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Originally Posted by bones72
If I offer a product at this price, and someone agrees to buy that product, how can anyone construe that to be dishonest or "taking advantage of a situation"?
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If you offer the same price to every customer, I would agree. If, however (and I'm not saying you personally do this but various reports have confirmed that it is done in your business) you offer a different price to different customers based on various factors such as gender, race, age, etc., I would consider that dishonest.
I've never understood the new car business. Why are prices negotiable? We don't negotiate prices on most other major items. The price is what it is. Why don't we buy cars the same way? Saturn has done it for year and various individual dealerships have done it, but it is still a fringe practice. Why not just say this is how much the car costs, take it or leave it? It would make the whole buying process so much more pleasant and would probably sell more cars. I know a lot of people who keep their cars as long as they possibly can because they absolutely hate the process of negotiating for a new one. If they could just walk in and buy one without feeling like they got ripped off, they'd be much more willing to do so.