Car Shopping....UGH

So we're car shopping and after a horrendous weekend of looking, haggling, researching, walking away from the crazy, looking for more crazy, and then finally total utter frustration... We have put a deposit down on a car. In Utah. Because Wyoming is so remote that people have lost their minds. Or something like that.

Seriously - why is car shopping such a racket? Why can't there just be a price and then you pay it and all is good? We call it "The Dance". Why do the dance? GGGRRRRRR!!!!!

Our search started on the internet - I figured out the year/make/model of car I wanted. I knew the trim level I wanted, I knew the price, I knew the colors we liked. I was pretty informed. I just hadn't driven one and so we went to a dealership to take one for a drive. We drove it. We liked it. We were sold on this car - except the dealership didn't have the trim level I wanted. They had lesser and they had more. So of course, they tried to sell me the car that had more. $3500 more to be exact. And no - I don't have it like that - I am a working stiff like everyone else.

And then the dance begins...

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"Where do you want your payments to be?" (Ugh...I hate this question - just tell me the price of the car)

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"Your trade is only worth $xxxx..." (Kelly Blue Book says otherwise, jerk)

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"Oh yes, we'll give you more for your trade...oh, did I mention there's a $1,000 delivery fee?" (Nice - you didn't trick me Mr. Salesman. My response was "I'll pick it up myself.")

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"OH! You wanted to pay INVOICE?? I didn't know that! Golly!" (Yes, invoice sounds better to me - do you get lots of customers who like to pay extra because you're so handsome?? I'm not the one.)

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"I know you don't want the extras but they're nice! Why not?" (My response to him was this: 'I don't care about those things. Do you spend $3500 on things you don't care about???? Because I don't.')

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"You want low payments? C'mon, are you really going to pay it off?" (My response while pointing to my current vehicle: 'That's paid off.')

And then the final note...

Me: "This is not working out. I'm ok, this isn't the car I want. I said I wanted a deal. I want sparkles and party hats. This is not sparkles and party hats. It's time for me to go."

GGGRRRRRRRR........