Recently, I just sent a poster to all of our vAuto clients, entitled Top Ten Used Car Showroom Lies.
Immediately, I got lots of great lies that I hadn’t thought of, but we’ve all heard a thousand times.
I thought that it would be fun to create this posting and add these new ones as they come.
Please feel free to click on the comment section and provide your best showroom lies.
Perhaps at some point in the future, I’ll set it up so we can all score them and determine which ones are the all-time greats.
12 users responded in this post
How about “Nobody at the auction today had any idea what this car is really worth”
“we won’t be under sold” and “this vehicle is one of a kind”
Let me give you the lowest shopping price in writing and I will guarantee you can not buy anywhere for that price.
“There is a mistake on my credit bureau report”
“I was a victim of identity theft”
“My tradein is in perfect shape and I did all the maintenance”
“I am going to talk to my wife”
“All of my credit issues are medical”
“My ex was supposed to pay that and didnt!”
“That repo was because they refused to repair the car so I gave them back the car and they were supposed to take it off my bureau”
“I had gap insurance and the gap insurance company refused to pay”
“I have the title at home”
“I live in Oregon so I dont owe any sales tax”
“I am in the rental car business in LasVegas, I owe no sales tax and I have never exported a car”
“I will bring you my paycheck stub tomorrow”
“I get paid cash”
“We only have a mobile phone at our home”
“My car was stolen and the insurance company refused to pay”
“My car was totaled and the insurance company refused to pay”
“I made all my payments on time but they dont report to the credit bureau”
“I am comfortable with the downpayment and payment, I am just not sold on the car”
“There must be a mistake, my payoff cant be that much”
“I can get any of my relatives to sign for me, the problem is I just want the car in my name”
“All of the cars listed on my credit bureau are for me, I use them in my business”
Scott,
You are truly a guy who’s seen it all. Thanks for the great contribution.
“That is my social security number, I dont know why the bureau report says I am dead!”
“I got married in LasVegas, but I am not really married!”
“I dont want to be the Buyer, I want to be the CoBuyer”
“I paid more because this one is the nicest one out there”
I’ve got 2 other people coming in to buy this car tonight. If you want it, you’d better take it now.
“No paintwork, all tired up, ABSOLUTELY in the wrapper” (meanwhile it’s been slammed and has two bald fronts)”Oh we traded for that one late last night while it was raining. Sorry
Hey,
Don’t think our industry has the market on bald-face lies.
Here’s a shameless lie on the DealerRefresh blog:
“..CarFolks offers sales folks free microsites and they start hitting prime positions in the search engines within weeks…”
http://www.dealerrefresh.com/my_weblog/2008/07/online-dealer-r.html#comment-123544890
It’s not the industry, it’s just idots.
government seized car autions…
It is good to see posts that give truly quality information. Great post. :)…
An old couple owned this one.
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