5 mi this morning. I set the alarm last night knowing I had to do that run today or it would be another under-mileage week. So this morning I suited up without looking out the window, without checking the weather. It had to be done. It was about 10-15 degrees colder out today than it was earlier in the week, but the sidewalks were clear. An automatic 30 second time bonus on my pace, what a relief. It's not that I'm unbearably slow, it's that I've been careful on the ice. I'm back to about where I should be.
I'm sitting in my diabetes compression socks today (they're like $50 cheaper than the fancy sport-specific ones and do the same thing!) because I'm trying to keep it together for Massive Workout Weekend. It started with 5 this AM, then 90 min on computrainer at Element tonight, then 2 hrs on trainer at class tomorrow, then 10-13mi run on Sunday morning. I think I'll be taking Monday as a rest day.
Ben and I went to look at a new car last night, and it was a hoot. We're both too darn nice, and the salesman was just sooooo pushy. We just wanted to get a sense of the car and try driving it, he nearly convinced us that we had to have it. I finally rescued us by saying "y'all are about to close and I don't want to keep you from your family," and we got up and walked away. It was crazy. The techniques, so calculated.
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Long ago, I worked as a car salesman for Champion Dodge and VW in Florence, KY. I sold new Dodges back when people wanted them and VWs.
I quit after three months, even though I made a ton of money.
Most car salespeople are in it for the cash, because it's great money and you can be a salesperson and retain your dignity and self-respect. It's the majority, though, that don't.
Big lessons:
1. *Never* negotiate on payment. Negotiate on price. You have the right to see the invoice the dealer paid for the car.
2. Pay invoice price or walk out.
3. The salesperson is a mouthpiece for the sales manager. A gofer, basically. The sales manager will tell the salesperson to get you to sign the "Four Square" agreeing to a certain monthly payment. That's how people end up paying $25,000 for an $18,000 car.
4. Bring a calculator or use a loan calculator on the iPhone to calculate the payment. Let the salesperson see you do that.
5. Unless the dealer/manufacturer is offering an interest incentive or good rates, get financing elsewhere.
I guess we didn't do too badly, then. He asked but we didn't tell what we could handle for payments. And I was doing math in my head like crazy and throwing out answers. And we'll probably finance through our credit union. But awesome, thanks for the tips!
Hey, so long as you didn't sign anything with legalese on it, you did alright.
Call me if you have any specific questions.
whew! glad you got out of there w/o signing on the dotted line! they rope you in, right? dominic is an EASY sell too. :)
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