Or well, it was a Christmas present from my parents...long story...younger sister is sooo spoiled that this was quite a nice gift, but she got acreage and money to build quite a nice new house...big...let me stop there, lest I get...well you can only imagine...
Anyway...I had to deal with a car salesman...albeit, he's a friend who I met from an acquaitance...he's a car salesman..
He said, "Sign here, sign here, sign here 3 times, sign here 3 more times, sign here, sign here again, and sign here in front of me this is your copy.."
Well, all along the way, he said, "Sign over your power of attorney", I said, "No, are you kidding me?" I said, "I'm not signing anything like that!" "I mean seriously, are you kidding me?" He's like "Well they'll fill out the rest in the back." I said, "Nope...I'M IN SALES LIKE YOU ARE, AND I'M NOT SIGNING A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER AND NO ONE IS GOING TO BE MY POA BUT MY DAUGHTER!" I mean, "Fill out the form or I'm not signing it!
He says, " I know what you mean, but they're not here." I said, "Find someone who is here or that $43K car is going to remain in your inventory...no one is getting my POA for me to buy a car!"
Shady, shady, shady...even though he is a friend of a friend...
Come on now...we're in sales. We fill out our paperwork correctly when a customer is buying a house...do we ever ask for a POA (power of attorney)...I think not!
What would you do...I didn't sign it...I told him to sign it...my $$$ are solid...it was a cash deal and it was verified...
Please tell me!
http://www.KarenMonsour.com, cell 954-464-4194, www.KarenMonsour.com
UPDATE: The answer to the "What did you buy questions below:"
As for the car...Well. It took me an hour to calm down my 1998 Toyota Camry XLE and promise that I would keep it as a back up for me to actually decide to buy this new car....
My mother and father spent hours reading every Consumer Reports, car magazine, etc, and since I HATE BUYING CARS (obviously, it's been 10 years!) they suggested one of three...Honda, another Toyota, or a Nissan...as BMW's and Mercedes require upkeep and I went two years one time and didn't change the oil in my car...needless to say, the mechanics said they had to scrape it out of the car...yikes!
So, I bought a new Nissan Maxima 350 SL with all the available bells and whistles...I mean if the tires don't have enough air in them it tells me, I can connect an I-Pod if I had one, I can talk to the car and it talks back...so to speak, If I say Dial Joe...it does. If I say, Map to Joe's, it does...It tells me who is singing on the radio. Pretty much does everything but drive it's self...
The funniest thing to me was that no one at the dealership really knew how to program the car completely and the book of directions is 2 inches thick! I don't do directions until all else fails...Like father, like daughter...
The car is fast and fun to drive...great back support and I'm sure my customer's will enjoy riding in it better than my beloved Camry...Guess I'll change the oil on this one!
Have a great day everyone!
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