Monday, April 20, 2009

Do these people really want to sell these used cars ?

Yesterday Mike and I decided to take a ride and look at a used car or two. We started by looking in the Sunday paper and calling a couple of the numbers. Initially only one seller answered the phone and told us that his car was immaculate. We were on our way. This particular car went from immaculate to " what do you expect for a used car" almost immediately upon our arrival.Now come on.... Do you think that we wouldn't catch on and would buy it just because we made the trip? Surely we wouldn't see this as a major hit on the seller's credibility which would nullify him as a possible person that we would actually buy a used car from. Anyway..... we moved on. At this point a couple sellers whom we left messages for called back.A couple cars were already sold, but one call back gave us an address which we informed the seller that we would be there in about an hour. The seller said OK . An hour later we were there. The car was there locked so Mike called the seller, assuming that he was in the house,to request that he bring the keys out. Interesting enough the seller was hours away, but if we wanted to come back tomorrow........ He would probably be there. Now I will admit that I have been stressed out and PMS seems to be knocking at my door so I am probably a tad irritable, but Gee people, why advertise a car that you don't plan on taking calls about ? OK I know the ad starts Sunday and many go to church, really I understand, but when you return a call could you not say I will be here from such and such a time until such and such a time, or better yet put on the machine that you will not be in until Monday or Here's a tough one..... When you call me back tell me that the car is parked at such and such a place and that I am welcome to look but you will not be back with the keys until whenever. That way I don't waste my time driving 1/2 an hour for nothing.Noooooo, that would be considerate and why would anyone want to be considerate ! Anyway, I now find myself asking.... Do these people really want to sell these cars or is it just an act ? Do they realize that in this area the economy is terrible and there are people who will go the extra mile ( those which sold before I called for instance. Some of which were considerate enough to actually return my call and say sorry it is sold for instance !)who will obviously sell much before these game players . Oh well I am so fed up, it is ridiculous. Maybe I will just settle for the one car that we test drove and felt was OK, even though the seller would not leave his house to come out and talk to us. "Yup the keys are in it" was all he could mutter from his living room. Good gracious ! If I could ,without letting Michael down, I would give up. But since I can't, please pray that we find what is meant for us before I loose what little sanity I still have ! Thank you all !