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I went out with HT to take a look at buying a new car. He had aready started negotiating with the salesman for his RSX, and we decided to throw my offer in to increase our leverage. When we got there, I got a rundown of the features of the car, and I got to test drive the car (it's pretty nice actually - I don't feel like I'm driving fast), before sitting down for negotiations.
I'll have to say this here: I'm a bad negotiator. I'm glad I was sitting with HT. I let him do most of the talking. I can be talked into buying my own watch and thinking that it's a Rolex. Since it was my first time at the dealership, the sales guy wanted to show me around the building. As we were walking by the cubicles, I saw a couple talking with another sales representative and the woman looked awfully familiar.
I started at her for a minute and then tried to get her attention by waving my hand in her forward field of vision. No dice. As with the QoS incident, I needed to know if this was who I thought it was, so I shouted out her name. She looked at me. It was her. Then I asked a really stupid question:
"What are you doing here?"
Oops, mouth working faster than brain.
So.. yeah. We got a little bit caught up. Actually, I was at a loss for words because I didn't know what to say, and I was in shock. Well, one of the first things I found out was the reason why she didn't respond to my calls or my e-mail: New phone, new e-mail. I guess the wall of silence is now officially over.
So yeah, that basically set the tone for the rest of the day. I was so much zoned after that completely coincidental moment (she was only in town for that day) I was in no condition to do any sort of bargaining. We took breaks and went out to lunch (I met HT's parents) and I let them do most of the talking.
So I ended up buying a car. We got a good deal, but.. I just bought a car! A new car!
Sunday, September 28, 2003 at 06:51:35 (UTC)
which one??? for how much????
girl
Sunday, September 28, 2003 at 16:11:06 (UTC)
I got the RSX Premium for about thirty-four grand OTR including tinted windows, extended warranty and rustproofing. (No spoiler for me!)
QYV