Never go in against a Hungarian when money is on the line!
—- What Vezzini Would Have Said If He Were Magyar!
Let's face it...Internet domain name management isn't the most exciting thing in the world. And yet the team at Porkbun have managed to make it not only visually interesting and fun, they've also managed to cut out a lot of the BS upselling for about as cheap a domain name registration you can get.
We'd never get away with it now but back in 1978, a beloved grandmother and eight year-old me teamed up on a poor unsuspecting Chrysler dealership in the Kansas City metro area with a Hungarian haggling thrashing they wouldn't soon forget! :)
Musing on what appears to be a growing cult of family Corollas in Fayetteville and a wee trip down Memory Lane...
The deal isn't done until whoever finances it is past the point of rescission! Fortunately for us, it seems like we've finally arrived in Happy Town! :)
We have an agreed sales price and a trade in offer! Are we done? Not by a long shot as we move the battle to the F&I office which is probably the most dangerous place we'll be!
"Funny the trade in hasn't been mentioned." The sales people think they've got the price agreed. They're about to find out that the trade in is always a completely separate deal...
Now the fun begins! Well, fun for me anyway... ;)
It's WABBIT season! It's DUCK season! It's not necessarily where you start but where you end up... :)
Know what cars you're interested in and what they're really selling for before you step onto the lot! So many potential good deals die before they have a chance to be born because the proper research and knowing what *NOT* to say or do during the actual negotiations kill any chance of avoiding being fleeced!
We're kicking off a new category of posts called "Top Nerd Top Tips" which will be a cousin to "Harrowing Tales of Customer Service" by offering up some hard won experience and tips for being a consumer to be feared rather than fleeced! We start off with an activity most people dread: negotiating with a car salesperson!
