I decided earlier this year that I would sell my 2019 CRV LX. It was in excellent condition, no accidents and it only had 27,000 miles.
At first I thought I would sell it privately and after much thought and many offers I sold it to the Honda dealer I originally purchased it from. I had it serviced every 3,000 miles, more than what was required.
I did my research and also had a tech man I know do more research. I knew my bottom line and knew what the market for the same model would go for.
Honda has been calling me for close to a year inquiring if I would consider an offer.
Well, everything that has been said about car salesman is alive and true!
Last Saturday I had an appointment with Honda, it was a disaster!
As a few of you know I have not been well and at times it is a struggle to get through the days.
I bundled up my old pup and off we went to Honda.
A very young man met me at the door of the showroom, so young that I thought he parked cars or cleaned them. There was a reason for this, my last name is Hispanic and I don't speak a word of Spanish. He spoke both Spanish and English.
I was shown where to sit and the young man continued to "chat", this was all very well thought out.
I was told it would only be 10 minutes until the sales person would come to see me.
The young man went into the office and sat down and you could tell and hear they were telling jokes.
He would come out again and told me again-10 minutes more.
I was tired and irritated. I picked up my purse and walked out with my old pup.
Yes, he chased after me and made an extremely low offer. I didn't respond and got into my car and left.
On Monday the phone calls began.
The original woman who had been calling me said she didn't see my car and sales paperwork.
I told her what happened and she apologized for the low offer and the way I was treated.
She said she would get back to me.
I already had two offers and I had the text and my research on my phone.
Thursday she called me with a higher offer than the two I had.
Friday I was at Honda at 10am, she met me at my car, walked me in and the deal was closed in less than 40 minutes, paperwork...
It was a clean deal and I didn't have to go to the DMV!
I had kept care of the car and all seats were covered with covers from weather tex and the floors had rubber mats that were water proof and the cargo area had a cargo mat which was a couple inches high. The original floor mats for the front and back were still in their original wrappers. It had 3 key bobs!
I knew that on January 1st then car would be another year older and didn't want to wait.
Before I sold it I had purchased everything I would need and would be too heavy and bulky to put into a cab/taxi!
It's the first time since I was sixteen I have not had my own car, it will take some time to get accustomed to it.
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