<doug> wrote in message news:feovg39lap1iffsn3jecq1rrgegdpvjmfk@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:40:11 -0400, "Game Over" <go@> wrote:
>
>><doug> wrote in message news:4ctug3tfhhphh9dtt1jsjq1v5svd0lqapc@4ax.com...
>>> Is it true that you can negotiate just as well on the dealer's web
>>> site with the fleet manager/internet sales manager as in person?
>>> (I'm old fashioned and don't believe it but it sounds good <g>)
>>>
>>> I heard this on a radio show recently and I actually tried it on one
>>> dealer and the so called internet manager did give me a price over the
>>> net but I don't really know how good it was because I didn't compare
>>> it to others when I changed my mind and therefore didn't negotiate
>>> with him further.
>>
>>
>>Not to split hairs here-- but one *negotiates* with someone you will have
>>on
>>ongoing buy/sell relationship-- like with like the kid (or Mexican) who
>>cuts
>>your lawn or the copy paper vendor in the office.
>>
>>A one-time shot like a car purchase is called *bargaining* -- maybe like
>>with a hooker in a hotel bar. Different parameters and strategies work
>>better in each kind of situation ;-)
>>
>
> Ok but come to think of it does one say "bargaining price" or
> "negotiating price" ? I have heard of the latter but not the first.

Frankly I never use either term talking to a sales weasel. I use phrases
like:
--I sorry but I can't handle that;

--I'm sorry but that would be a deal breaker:

--No, that's not reasonable-- and I'm sure a capable and experienced guy
like your sales manager knows it;

--This is the best I can do. If you don't want to deliver the car for this
price-- thanks for your time and enjoyable company, the comfortable ride in
a nice car, the delicious coffee and the coloring book with crayons for my
kid-- but I'm out the door.

Never fails;-)