of their crappiest cars, both of the same model, and then throw some money into a big marketing campaign advertising that the cars are being sold for a few hundred dollars below cost price. People then go bananas for the \u2018crazy\u2019 price, rush to the dealership and then get \u2018switch sold\u2019 to a better, more expensive car. How do they do this? They\u2019ll point out all the terrible features of the advertised car and steer you towards a model that\u2019s better equipped and of course gives them enough commission to take their wife to Bali.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Car_Mirage\"><\/span><b>The Car Mirage<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re not talking about Mitsubishi Mirages, we\u2019re talking about great value cars you find on a website but then have \u2018mysteriously\u2019 disappeared by the time you rock up to the dealership, or have \u2018mysteriously\u2019 changed transmission over night. You have to remember that these salesman just want to lure you into their dealerships so they can sweet talk you into buying a car face-to-face. Remember to take all \u2018mind-blowing\u2019 deals you see online with a grain of salt.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sneaky_Stalling\"><\/span><b>Sneaky Stalling<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most used and abused dirty dealer tricks is to wear the customer down into a shrivelled up husk of a human and force them to hand over their credit card before they\u2019re allowed to go home. They do this by either low balling them a great price before they leave to shop around or saying they\u2019ll beat any other quote offered, knowing full well that they\u2019ll come back at the end of the day. When the customer does return, they\u2019re goddamn exhausted and just itching to buy a car, so the sleazy salesman implements a few more stalling techniques, such as misplacing keys and blocking the customer\u2019s car, and \u2018waiting for the manager\u2019 until the customer surrenders and buys the car at a much higher price than agreed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"My_Wife_Drives_This\"><\/span><b>My Wife Drives This<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trust us, his wife doesn\u2019t drive that. Unless he has 495 different wives a year. This classic tactic is used to put the customer\u2019s mind at ease and make them feel confident about their purchase, because it\u2019s obviously \u201cso good my wife drives it\u201d. It\u2019s not, she probably just gets it as part of his salary package. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"BFFs\"><\/span><b>BFFs<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most sales pros are trained to keep buyers around for at least an hour, and they\u2019ll try to keep you at the dealership by finding common interests with you, that way the customer forms a personal connection with the salesman. They\u2019re not doing this to be nice, they\u2019re doing this for their trip to Bali in November, because if you start looking at someone as a friend, there\u2019s a good chance you won\u2019t want to let that \u2018friend\u2019 down, which means you could end up paying more than you need to for car, simply because your new mate at the dealership took your good nature for a test drive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news is, not all car salespeople are in it to screw you over for a tropical holiday to Indonesia. There are a select few people who are in the automotive industry because they have a genuine passion for matching people with their dream cars and giving them the greatest deal on the market. Because buying a new car is exciting, so the process should be too. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every car you see on our website is in our warehouse. When you come to us to purchase a car, we\u2019ll sell you the one you actually want and that suits your lifestyle, not the one that suits our holiday budget. And if you happen to invite us in for dinner when you drop your brand new car off (free of charge) and a beautiful friendship blossoms*, then that\u2019s just a bonus for us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*This actually happens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check us out below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CarbarComAu\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-366\" src=\"https:\/\/proxy.carbarautos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/d41d1b2f-4bd9-4dcb-9fa5-c2636895dde7-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/carbar\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-367\" src=\"https:\/\/proxy.carbarautos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/5c41374a-984c-4388-ac40-ddab91c936d7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carbarcomau\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-369\" src=\"https:\/\/proxy.carbarautos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/eb529856-ed12-420f-8271-4d756a7a41f0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/17902005\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-368\" src=\"https:\/\/proxy.carbarautos.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/c9cf81e5-b78a-4071-86d1-0ba377e9e2a8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s not beat around the bush, a certain percentage of used car salesman have one thing and one thing only on their mind &#8211; money &#8211; and they\u2019ll do whatever\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"brizy-blank-template.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wheel-talk"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dodgy Car Dealerships &amp; How They\u2019re Screwing You Over &#8211; carbar Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Don&#039;t get fooled by dodgy car dealerships \u2013 uncover the truth on carbar&#039;s blog. 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